This hearing seeks to examine the Family Welfare Reform Act, H.R. 1720, now pending, and determine what changes in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program and the Food Stamp Program are needed to ensure that the United States has an integrated welfare system. H.R. 1720 includes benefit reforms, a new employment and training…

This testimony on unemployed disadvantaged youth given before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor focuses on the condition of Hispanic and other disadvantaged youth in the labor force. The experiences of these youth with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) are discussed, and the following problems are elucidated: (1) failure to meet the…

This Technical Committee Report examines four tiers of retirement income: (1) social security; (2) private and public occupational pension programs; (3) income from assets and savings; and (4) needs-tested programs. A summary of principal findings and recommendations is followed by three sections discussing the statistical basis for this report.…

Presented in this document are transcripts of hearings on the subject of national materials policy. The hearings focused on implementation of P.L. 96-479, the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (including the recent Presidential program plan and report made to Congress) and on H.R. 4281, the Critical…

The social security system in the United States is becoming increasingly unstable, as the amount of benefits paid to an ever larger number of retirees grows and the number of younger workers paying taxes to the system decreases. The problem will become especially acute in the years 2011 and after, as the members of the "baby boom"…

Public attitudes toward affirmative action and racial discrimination were measured in a telephone survey of 648 respondents in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. In addition to focusing on how government affirmative action policies impact on racial minorities and women, the study investigated individual attitudes on the extent of racial…

Educational dissemination has contributed a number of innovative concepts and strategies to information science. Much-misunderstood ERIC, which combines research reports with policy documents and teaching materials, is one of the first and best examples of a field-oriented rather than discipline-oriented database. Building on ERIC, federal…

Data from the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity analyze dimensions of the presumed relationship of rural-urban migration and the plight of cities: the location of rural migrants in urban areas, and the extent of their contribution to urban poverty. (Author/KM)

Catholic educators in recent years have worked to increase their schools' capacity to provide special education services to more students. The expansion of federal programs to support students with special needs has aided in dealing with this issue, but it has also exacerbated problems. The exacerbation comes from the increased focus on both the…

This paper traces the development of parent education in America from 1700 to the present. Discussed are the emphasis, scope and organizational patterns of delivery during five periods: 1700-1850, 1850-1900, 1900-1930, 1930-1955, and 1955-present. From 1700 to 1850 information to parents generally reflected Calvinist-Evangelical philosophy. The…

This booklet was developed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to acquaint adults with products which research has shown to be hazardous to children. The booklet includes discussions of bicycles, toys, playground equipment, flammable fabrics, poisons, swimming pools, fireworks, and household products. Each discussion includes a…

This document presents a study of the effects of father absence upon the academic achievement of black children. Children in remedial reading and math programs from 20 Title I schools in a single midwestern metropolitan school district were studied. The father absence rate for black children in this school system averaged 30%. The study indicates…

The stated purpose of this testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, is to evaluate the political and legal progress--or lack of it--that has been made toward achieving racial equality in the decade since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law. (Author/JM)

The current unified-system view of educational knowledge production and utilization is seen to be inadequate. A reformulation of the conceptual structure on which the program is built must be complete, balanced, and realistic in order to mount programs in education which can command broad-based support. (Author/AM)

Article presented at a Seminar on the Role of the Arts in Meeting the Disadvantaged (Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 18, 1960).