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Craig, Sara – Opportunity, 1972
Describes the progress of the Day Care Center program in Talladega County, Alabama, started in 1970 by a small Office of Economic Opportunities grant to the Talladega-Clay-Randolph Community Action Committee. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Day Care, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income
Peer reviewedRawlins, V. Lane – Industrial Relations, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Download full textPrinsen, 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
Direct linkBalbernie, Robin – Zero to Three (J), 2004
As part of a commitment to eliminate child poverty, the British government has established Sure Start programs across the country. Sure Start programs are very similar to U.S. Early Head Start initiatives; their stated aim is to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged families and children before and from birth. The article describes…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Mental Health
Kennedy, Edward M. – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
A new bill has been introduced in Congress by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Representative Dale Kildee (D-MI) that would make full-day early childhood education widely available to preschool students. The bill, labeled "Smart Start" (S. 2270) is intended to help economically disadvantaged preschool students, whose numbers have…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care Centers, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Bureau of Employment Security (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1966
THE DATA ON MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 1964 AND 1965 REFLECT THE INCREASING EMPHASIS ON ASSISTING DISADVANTAGED TRAINEES SUCH AS JOBLESS TEENAGERS, NONWHITES, AND PERSONS OF LIMITED EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. ALMOST HALF OF THE 321,456 ENROLLEES RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE SKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED CATEGORIES,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
National Inst. for Advanced Study in Teaching Disadvantaged Youth, Washington, DC. – 1968
The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), with support from The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education through its Inter-Institutional Program Development Project, has prepared this report as phase 2 of a three-phase project designed to improve the educational approach to disadvantaged children. This report reveals…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs
CARO, FRANCIS G. – 1966
TWO APPROACHES WERE USED IN STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) ON MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN -- (1) IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OPERATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN ITS WORK FLOW, AND (2) IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN THE YOUTH AND POVERTY AREAS (SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY,…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Study, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience
