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Kalevitch, Maria; Maurer, Cheryl; Badger, Paul; Holdan, Greg; Iannelli, Joe; Sirinterlikci, Arif; Semich, George; Bernauer, James – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
The School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (SEMS) at Robert Morris University (RMU) was awarded a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund scholarships to 21 academically talented but financially challenged students majoring in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Each…
Descriptors: Grants, Scholarships, STEM Education, Student Experience
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Brody, Stanley J.; And Others – Social Work, 1972
Benefit Alert was designed to help the low-income aged of Philadelphia take advantage of material benefits they were entitled to under existing state and federal legislation. An implicit goal of the project was to test a governmental agency's ability to be an advocate for the poor. (Author)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Older Adults, Program Descriptions
Travis, Arden L. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1975
Describes an experimental program at Rochester Institute of Technology to see if the advantages of cooperative education can be extended to the financially deprived of the community. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Experimental Curriculum
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Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 2001
This pamphlet, in English- and Spanish-language versions, offers information to parents on the functioning and benefits of Head Start, a federal program for preschool children from low-income families. The pamphlet's sections answer the following questions: (1) "What Is Head Start?" (2) "What Can the Head Start Program Offer to Your…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups
Greer, Nora Richter – 1986
This report describes the response of the American Institute of Architects' Housing Committee to the homeless crisis in the United States. Based on information shared at two conferences held by the Committee in 1985, this publication examines the question of how to provide secure, dignified shelter for those with little financial resources. It…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
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Newberg, Norman A.; Sims, Randall B. – Urban Education, 1996
Examines the interventions associated with the Say Yes to Education program, a college tuition-guarantee program that was promised to graduating sixth graders from inner-city, low-income families. The program's critical point is that students would not take advantage of opportunities without transforming relationships and a widening sense of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Smith, Sheila, Ed. – 1995
This volume examines two-generation interventions as models that represent a new approach to assisting families in poverty. Five of the chapters examine current programs--their design, characteristics of participants, implementation issues, and in one case, evaluation outcomes. Other chapters offer a research and policy context for this…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Life, Family Literacy
North Dakota State Dept. of Human Services, Bismarck. Div. of Children and Family Services. – 2002
This fact sheet offers information on North Dakota's Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which are federally-funded comprehensive child development programs for income-eligible children and their families. The primary target population for these programs is children between the ages of 0 and 5; 5,176 such children and their families received…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
Lakes, Richard D. – 1996
Presented in this book are studies of social projects for economically disadvantaged inner-city youth engaged in neighborhood revitalizations in low-income communities around the country. Children and teens are highlighted as they participate in nonschool initiatives to achieve economic and political self-determination coupled with personal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Services, Economic Development
Maynard, Rebecca, Ed. – 1993
This report synthesizes first-phase evaluation results of the Teenage Parent Demonstration program. This program, whose cornerstone is case management, responded to three concerns: (1) rising welfare caseloads; (2) persistently high rates of teenage pregnancies and births; and (3) the high probability that teenage parents will go onto welfare and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delivery Systems, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged
Hellerich-Tuttle, Linda; And Others – 1996
Transition projects have emerged to address Head Start fade-out effects, that is, the disappearance of gains made by Head Start program children by the third grade. The Nebraska Transition Project is one of 31 across the United States providing Head Start-like services to families with children in public elementary school, kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Programs
Kraft, Richard; And Others – 1995
Design and implementation of a program to improve education for a culturally diverse middle school population in an economically disadvantaged area are described. The program involved cooperation of the University of Colorado-BUENO Center for Multicultural Education and a nearby school district. In the two participating middle schools, students…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College School Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism, Economically Disadvantaged
Rainwater, Mary; De Caprio, Chris – 1994
The first paper describes The Los Angeles Free Clinic and its services, which are specifically designed to respond to the needs of low-income and homeless youth within the community. The paper describes a free-of-charge, free-of-judgment comprehensive response system that exists because of collaboration with other health facilities such as…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Methods
Eldredge, Susan; Dornbusch, Sanford M. – 1992
Although community-based education support organizations are second only to public schools in the number of young people they serve each year, there has been little substantive research on these organizations and the education support they provide. With funding from the Walter S. Johnson Foundation, a 10-month study of neighborhood-based…
Descriptors: Administrators, After School Programs, Community Organizations, Community Programs
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Lieberman, Nancy; Vaughn, Suzanne A. – NASPA Journal, 1990
Describes the Public Assistance Comprehensive Education (PACE) program, a vocational training program established for individuals receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The PACE program was designed to assist public assistance recipients with many financial and personal problems in obtaining education and jobs. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Programs
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