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Peer reviewedMcKenna, Judy; Owen, Alma; Blansett, Catherine – Journal of Extension, 2001
Describes Individual Development Accounts (IDA), a federal program that combines low-income individuals' savings with matching funds for such goals as home ownership, education, and small business startup. Discusses their effect on community building and how extension educators can participate in establishing IDA programs. (SK)
Descriptors: Extension Education, Federal Programs, Individual Development, Low Income Groups
Download full textNational Inst. of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Center for Research for Mothers and Children. – 1988
This report provides an overview of the research program of the Human Learning and Behavior Branch of the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) and highlights progress made from 1985 through 1987. The Branch, one of five that together comprise the Center for Research for Mothers and Children of NICHHD, was…
Descriptors: Child Health, Communication (Thought Transfer), Federal Programs, Individual Development
Peer reviewedRudd, David V.; Strong, Kelly C. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1997
Presents a resiliency model of job training that emphasizes applicant recruitment, assessment, and development. The model can increase program success rates by using psychological assessment and professional development goals of the individual. Discusses the effectiveness of federal jobs training and the need for training versus the ability to use…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Individual Development
3:00 TO 6:00 P.M.: Young Adolescents at Home and in the Community. [With] an Annotated Bibliography.
Lefstein, Leah M.; And Others – 1982
This collection of four articles focuses on the needs of and services for young adolescents in the after-school hours. In "Young Adolescents and Their Communities: A Shared Responsibility," William Kerewsky and Leah M. Lefstein discuss the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development of young adolescents. Elliot A. Medrich,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, After School Programs, Community Responsibility
National Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD. – 1981
Research programs of the human learning and behavior branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) are described in five sections of this document. The specific programs conducted in the areas of learning and cognitive development, development of communicative abilities, biological bases of behavioral development,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior, Behavior Development
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1990
This pamphlet profiles almost 50 successful individuals who credit some of their career success to the financial aid made available by the Higher Education Act of 1965. The success stories are arranged in chronological order by year of college attendance, from 1965-66 to 1989-90. The profiles describe the individuals' educational background,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Benefits, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1975
Ninety-one projects funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III, and providing funds to public school districts to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of eudcational improvements, are summarized and highlighted in this project status and progess report of Ohio ESEA Title III programs. Projects are broken down according…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Educational Improvement
Conrad, Rowan W. – 1976
This third document in a three-volume summative evaluation report submitted to the National Institute of Education presents a portion of the internal evaluation conducted by the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Child Care, Child Rearing
