This paper describes the development and implementation of a county Youth Services Commission beginning with its inception, organizational structure, and subsequent role in facilitating county-wide programs for adolescents. As a branch of county government, with an independent staff, the Commission employed a subcommittee format to bring together…

This document describes the 11-year history of the formation of the Arlington County Coalition for Career Education, which was conceived to help achieve the infusion of sequential career education (CE) activities into the K-12 curriculum in Arlington, Virginia. The rationale for forming a coalition, rationale for infusing CE into the…

A model for involving local planning and support committees in the process of planning Wisconsin county extension education programs was developed as a way of improving the planning of extension programs statewide. The key components of the planning model developed were (1) the use of influential officials and community representatives and (2) the…

Because it must place special needs students as well as regular students in vocational training programs, the Salem County Board for Vocational Education has initiated a non-categorical vocational training program model. Developed in response to the general practices concerning placement and a need for an individual vocational plan for students…