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American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) – 1998
This resource lists key staff and contact information for federal, state, territorial, county, and major municipal public human service agencies in the United States and Canada. The directory is organized into five sections: (1) state agencies; (2) federal agencies; (3) Canadian agencies; (4) international social services agencies; and (5)…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Human Services, Public Agencies
Download full textJohnson (Lawrence) and Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
This catalogue presents descriptions of innovative and noteworthy citizen participation processes in the Community Development Block Grant Program in 31 communities including 27 small, medium, and large cities, and four urban counties. Each description includes three sections: (1) a brief background on citizen participation in the community prior…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Decision Making, Government Role
National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, DC. – 1995
In the past few years, there has been a groundswell of community partnerships to prevent crime and drug abuse. This compilation presents prevention strategies, rather than programs, to help communities focus on adapting and tailoring program ideas and crime prevention techniques to local needs and circumstances. The strategies described are…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Programs, Crime Prevention, Dropouts
Dean, Laurel, Comp.; Wallace, Judy, Comp. – 1995
This manual, designed for individuals, agencies, and organizations interested in preventing and intervening in youth violence, is a guide to guides, a map of resources on prevention and intervention. Development of the manual was guided by a number of prevention principles, chiefly, the belief that collaboration is essential for effective youth…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Cooperation
Hubbert, Elice D., Ed.; Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1993
In 1992 CityMatCH, a national organization of urban maternal and child health programs and leaders, initiated a survey of programs to serve as an information resource for urban public health practitioners. This report updates previous data, presents baseline information on maternal and child health (MCH) programs in urban health departments…
Descriptors: Child Health, Delivery Systems, Family Programs, Financial Support
Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1981
This third descriptive inventory of the Rand Corporation's domestic non-military research covers all projects since 1972, as well as its special 1969-1975 program for New York City. For each of over 300 research projects in nine program areas, brief summaries identify the project title and sponsor, beginning and ending dates, person-years of work…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Crime, Drug Abuse
