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Saulter, Mae F. – Children Today, 1993
Describes the implementation and operation of the Cherokee Nation Children's Village program in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Examines the four main components of the program: (1) Head Start; (2) the Child Development Center; (3) STEPP (Serving Teenagers through Education and Pregnancy Prevention); and (4) Even Start. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development Centers, Children, Community Programs
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Goldsmith, Cornelia – Young Children, 1989
Discusses a blueprint for a comprehensive community-wide day care program. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development Centers, Community Programs, Day Care
Larson, Theodore C.; And Others – 1972
Research and development guidelines and projections for future child development centers are discussed. The first section describes the Child Development Center (CDC) concept and proposes a nationwide program. Other topics deal with child health and development, education for change, the community and the young child, public approaches and…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Building Innovation, Child Development Centers
McClure, Paul T. – 1971
This is a case study of the TRY Foundation, a privately funded non-profit corporation devoting its resources to "community and human development in disadvantaged areas." Activities sponsored by its primate unit, the Willowbrook Chapter of Watts, Los Angeles, include: thrift shop, preventive dentistry clinic, Operation Vegetable…
Descriptors: Black Community, Child Development Centers, Community Development, Community Programs
Texas Migrant Council, Inc., Laredo. – 1972
This report discusses the background study, and proposed objectives, mode of operation personnel training, staff, assessment, and facilities of a Head Start relocation service for migrant families. Included is a description of the establishment of such a relocation service which provided followup social services activities from one state to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Ancillary Services, Child Advocacy, Child Development Centers
York, Mary Elizabeth – 1970
This report describes in detail the planning and operation of an 8-week pilot day care program for migrant children in Hoopeston, Illinois. Planning began a year in advance and involved arrangements for funding, staff, and physical facilities, as well as the important human relations task of establishing honest communication between…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Community Programs, Comprehensive Programs, Day Care
John F. Kennedy Inst., Baltimore, MD. – 1987
The first section of this volume, designated "the state of the art 1987," contains four papers addressing issues of continuing importance to those who work with developmentally handicapped children: (1) "Passive Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Adversely Affects the Health of Fetuses and Infants" (James E. Haddow and Paula K.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Development Centers