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Download full textYounger, George D. – Christianity and Crisis, 1965
With a focus on Mobilization for Youth (MFY) this paper questions whether community action projects are best administered by public or private sponsorship or by a combination of both. MFY is a private organization financed by an NIMH grant and OEO funds. Since its inception in 1959 it has remained administratively independent, but while this…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Action, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Prinsen, Bert – 1997
This paper discusses the characteristics of three community-based early childhood care and development support programs: the Community Mothers Program of Dublin, Ireland; the Maternal and Infant Health Outreach Workers Program of Tennessee; and the Mothers Inform Mothers Program of the Netherlands. The paper considers the general characteristics…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Support
Schorr, Lisbeth B.; Schorr, Daniel – 1989
This book discusses issues involved in the current debate over the nature and effectiveness of anti-poverty programs, and examines the high economic and social costs of, and the risk factors involved in, cyclical poverty. The book offers suggestions to help solve the problems of cyclical poverty and chronic disadvantage by highlighting effective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
