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Nutrition for the Homeless. Hearing on S. 728, A Bill To Improve the Nutrition of the Homeless, and for Other Purposes; and S. 812, A Bill to Amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to Provide Urgent Relief to Improve the Nutrition of the Homeless...(Nutrition for Homeless Individuals Act of 1987) before the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1987
This document contains oral testimony by state and government officials, prepared statements, and supporting materials concerning food assistance for the homeless. The bills before the Senate would increase Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding by $10 million in fiscal year 1987, and $20 million in 1988. According to John W.…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Food, Government Role, Hearings
Continuity and Change in Antipoverty Programs. Second Annual Report.
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National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1969
This report reviews the status of poverty and makes the following recommendations for program aims and structure, and for organizational changes at the Federal level. Antipoverty programs should attack the total environment of the poor: housing, education, family stability, employment, and neighborhoods. Increased efforts must be made to reach the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
PLANNING THE ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY. PART TWO.
LEVITAN, SAR A. – 1967
DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN THIS PAPER IS THE BACKGROUND OF THE PASSAGE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 (PUBLIC LAW 88-425). OPENING WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A TASK FORCE TO PREPARE LEGISLATION, THE PAPER TRACES CRITICALLY THE BARGAINING AND MANEUVERING OF A NUMBER OF FEDERAL AGENCIES, OTHER GROUPS, AND VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS IN WRITING…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Chapter I Concentration Grants: An Analysis of the Concept, the Current Statute, and Amendments Adopted in Legislation To Reauthorize the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act.
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Riddle, Wayne – 1988
Chapter 1, the Federal program of grants to local education agencies (LEAs) for the education of disadvantaged children, authorizes the distribution of assistance through both a basic and a concentration grant formula. Concentration grants are intended to provide additional assistance to areas with especially high numbers or proportions of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
PROJECT UPLIFT--REFLECTIONS ON A QUIET SUMMER.
WOOCK, ROGER – 1967
PROJECT UPLIFT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 1965 IN HARLEM IN PART TO AVOID POSSIBLE RIOTS. CONNECTED WITH HARYOU-ACT, AND FUNDED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THE PROJECT'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDED--CONSTRUCTION OF VEST POCKET PARKS, PLANTING OF TREES IN CENTRAL HARLEM, A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM, BOOTHS TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT…
Descriptors: Athletics, Day Camp Programs, Drama Workshops, Federal Aid