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Nasiruddin, Md. – Online Submission, 2013
Each night, around 20,000 people--both adults and children--make the streets of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) their home. Living amongst the noise, rubbish, and traffic, thousands of families walk down the streets of Dhaka, looking for a safe place to rest for just a few hours each night. Trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters

Brooks, Carol M. – Social Casework, 1974
A new model for mental health service delivery is required, based not on traditional assumptions of adjusting clients to their situation but rather are based on the eradication of the causes of such conditions in the social environment. The developmental history of such a mental health program is described for a predominantly black urban area in…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Community Centers, Community Development, Community Health Services

Reichard, Donald L.; Wood, Mary T. – Catalyst, 1999
Outlines the development of a leadership-training center at James Sprunt Community College. A community-based programming (CBP) model was followed to encourage community input, support, and participation in the process. CBP is recommended as a way for other colleges to collaborate with their communities on issue definition and resolution. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Programs
Guajardo, Francisco; Perez, Delia; Guajardo, Miguel A.; Davila, Eric; Ozuna, Juan; Saenz, Maribel; Casaperalta, Nadia – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2006
The Llano Grande Center is a non-profit education and community development organization founded in the mid-1990s by youth and teachers out of a public high school classroom in a rural South Texas (USA) community. The Center was created, in large part, to cultivate youth voices as important elements of curriculum development and teacher training…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Community Development, Rural Schools, Action Research

Curtis, Marlene; Stetson, Nancy – Community Services Catalyst, 1990
Describes Wenatchee Valley Community College's Community Resource Center (CRC), created to promote information exchange, community dialogue, and alliance building to help solve community problems. Reviews the role of the CRC's advisory board and the ways in which the CRC has served the community. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Centers, Community Colleges, Community Development
Garcia, Manuel Alcazar – Grassroots Development, 1999
A partnership of nongovernmental organizations developed a model of integrated community development centers (CDICs) to address the lack of services and affordable basic necessities in poor barrios surrounding many Latin American cities. A CDIC in a Guayaquil (Ecuador) barrio provides wholesale goods and credit to barrio shopkeepers and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Centers, Community Development, Community Education
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1971
This report, the first of a series attempting to provide information on community development programs, Federal processes, and policies, presents an evaluation of the operating centers constructed with Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Facilities grants. The program evaluated provides grants to help local public bodies finance development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Centers, Community Development, Community Services
Wynn, Joan R.; And Others – 1995
This paper reports on the progress of eight Chicago-based community initiatives designed to redefine social services and broaden social responsibility for the development of children and families. The paper has three sections describing: (1) general background on the children, youth, and families initiative; (2) early lessons from an initiative in…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Centers, Community Development
Weber, Ron – Grassroots Development, 1990
Describes Catholic priest's founding and operation of Servol, grassroots community assistance and development center in Trinidad. Describes Servol's low-profile service-oriented approach to creating education and health services, programs, and facilities. Describes Servol's difficult transition from quixotic neighborhood project to national and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Coordination, Community Development
Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Ottawa (Ontario). Experimental Projects Branch. – 1968
This Canadian annotated bibliography provides 41 items on community planning, community action, community services, and participation, followed by eight related publications on aspects of communities and of social change. Manpower development, human services, dimensions of poverty, and strategies for change are emphasized. Also included are a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Blacks, Community Action