The focus of the Rural Child Care Project is culturally disadvantaged children and their families in 10 Appalachian counties of Eastern Kentucky. Research evaluation of the Project during 1967-68 had 4 major objectives: (1) to assess the relationship between a child's attendance in a Child Development Center and his subsequent intellectual…

To help increase leader effectiveness in planning and implementing local action projects, the booklet presents discussion and examples of the nature and characteristics of planned community action leading to community development. The booklet first explains why leaders should be involved with community action and then gives abstracts of seven…

The report presents case studies of 7 community action projects which were undertaken by New York communities with populations under 10,000 and which show how local leaders can improve the quality of life in their communities. The report describes the background, initiation, expansion, implementation, consequences, and highlights of the projects,…