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Katherine Hartmann – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2025
Land Grant Institutions (LGIs) and Cooperative Extension were founded to bring educational access to the states they serve. In contrast to this mission and the ubiquitous nature of Extension services in US counties, Extension offices can only be found in a small number of indigenous communities. Despite these inequities, there are Extension…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education
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Morrison, John D.; Howard, Joy; Johnson, Casey; Navarro, Francisco J.; Plachetka, Beth; Bell, Tony – Social Work, 1997
Develops a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of urban, low-income, multicultural communities. Outlines a neighborhood network that focuses on the developmental needs of youth, engages residents, and promotes interdisciplinary services. Examines one school of social work's efforts to help a neighborhood develop such a network. (RJM)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Models
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O'Meara, Peter; Chesters, Janice; Han, Gil-Soo – Rural Society, 2004
The Alberton Project was a three-year community capacity building project that ran from 1999 until 2002. It aimed to revitalise the local community surrounding the small Victorian town of Yarram. Evaluation of the project involved participant observation, monitoring of media reports, surveys and interviews. Outcomes are reported with reference to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Community Development, Community Programs, Program Evaluation
Sviridoff, Mitchell – 1963
A speech to a community forum reviews the organization, functions, and programs of Community Progress, Inc. (CPI) in New Haven, Connecticut. CPI is concerned with raising the resources for a massive attack on poverty, with coordinating that effort, and with working cooperatively with like-minded community institutions. The major thrust of the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Change, Community Development, Community Organizations
Herman, Joan; Bain, Josie – 1989
This document presents a set of ten steps that can be used by a wide range of concerned people to mobilize a community to solve problems connected with the growing population of underachieving minority youth. Step I, "The Initiation," outlines how to develop a coalition to assure a strong foundation for mobilization efforts. Step II,…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Community Action, Community Development, Community Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
This practical aid is designed to help individuals and organizations working at the local level on employment and economic issues to build effective public-private partnerships and develop stronger links between economic development and employment and training activities. It is intended for practitioners at the policy and program levels in public…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Community Development, Community Programs