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VanVoorhis, Richard W.; Protivnak, Jake J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2012
This article describes growth trends in professional and related occupations from both historical and projected perspectives. Professional and related occupations that are considered "hot" (based on growth and demand) are described and grouped according to educational requirements. Next, the authors discuss applicable values-based counseling…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Career Choice, Vocational Adjustment, Trend Analysis
Einspruch, Eric; Deck, Dennis; Grover, Jane; Hahn, Karen – 2000
The state of Washington implemented the Readiness to Learn program as part of the state's Family Policy Initiative. The primary goal of the program is to serve as a formal link between education and human services by authorizing grants to local school-linked, community-based consortia to develop and implement strategies that ensure children arrive…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs
1977
The final report details activities of a 3-year child abuse and neglect program which provided community and professional education about child abuse as well as treatment services (individual counselinq, crisis intervention, medical care, and homemaking services). Implementation pproblems and operation issues (including staff turnover and the use…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Resources

Ogliore, Judy – Children Today, 1997
Examines how the child support enforcement program in Alaska has responded to the challenges of distance, weather, and cultural differences through training representatives, making waiting areas more comfortable, conducting random customer evaluation of services, establishing travel hubs in regional offices and meeting with community leaders and…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Trohanis, Pascal L.; And Others – 1981
During the past 10 years, the Technical Assistance Development System's (TADS) staff and advisory board members along with 500 other people have provided consultation services to model demonstration programs and state education agencies that help young handicapped children and their families. Consultants are usually located through a sponsor or…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Stevens, Sally J.; Morral, Andrew R. – 2003
This book provides detailed descriptions of exemplary adolescent drug treatment models and gives the latest information on substance use and its consequences. The examinations of treatment models included in this book include programs serving adolescent substance users from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Chapters include: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Demonstration Programs, Drug Rehabilitation
North Dakota Dept. of Human Services, Bismark. Div. of Children and Family Services. – 2000
The Head Start program, a comprehensive child development program designed to increase the social competence of children in low-income families and children with disabilities and to improve their chances of school success, has been in North Dakota since 1965. This report describes the objectives of the Head Start and Early Head Start programs, the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Eligibility, Integrated Services
Broken Promises: How the Bush Administration is Failing America's Children [with] Executive Summary.
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 2003
Asserting that President Bush's proposal to shift responsibility for Head Start to the states would allow the federal government to abandon its promise to truly give children a head start, this report, with accompanying executive summary, outlines what is known about children receiving Head Start services and how the program addresses their needs.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Childhood Needs, Children, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
North Dakota Dept. of Human Services, Bismark. Div. of Children and Family Services. – 1998
The Head Start program, a comprehensive child development program designed to increase the social competence of children in low-income families and children with disabilities and to improve their chances of school success, has been in North Dakota since 1965. This report describes the objectives of the Head Start program, the North Dakota Head…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indians, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Eligibility
North Dakota Dept. of Human Services, Bismark. Div. of Children and Family Services. – 1999
The Head Start program, a comprehensive child development program designed to increase the social competence of children in low-income families and children with disabilities and to improve their chances of school success, has been in North Dakota since 1965. This report describes the objectives of the Head Start program, the North Dakota Head…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indians, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Eligibility
Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Love, John M.; Raikes, Helen – 1999
The first of a 3-volume series describing the 17 Early Head Start (EHS) programs in fall 1997, this report discusses the main features of the research programs and identifies the key challenges and successes they experienced during their first year of serving families. Chapter 1 of the report discusses the historical and national context of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change Strategies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Early Intervention
Narr, Christine – 1977
The final report of a 3-year child abuse project (PFL-Panel for Family Living) cites progress in goal areas and includes papers presented at regional and local seminars. Provided are reports on the following topics: child abuse in non-white communities in Pierce County (Washington); PFL client characteristics and service provision; a parent…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Role
Irish, Kate; Schumacher, Rachel; Lombardi, Joan – 2003
As Congress is scheduled to reauthorize the entire Head Start program in 2003, it is important to understand more about Early Head Start and the children and families the program serves. This policy brief, third in a series analyzing Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data, synthesizes Early Head Start data from the most recently…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
O'Brien, Robert W.; D'Elio, Mary Ann; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Magee, Candice; Younoszai, Tina; Keane, Michael J.; Connell, David C.; Hailey, Linda – 2002
Recognizing that families have played an essential role in the Head Start philosophy since the program's inception, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is an effort to develop a descriptive profile of families participating in the Head Start program and services, as well as to develop, test, and refine Program Performance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Diversity (Student), Family Characteristics
Kisker, Ellen Eliason; Love, John M.; Raikes, Helen; Boller, Kimberly; Paulsell, Diane; Rosenberg, Linda; Coolahan, Kathleen; Berlin, Lisa J. – 1999
Early Head Start (EHS) is a comprehensive, two-generation program providing intensive services from before birth to age 3 to promote improved outcomes in children's development, family development, staff development, and community development. The second of a 3-volume series designed to share the experiences of the 17 EHS programs participating in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change Strategies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Delivery Systems
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