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Delica, Kristian; Elbeshausen, Hans – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2013
Introduction: Our paper describes three examples of how public libraries in at-risk-neighbourhoods have worked with social innovations in order to develop and strengthen their services for minority groups. The libraries were chosen because they are frontrunners in the field of cultural diversity and social inclusion in Denmark. Method: The…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Neighborhoods
Seita, John R. – 1991
An evaluation tool, the Evaluation Center Cube (ECC), is presented as a vehicle for establishing an analytic framework and uniting evaluation strategies. The ECC was developed in response to the Kellogg Foundation's need to categorize community-initiated funding proposals. As a classification tool, it facilitates proposal analysis and is…
Descriptors: Classification, Community Programs, Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods
Straw, Roger B. – 1991
Homelessness is a troubling social problem, challenging to the best public and private efforts to provide some measure of remedy. For one group of the homeless, those with severe and persistent mental illness, that challenge is doubled: homelessness complicates the treatment of mental illness, even as mental illness complicates efforts to…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Community Services, Demonstration Programs
Hale, Lynelle C.; Knecht, James A. – 1985
This paper describes a grassroots effort by one mid-sized midwestern community which led to the development of a voluntary cooperative network of community service providers offering court-referred divorce mediation services to highly conflicted divorcing families. Issues addressed in this paper are: (1) the difference between a court-referred…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Community Action, Community Programs, Court Role
Brookins, Craig C. – 1991
Inadequate preparation for parenting during the prenatal period, and the inability to provide adequate parenting have been cited as major reasons for a myriad of problems experienced by parents. This study examined support and education programs based on the aggregate 7-year experience of over 75 support and education programs funded by the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Programs, Parenting Skills
Hurley, Daniel J.; Santos, Alan – 1981
The effectiveness of the community board in the mental health system specifically and in human service systems generally depends, to a large extent, on how the board's role and scope are defined and how its organizational structure and staffing procedures are developed. The development of community boards should be based upon the premises that (1)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Community Programs
Fowler, Floyd J., Jr. – 1978
This paper focuses on problems faced and lessons learned in the evaluation of a community crime-reduction program. The program ("Hartford Project"), designed to reduce residential burglary, street robbery, and the fear of those crimes, is briefly described. A multimethod approach to evaluation, which considered each variable in at least…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Programs, Crime, Evaluation Methods
Fusco, Dana – 1999
This paper describes a tool-and-result methodological approach to the practice and evaluation of an urban community development and gardening project with homeless youth. Over 9 months, at least 40 homeless children and teenagers were involved in the program, and approximately 15 were core participants. The paper critically examines the role of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Homeless People, Program Effectiveness
Fischer, Donald G.; And Others – 1983
Follow-up data are often a neglected part of the evaluation of community programs. Yet, they should be an essential part of the information input to the process of judging effectiveness and whether or not the program should continue. This paper presents follow-up data on a juvenile diversion program which has been operating in a small Western…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Delinquency Prevention, Followup Studies
Kowalski, Gabrielle – 2000
This paper describes how one non-profit organization is evaluating its effectiveness in providing services to adults with developmental disabilities. Kindcare, a non-profit ecumenical organization serves over 150 adults with developmental disabilities in the southeastern Wisconsin area. The program provides education, social, and support programs…
Descriptors: Adults, Churches, Community Programs, Friendship

Liou, Kuotsai Tom; Cruise, Peter L. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1994
Thirty-one employees of the Comprehensive Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Program of Palm Beach County (Florida) were surveyed to explore their motives and attitudes toward their jobs, clients, and the organization. Implications for management of AIDS service organizations and program quality are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administration, Attitude Measures, Community Programs
Walker-Moffat, Wendy – 2001
This paper analyzes the politics of a fund established to support the development of urban children and youth outside of traditional classrooms. It examines the fund's effectiveness in establishing after school programs that provide safety, opportunities to connect with adults, and engagement with communities and evaluates implications for urban…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support

Pancer, S. Mark; Westhues, Anne – Evaluation Review, 1989
Evaluation research, if appropriately matched to a human service program's stage of development, can help inform the decision making at each step. The developmental stages of a program, questions to be answered at each stage, and kinds of research activities pertinent to such questions are discussed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research

Wechsberg, Wendee M.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
This pretest/posttest study used two samples of injecting drug users (184 from street outreach and 103 from a methadone program) to assess drug use and human immunodeficiency virus risk practices. The improvement in risk behaviors at posttest suggests that intervention programs were agents of change. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Change, Change Agents, Community Programs
Weiss, Heather B. – 1989
This paper draws on the experience of various states in its discussion of questions, issues, and decisions that policymakers face as they plan their states' family support initiatives. The discussion is organized into three parts that correspond roughly with the stages of policy formation, program development, and program implementation and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Programs, Educational Policy, Family Problems