Article describes one county's efforts to comply with California's Stull Bill, and rethink educational evaluation in terms of outcomes. (SP)

A county wide approach was effective in assisting communities to establish sex education programs in their schools. It was a united effort involving many individuals in all phases of planning. The county committee provided the incentive, leadership, resources and support to communities that wanted to establish sex education programs. (Author)

In a study undertaken at a state hospital to determine quantitative influence of counselors on drug and alcohol problems, counselors had a significant impact on the patients' admission rates, their length of time in the hospital, their length of time back in the community, and their rates of readmission. (Author)

The portion of the evaluation system included here is the heart of a cooperatively developed certificated staff evaluation system. (Author/CB)

A review of the Area V Planning Committee's study and evaluation of vocational education programs in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, is presented. Three generalized problem areas were addressed, including: (1) financial support for needed programs; (2) the development of new programs and the evaluation of old ones; and, (3) the lack…

The Westchester County (New York) Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation has developed a program to motivate all segments of the community, including the corporate community, older adults, and school-age children to keep physically fit. Various activities are stressed, including contests, physical fitness tests, and education. (CB)

Reports results of a six-month pilot program conducted in a rural southeastern county to identify and exploit any benefits from a county alcohol abuse evaluation and referral service formed in response to requests from the local judicial system. Indicated that most courts in the county were using the system and that 168 clients had been processed…

A recent pre-job preparation educational program for unemployed adults, conducted in Monongalia County, West Virginia, was distinctive in that it attempted to deal with a wide range of problems faced by job seekers and to use the resources of all agencies in the manpower and social services field. It was also done with existing resources, not…

This paper describes the development and implementation of a county Youth Services Commission beginning with its inception, organizational structure, and subsequent role in facilitating county-wide programs for adolescents. As a branch of county government, with an independent staff, the Commission employed a subcommittee format to bring together…

Statewide efforts by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to secure third-party payments for nonhospital alcoholism services gradually dissolved due to changes in political administration and overall priorities. San Mateo County, however, served as a demonstration county for the effort and has continued to explore third-party…

This document reports a revision study of the California Alcohol Services Reporting System (ASRS), a system which consists of a structure of definitions and categories of services, a budget form of planned alcohol services, instructions for the county plan, and the report of expenditures. The study problem is that the ASRS structure of…

The Task Force on Resource Development of the Cooperative Extension Service, Louisiana State University, decided to utilize the leader identification technique as a means of assisting the parish rural development committees in the rural development process. The technique is a procedure to stimulate effective citizen participation to identify…

The authors offer an operational definition of institutional integration and synergism, with reference to the Health and Education Council (a consortium of Essex Community College, Baltimore County Health Department, and Franklin Square Hospital). Key elements that appear to be essential to successful cooperative efforts are noted and described.…

Profiled are 5 child care centers, 5 child care systems, 2 cities, 1 community, 1 county, and 6 states and provinces that have developed new policies aimed at improving the compensation of staff in child care occupations. Examples describe how salary initiatives at different levels got started, what barriers were overcome, and what was…