Since 2008, classroom learning activities on the working poor and the living wage have been included in an introductory core course that focuses on community services and professions in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2008 that 8.9 million people were classified as…

Background: Inpatient beds for the psychiatric assessment and treatment of young people (under the age of 18 years) with intellectual disability have become scarce although there is pressure to redevelop them. In the UK, 63% of the NHS beds are at Prudhoe Hospital. This study examines their role and utility in relation to community services, both…

The basic linkage service of an information and Referral (I and R) center is discussed in this manual. By itself, information-giving can be very important. It helps make people in a community more aware of the services available to them, and it can go a long way toward making their lives healthier and happier. In addition, if records are properly…