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Download full textScheer, Scott D.; Safrit, R. Dale – 1997
During the state of transition in contemporary Russia from communism to a market economy, nonprofit organizations have been thrust into the forefront to provide to youth and families services formerly rendered by the government. This paper describes Moscow Charity House (MCH) and Nevsky Angel in St. Petersburg, the first nonprofit organizations in…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Community Services
Swezey, Megan – 1994
This paper describes the work of Youth Service California, a state-wide collaboration of public and private organizations that since 1990 has brought the voice of the local youth service field to state level policy and program development. Youth Service California's purpose is the further development of a diverse state movement to increase and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Resources
Treloar, Donald N. – 1976
In 1969 the Newark, New Jersey, Board of Education began the School Within A School Program for gifted and talented inner-city high school students. The program, offering an eleven-month school year plus five major subjects, uses the resources of business and industry to prepare students for a college education. An advisory board consisting of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs
Gentelia, Beverly; And Others – 1986
Eastern Michigan University is in the second year of a pilot program designed to promote law-related education and partnerships between the university and local communities. The collaborators in the project are the university, the Constitutional Rights Foundation, and the Taylor (Michigan) Public Schools. The goal of the project is to develop…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Community Organizations
Godbold, Donald H. – 1981
A Community Careers Council (CCC) was established in the Oakland, California, area through the cooperative efforts of the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) and the New Oakland Committee, an organization formed in the 1960's to promote discussion among the community's minority, labor, and business sections. Initial funding for the CCC came…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
Waters, Richard L. – 1974
The role of the library to collect, catalog, and dispense information has a new application in several communities around the country: providing the local citizens with information on governmental and social services vital to life in the community. At least a dozen new community information centers have been established in urban areas with various…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Information Services, Community Organizations, Community Relations
