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Freedman, Marc | 2 |
Allen, Margery | 1 |
Blake, Gerald F. | 1 |
Lyons, Charles W. | 1 |
Reece, Carolyn | 1 |
Ventura-Merkel, Catherine | 1 |
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Reece, Carolyn – Children Today, 1988
Describes an innovative intergenerational pilot project, Team Work, in Northern Virginia in which older adult volunteers help disabled young people progress toward secure competitive employment. (BB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Programs, High Risk Persons, Intergenerational Programs

Freedman, Marc – Children Today, 1989
Discusses results of a study of five initiatives which promote intergenerational relationships for at-risk youth. Discusses factors involved in the success of the initiatives, the relation between elder mentors and youths, and implications for policy. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, High Risk Persons, Intergenerational Programs

Ventura-Merkel, Catherine; Freedman, Marc – Children Today, 1988
Discusses and reviews intergenerational programs designed to help some of society's most at-risk young citizens and simultaneously enrich the lives of the older adults involved. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Community Programs, Helping Relationship, High Risk Persons

Allen, Margery – Children Today, 1986
Describes a Channel One food co-op operated by senior citizens and high school students which involves the entire Rochester, Minnesota, community in growing produce, collecting food, and fundraising. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Support, Cooperative Programs, Food

Children Today, 1989
Summarizes results of reports and resources concerning the reform of social welfare policy. Focuses on a profile of Indiana children, hospital policies and programs designed to meet the psychosocial needs of hospitalized children and their families, a senior center/latchkey program, and lead poisoning prevention. (BB)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Child Welfare, Elementary Education, Family Programs

Lyons, Charles W. – Children Today, 1986
Describes a successful intergenerational program resulting from the collaboration of agencies in Pennsylvania which work with senior citizens and young children. Agencies provided training and support for the cooperatively developed project. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Intergenerational Programs

Blake, Gerald F. – Children Today, 1986
Examines Project MAIN (Mobile Assistants in Nutrition), a 12-month demonstration project and the collaborative effort of an urban university, a high school, and a senior services agency, which employed students, ages 14 to 19, to research, plan, and operate a grocery delivery and escort service for elderly and disabled citizens. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Education Work Relationship, Helping Relationship