This paper summarizes a project designed to develop and field test a guide to aid parents in selecting quality day care for their children. Field testing revealed that the guide is both reliable and useful. (Author)

Presents an example of how accountability was built into a family oriented aftercare program for former mental patients by identifying populations at risk as target groups, evaluating the effect of the program on the target populations, and showing that the program had an effect not possible by already existing resources. (Author)