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Arnott, Allan – New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, 1998
Outlines issues involved in evaluating community services and lists questions to be considered: Why evaluate? What are the benefits and costs? and What is being evaluated? Describes methods: surveys, case studies, performance indicators, action research, and holistic evaluation. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Services, Evaluation Methods, Human Services
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Lange, Brian – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
If the proposition is accepted that service agencies occupy unique environments, then single organism research designs (such as ABAB) and multiple baseline designs may provide more valuable information than currently accepted research methodologies. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Community Services, Evaluation Methods, Human Services, Program Evaluation
Denning, Janice; Gibbons, Jacque – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1993
Interviews with 74 rural community professionals assessed family preservation services available during a 2-year pilot project in 3 rural areas of Kansas and compared family preservation services to traditional child welfare services. Respondents viewed family preservation projects as highly valued services, focusing on the projects' informality,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Community Services, Counseling Services, Family Counseling
Colond, Josefina S.; Wieseler, Norman A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
An evaluation was conducted of community support services in Minnesota that provide treatment options to individuals with developmental disabilities who display behaviors that put them at risk of losing their current community placement and being placed in a large state facility. Evaluation results and the outreach service model are considered.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Community Services
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1991
This report reviews the origins of the Human Corps concept, discusses the Human Corps activities of the University of California and the California State University over the past year (1991), and offers two recommendations concerning future reporting requirements related to this program. The recommendations are: (1) the University of California…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Services, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
Paisley, William J.; And Others – 1981
As part of a five-year plan for vocational education, the California State Department of Education and the Chancellor's Office of Community Colleges contracted for a study to be done to obtain information on programs and services that are being provided to displaced homemakers. Through a series of mailed questionnaires, first to self-identified…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Services, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Needs
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
Staten Island Community Coll., NY. – 1976
The Youth and Community Services Program was designed for the education of human services professionals and paraprofessionals. Two parallel programs were implemented in 1973--a two-year program at Staten Island Community College and a four-year program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At Staten Island, the curriculum involved…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Extension Education, Field Experience Programs
Riddick, Carol Cutler – 1977
The process called deinstitutionalization, whether of the elderly or mentally disabled, involves complex issues, not the least of which are economic, physical, social, and psychological costs; any attempt to further this process perforce needs a comprehensive, specific plan suited to community needs and to those who are to be served. A workable…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Community Role
Decker, Floyd A.; And Others – 1969
The study, conducted in Dayton, Detroit, El Paso, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., investigated efforts to create municipal career employment and training opportunities for those who cannot meet traditional entrance requirements. It also examined the impact of programs on municipal services, and ways in which such programs can…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Services, Disadvantaged, Employment Qualifications
Goldberg, Gertrude S.; And Others – 1972
The first section of this issue of the Bulletin has to do with public service employment, a poorly understood social policy which must be defined before it can be evaluated as an anti-poverty strategy. The term public service employment (PSE) refers to the policy of using government funds to create jobs which serve a dual purpose: that of (1)…
Descriptors: Community Services, Desegregation Methods, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Lowman, Betsy; Bryant, Donna; Zolotor, Adam – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families. This study examined characteristics of families participating in Smart Start, their child care arrangements and family activities, and their need for and use of community…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Services, Early Childhood Education
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. Project Share. – 1978
This index, containing 450 abstracts on human services, is published quarterly to make available a broad range of documents to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The entries are arranged alphabetically by title and indexed by subject matter. Each entry includes the title, order number, source, price,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Development
Parks, Gail Armstrong – 1979
Case studies of local development projects in Scotland, Norway, Australia, and the United States (Minnesota) indicate that federal education programs of a "generative" nature (those linking educational improvement to other improvement efforts, emphasizing process, and stimulating grass-roots participation) are most likely to promote…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Services
Singer, George H. S., Ed.; Powers, Laurie E., Ed. – 1993
This book presents strategies for building strong partnerships between service providers and the families of individuals with disabilities. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Contributing to Resilience in Families: An Overview" (George H. S. Singer and Laurie E. Powers); "Parent to Parent Programs: A Unique Form of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Services, Disabilities, Emotional Adjustment
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