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Download full textManpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1990
The New Chance national demonstration project is designed to help disadvantaged 17- to 21-year-old mothers and their children achieve economic self-sufficiency and optimal physical and psychological development and thereby to curtail the perpetuation of intergenerational poverty. The New Chance model provides a variety of services to meet the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Wroblewski, Elizabeth – 1990
Four years ago, the College of St. Catherine, a small private college in St. Paul, merged with St. Mary's, a 2-year college. The College of St. Catherine plans to use the 2-year college campus to start a program for single parents. A survey (with a 44 percent response) of the 126 single parents currently enrolled showed that they have enough…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Housing, College Students, Day Care
McLanahan, Sara; Garfinkel, Irv – 1988
Although the vast majority of single mothers do not fit the description of an underclass, there is a small group of predominantly black single mothers concentrated in northern urban ghettos that is persistently weakly attached to the labor force, socially isolated, and reproducing itself. Although welfare programs are necessary for those who are…
Descriptors: Blacks, Day Care, Differences, Economically Disadvantaged
Dougherty, Barbara B. – 1990
A study assessed the needs of Wisconsin single parents, homemakers, and displaced homemakers and identified barriers they encounter in obtaining education, training, and employment. A total of 770 new participants from 15 vocational/technical colleges responded to the written survey; 335 responded to the program completers' survey; 15 lead staff…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Displaced Homemakers
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Technical and Vocational Education. – 1994
This reports summarizes 1993-1994 program year developments in Iowa's vocational and applied technology programs funded under the 1990 Perkins Act. The following topics are covered in the report's 12 chapters: progress made in developing performance standards and actual performance standards/core measures developed; secondary, postsecondary, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education)
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. Div. of Applied Technology. – 1994
This report summarizes 1993-1994 program year developments in Maine's applied technology programs funded under the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Act. The first section highlights the following program activities: continued development of Maine's integrated school-to-work transition system, which will allow secondary students to choose one of six career…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling
