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Walker, Karen E.; Daly, Reagan M.; McMaken, Jennifer; Pouncy, Hillard – Public/Private Ventures, 2010
In 2002, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Children's Futures, a multiyear community-change initiative to improve the well-being of children in Trenton, New Jersey, through a broad range of activities and services, from parenting programs to efforts to improve health and childcare. This report examines programmatic achievements and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Program Implementation, Community Change, Program Effectiveness
Richards, Amanda; Sipes, Laurel; Studier, Carol; Staklis, Sandra; Farr, Beverly; Horn, Laura – Wyoming Community College Commission, 2010
With the national spotlight on community colleges, Wyoming is poised to become a leader through its efforts to align the programs of its seven community colleges with defined state interests. As local economies become more globally focused and knowledge-based, community colleges are a critical way for learners to gain access to postsecondary…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Strategic Planning, Postsecondary Education, Economic Factors
Habley, Wesley R., Ed.; Morales, Ricardo H., Ed. – 1998
This report presents results from the fifth national ACT, Inc. survey on the status of academic advising in colleges and universities. This report used a new stratified, random sample of 2-year, 4-year, public, and private institutions drawn from the population of institutions that met survey criteria. Of the sample of 1,395 institutions,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Colleges, Cooperation, Higher Education
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), formerly named the Board of Corrections, the administrator of funding. California counties receiving state funds for Juvenile Justice…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention
Farmer, Yvette; Cawthon, Laurie; Lindsay, Jonathan – 2001
This pilot project was designed as a collaborative effort to serve substance abusing women and their young children. The goals were to improve the health and welfare of these families by early identification of pregnant substance abusers; improve access to and coordination of health care services and chemical dependency treatment; and provide…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Cooperation, Drug Rehabilitation, Early Intervention
Tao, Fumiyo; Ricciuti, Anne; St.Pierre, Robert – US Department of Education, 2003
The Even Start Family Literacy Program addresses the basic educational needs of parents and children from birth through age seven from low-income families. The program provides unified, multi-component services consisting of (1) interactive literacy activities between parents and their children; (2) training for parents to be the primary teachers…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Needs, Low Income, Program Improvement