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Hall, James; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Sylva, Kathy; Smith, Teresa; Sammons, Pamela; Smith, George; Evangelou, Maria; Goff, Jenny; Tanner, Emily; Agur, Maya; Hussey, David – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
This paper presents a review of the family services that were offered by a sample of 121 English Sure Start Children's Centres in 2011 and 2012. Children's Centres are community based facilities that aim to improve outcomes for at-risk families and children through the delivery of a range of services largely aimed at families with young children.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Delivery Systems, Community Services, Community Centers
Sharfstein, Steven S.; Khajavi, Farrokh – MH, 1974
Article examined the Brookside Park Family Life Center, established by the Boston Model Cities Administration, and how it provides comprehensive health and social services to families. (RK)
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Services, Inservice Education, Mental Health Programs
Bond, John B., Jr. – Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, 1980
To evaluate the functioning of a senior citizens' center, data were collected on six variables: (1) historical population shifts; (2) attendance and membership statistics; (3) goal attainment; (4) community outreach attempts; (5) neighborhood resources; and (6) general factors affecting attendance. Comparisons revealed a pattern of decreasing…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Community Centers, Community Services, Foreign Countries
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Reinherz, Helen; And Others – Adolescence, 1976
Treatment goals, client expectations and client progress after one year of participation in program are discussed. It is suggested that agreement of goals and expectations between client and therapist, mutually shared cultural and social values, and the community base of agency are most important factors contributing to success of center. (RW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Centers, Community Services, Counseling Objectives
New York Univ., NY. Reading Consortium. – 1976
The New York University-Reading Consortium proposed to evaluate the use of interactive cable television for the delivery of public services to the the elderly residents of Reading, Pennsylvania. The project represented the collaborative efforts of New York University, the City of reading, the Berks TV Cable Company, the Berks County Senior…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Centers, Community Information Services, Community Services
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
Turick, Dorothy Ann – 1973
This report summarizes the achievements of the Neighborhood Information Centers Project on a national basis. (Summaries for each of the five cities-Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, and Queens Borough, were submitted separately.) The purposes of the Project are to research the feasibility of the branch library as a Neighborhood Information…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annual Reports, Community Centers, Community Services
Herjanic, Marijan; And Others – 1972
Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, through the Outreach Service, provides psychiatric care for the residents of the Model Cities area of the City of St. Louis. The program was started three years ago, but was actually in full operation for about one and a half years. The services to children are a part of the total program and it is difficult to…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Community Centers
Zendell, Marlene – 1981
This three-part report describes and evaluates Washington's Displaced Homemaker Pilot Project, a two-year program which established multipurpose service centers to provide training, counseling, and support for displaced homemakers. After the Executive Summary, Part I presents background on project funding and the problems and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Centers, Community Colleges
White, Arthur – 1967
Families that participate in CAP programs express keen desires to make more money, to get a better education for their children, to keep their children out of trouble, to make the available money go farther, to get more training and better jobs, to get better medical care, and to have more attractive homes. This is especially true of the large…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Attitudes, Blacks