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National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
The concept and implementation of direction services, a one step center offering assistance to parents of handicapped children, are traced. Three basic functions of the federally funded direction service centers are noted: to help locate and provide access to the most appropriate resources for handicapped children and youth; to collect and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Services
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN. Peabody Coll., John F. Kennedy Center. – 1993
Proceedings are presented of a conference which addressed services to infants and young children with developmental delays and their families in rural areas. Contents include: results of a survey of 42 respondents regarding rural service delivery; excerpts from Magnolia Circle Outreach Project newsletters; views on problems identified by rural…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Community Resources
Blank, Martin J.; Brand, Betsy; Deich, Sharon; Kazis, Richard; Politz, Bonnie; Trippe, Steve – 2003
Despite the conventional wisdom that comprehensive services are an essential element in the support of children and families, over the past several decades programs and services have continued to be disconnected, separately funded, and provided by these multiple agencies. The need for local intermediaries has emerged through the devolution of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Community Resources, Community Services
Meyers, Judith; Kyle, John E. – 1996
Local governments are on the front line of responsibility for the welfare of children and families. Increased city efforts and collaboration on behalf of children and families were found by this survey of 780 cities conducted by the National League of Cities (NLC) during 1995. The survey found that nearly two out of three cities are involved in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Childhood Needs, Children, City Government
Aspen Systems Corp., Germantown, MD. – 1981
This Project SHARE bibliography lists 43 documents that are representative of the literature concerning the effects of neighborhood consensus on human services delivery. It is divided into three sections: abstracts, an alphabetical list of personal or corporate authors, and a title index. The abstracts are preceded by citation data to aid in…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administrator Guides, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Control