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Download full textIllinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, Springfield. – 1991
This brochure presents an overview of the eight trial Family Support Programs in Illinois which attempt to meet needs of families of children with disabilities in order to enable such children to remain with their families and avoid institutional placements. Principles of family support are listed, including its focus on whole families and meeting…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Family Programs
Weiss, Heather B. – 1989
This paper draws on the experience of various states in its discussion of questions, issues, and decisions that policymakers face as they plan their states' family support initiatives. The discussion is organized into three parts that correspond roughly with the stages of policy formation, program development, and program implementation and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Programs, Educational Policy, Family Problems
