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Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This report describes and evaluates the Child and Family Resource Program (CERP) in Poughkeepsie, New York, one of 11 sites of this Head Start-affiliated program. Placing a professional in appropriate community agencies to help bring about changes in the social service delivery system (the Resource Agency Person (RAP) concept) is considered a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Day Care, Delivery Systems
Anderson, Stephen M. – 1975
The data in this report comes from the 1972 Consolidated Program Information Report (CPIR) designed to provide statistical information about federal educational aid programs at the local level. These data focus on the characteristics of the children who participate, the total staff involved, and all expenditures incurred in the operation of…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
The laws covered in this report were initiated as part of a federal policy of assisting school districts financially burdened as a result of new or expanded federal activities. Public Law 81-874 authorizes financial assistance for maintenance and operation of schools to local education agencies. Public Law 81-815 authorizes federal financial…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
The laws covered in this report were initiated as part of a federal policy of assisting school districts financially burdened as a result of new or expanded federal activities. Public Law 81-874 authorizes financial assistance for maintenance and operation of schools to local education agencies. Public Law 81-815 authorizes federal financial…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Hedrick, James L.; Fatland, Gary – 1971
This paper presents a discussion of challenges to the rapid expansion of a federally sponsored day care program. The analysis has centered upon the policy issue of choosing the ideal blend of governmental reliance upon the private day care market, governmental support to the private day care market, and governmental funding and operation of day…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Day Care
Wilms, Wellford W. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1983
Literature concerning U.S. proprietary vocational schools and student financial aid is reviewed, focusing on public and interprofessional attitudes, industry reforms, the schools as businesses, enrollments, student characteristics, program characteristics and costs, completions, job placement, earnings, federal student aid, aid recipients, and…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Federal Programs
Johnson, Clifford M.; Savner, Steve – 1999
This overview on potential funding sources describes three major federal programs that can provide a financing base for public job creation initiatives serving hard-to-employ welfare recipients and non-custodial parents. Section I is an introduction. Section II focuses on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant. Section III…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Potential
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2000
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of federally funded work force development programs, such as employment and training programs. Information, including budget data for fiscal years 1999 and 2000, was gathered on federally funded employment and training programs for which a key program goal is providing assistance…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office examined the spending, outcomes, and performance of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Federal expenditure data were analyzed, legislation and regulations specifying data collection/reporting requirements and performance standards for the programs were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1987
Recent activities provided in Ohio through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and its predecessor, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are summarized in this annual report. Specific information contained in the report includes statistics for fiscal 1986 (the 1985-86 school year and the summer that…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This fact sheet compares statutory data collection and reporting provisions of the federal education block grant (chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981) with the nine other block grant programs funded in fiscal year 1986; data on statutory administrative cost limits are also provided. Each grant's legislation was…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Chelius, James, Ed. – 1986
This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H.…
Descriptors: Accidents, Administrator Attitudes, Asbestos, Comparative Analysis
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) has concluded that Congress must legislate management alternatives for federal agencies which provide services for Indians. Legislation is necessary because these agencies have not corrected management weaknesses in spite of repeated recommendations by GAO, congressional committees, American Indian Policy…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, American Indians, Cooperative Planning
PIVNICK, ISADORE – 1967
THIS OUTLINE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZES THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT DURING 1966-67 AND PRESENTS THE PROPOSED PROJECTS AND COMPONENTS FOR 1967-68. THERE ARE PROPOSALS FOR PREKINDERGARTEN CENTERS, A PROJECT TO LOWER PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO AND CLASS SIZE IN PRIMARY GRADES, INSERVICE…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Class Size, Compensatory Education, Elementary Schools
WORKING, RUSSELL A.; YOUNG, EILEEN – 1967
THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF OHIO'S TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. PROJECT PARTICIPANTS WERE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, WITHDRAWAL AND FEELINGS OF REJECTION, ABSENTEEISM, AND IRRESPONSIBILITY. ONLY 50 PERCENT OF THEM HAD PLANS FOR CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION WHILE 70 PERCENT OF NONTITLE I PUPILS…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Compensatory Education
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