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Herrick, Michael J. – 1981
The Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA) is a regional education service agency centered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, serving 39 public school districts and 36 private school districts in a seven-county area. Area education agencies (AEA) in Iowa are separate legal entities, not arms of the State Department or the school districts who decide to join…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Education Service Centers, Program Descriptions
Download full textRadcliffe, Shirley, Ed. – 1978
This report provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1978 and 1979 of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The first section summarizes the center's purpose and objectives.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Federal Programs, Program Costs, Program Descriptions
Radcliffe, Shirley A. – 1977
This report describes the fiscal year 1977-78 program and plans for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The report consists of three main sections. Section 1, "NCES Policies, Procedures, and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Federal Programs, Program Costs, Program Descriptions
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1974
This document presents reports covering the first 3 years of the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC). The first is an account by the board chairman of the activities of OUAC Board of Management. The second, by the director of the Application Centre, recounts the development of the centre and of the undergraduate applications system.…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedJaklitsch, Barbara; Barry, Frank – Children Today, 1990
Describes a joint training program whose goals are to provide training for those who work with maltreated adolescents; to clarify agency roles with regard to this population; and to facilitate coordination among agencies that serve youths. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Abuse
Peer reviewedScales, Cynthia; Scales, Peter – Child Welfare, 1982
Demonstrates how one community family life education agency deals with pressures for and against sex education, describing the agency's philosophy and curriculum and providing suggestions for strategic planning. (MP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Community Support, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedMichaels, Kenneth W.; Green, Robert H. – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes a pilot project in York, Pennsylvania which provides therapy for the families of status offender youths (i.e. incorrigibles, runaways, truants). Results indicate that the program is effective in reducing placements and costs. (BD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Family Counseling
Peer reviewedPolivka, Larry; And Others – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes the results of an experiment in Florida in which jurisdiction over juvenile status offenders (i.e., runaways, truants, or incorrigibles) was transferred from the juvenile justice system to the child welfare system. (BD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Delinquency
Peer reviewedCimmarusti, Rocco A. – Child Welfare, 1992
Describes the principal features of a multisystems approach to family preservation that involves placement prevention and permanency planning. The approach is being taught to family preservation workers in Illinois. Discussion concerns the approach's theoretical premises, tasks, significant assessment areas, and ways of understanding the approach.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Curriculum Guides
Carlsson, Bo – 1981
The office of the Ombudsman for Swedish children, established within Radda Barnen (The Swedish Save the Children Fund) is occupied by five persons. Three of the staff are children's ombudsmen, one is an immigrant consultant, and one is a refugee consultant. The work of the ombudsman has six core aspects. First, attempts are made to strengthen the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and Institutional Relations (DOE), Washington, DC. Education, Business and Labor Affairs. – 1978
This publication is a summary of the energy education programs that existed upon the creation of the Department of Energy. It serves to review the history of federal energy education efforts and as a starting place for the comprehensive mission of this new department. This publication is limited in focus to educational institutions, but it deals…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Programs, Educational Responsibility, Energy
Peer reviewedBradbury, Shirley A.; Marsh, Marilyn R. – Child Welfare, 1988
Illustrates how family systems theory has influenced the adoption services for infants at a family services agency, Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County (Michigan), and describes the evolving practice of open communication between biological families and adoptive families. (BB)
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Role, Biological Parents, Extended Family
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1978
This booklet was designed to aid persons interested in the mechanics of starting a family day care agency by describing eight agencies currently operating in the South. A family day care agency is an organization which assumes responsibility for administering and operating several family day care homes. Generally, the agency is responsible for…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Benson, Ronald – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1981
Humanities programs that involve citizens in discovering the relevance of the humanities to contemporary American experience are supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities through its state affiliates. State humanities agencies, catalysts in program design and delivery, and some programs are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Agency Role, Higher Education, Humanism
Peer reviewedOsborne, Gerald – Scottish Educational Review, 1979
A discussion of the role and initiatives of the Committee of Principals in the governance of Scottish teacher education. (SJL)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Role, Governance, Higher Education
