Describes how entrepreneurship training can provide students with a multitude of career opportunities. The author uses the various programs in Montgomery County, Maryland, as examples. These programs involve elementary schools, the chamber of commerce, Junior Achievement, local business leaders, and vocational education programs. (CT)

Discusses problems arising in the service delivery systems of county Departments of Social Services.

This document describes the 11-year history of the formation of the Arlington County Coalition for Career Education, which was conceived to help achieve the infusion of sequential career education (CE) activities into the K-12 curriculum in Arlington, Virginia. The rationale for forming a coalition, rationale for infusing CE into the…

Needs assessment questionnaires were sent to both social service providers and consumers in Contra Costa County, California. This project was designed with three purposes in mind: to determine the level and gaps in services provision for children in the county; to compare consumer and provider perceptions of children's services in the county; and…

The Lenawee Vocational-Technical Center (Vo-Tec Center) and accompanying Placement Office are a combined vocational school, work experience program, and placement service. Serving the 3,500 students in the 12 feeder high schools in the county, about half of whom attend the Vo-Tec Center, the Placement Office boasts 100% placement of students in a…

A program initiated by Simpson College and assisted by a committee of representatives from Warren County, Iowa, to assist the population of the County to understand their community and its problems and set priorities in meeting these problems is reported. Two hundred key leaders, representative of the geographic, educational, economic, religious,…

A request for the creation and implementation of environmental education in the northwest region of Washington state is prepared in this project proposal. Designed as a model to aid in the development of a state plan for environmental education, this interdisciplinary, field- and people-oriented project of the Northwest Environmental Education…

Described are procedures and policies of the Dade County Florida Public Schools regarding special education. Considered are nine basic areas: philosophy of the program (including an organizational chart and description of the case staffing procedure), due process guidelines (including review procedures and exclusion), contractual services (such as…

An evaluation of the Douglas County (Kansas) Extension Program to determine clientele's level of awareness and acceptance of the program and program strengths and weaknesses, to establish new program directions and a base line for future evaluation efforts, and to develop methodology and materials to be used in evaluation. Procedures, findings,…

Describes efforts of the Baldrige in Education Center and Quality Leadership Academy in Santa Cruz County, California, to support teacher and administrator efforts to improve student performance in selected schools through the use of continuous-improvement techniques adopted by many American corporations to improve product quality and increase…

A study of the welfare programs in two counties bordering different states along with comparative welfare expenditure in interior counties tests the theory that Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients migrate to counties which have a higher per capita welfare budget. Research shows that border counties with a $100 differential…

This report, written for the Wisconsin State Legislative Council's Special Committee on Mental Health Issues, describes mental health services in Wisconsin. Part I summarizes the state and county organizational structures and responsibilities for mental health services and provides an introductory summary of funding sources for those services.…

This paper describes the evaluation of the 4-H youth program (serving ages 9 through 19) in Yolo County, California. The paper concentrates on the first component of the evaluation plan, a telephone survey of community needs and perceptions regarding services for youth which was conducted in November, 1984. The originally perceived questions…

Conclusions and recommendations regarding the development of an Area Master Plan to provide maximum coordination between vocational, technical, adult, and continuing education agencies within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California, are presented. The Area Five Planning Committee, which developed the Master Plan, based its evaluation and…

This bibliography contains extensive listings of publications relevant to the broad topic of local government. Citations are organized into separate sections dealing with local government modernization and reform, local government administration and training, structure of local government, county government form and administration, metropolitan…