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Navarro, Armando – AGENDA, 1980
The article explains the "demilitantization" of the Chicano movement; the resulting foundation, philosophy, and strategy of the Trinity Concept of Community Development (TCCD); and the history, projects such as the Congress for United Communities, and political accomplishments of the National Institute for Community Development, an…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Consumer Education
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC. – 1969
Workshop participants and staff members of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation are listed, and contributions of participants are presented for each day of the meeting. Discussions consider the Model Cities Program, the problems of the disadvantaged, mental retardation, environmental influences, community involvement, inclusion of the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Services
Upjohn (W.E.) Inst. for Employment Research, Washington, DC. – 1968
Programs in two southeastern communities were established to develop community resource persons who could facilitate the initiation of comprehensive manpower development and utilization programs. Major problems inhibiting the development of such manpower programs were fragmentation of social welfare program and lack of total community concern and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Community Change, Community Organizations, Community Programs

O'Hara, John – Educational Media International, 1994
Describes the background, organization and operations, and future prospects of the South Bristol Learning Network, a project established to create a cable-based telecommunications infrastructure in Bristol, England. The organization's mission, steps in organizing the project, identification of the community's information and communication needs,…
Descriptors: Business, Cable Television, Community Organizations, Community Programs

Beck, Carlton E.; Kersey, Shirley N. – Counseling and Values, 1972
Briefly presented are problems which frequently arise in community programs where local persons serve as staff. While such programs should include local residents the quality of the services must not be sacrificed too greatly lest the objectives become unattainable. The recommendations are offered to utilize more effectively those special talents…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged, Indigenous Personnel, Needs
Bush, Buford – Parks Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Administration, Athletics, Community Programs, Developing Nations

Brown, Michael J. – Social Policy, 1993
The author's experiences in community service at a Quaker summer work camp 30 years ago taught him more about himself than about the community in which he helped. National service needs to include an organizing orientation that allows the strengths of both participants and community members to flourish. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Experience, Individual Development

Schulberg, Herbert C.; Baker, Frank – Community Mental Health Journal, 1970
The rapid expansion of community mental health programs calls for exploring the primary task, the nature of inputs and outputs, environmental conditions, and subsystem interactions as they affect a community mental health program. The differences between programs organized according to a medical practice model and a human services model are also…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Programs, Health Programs, Human Services
Swift, Bert; And Others – Appalachia, 1975
Descriptors: Community Programs, Concept Formation, Federal Aid, Health Needs
Phillips, Phillip D. – 1990
This book is designed to provide an introductory understanding of challenges, goals, processes, and procedures for economic developers, particularly economic development volunteers, in rural areas and small towns. Chapter 1 defines economic development and basic terms. Chapter 2 describes major economic, social, and demographic trends that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Community Development, Community Programs
National Urban League, Inc., New York, NY. – 1972
The guide is intended to assist community groups in developing preschool programs, offering an outline of some of the procedural steps in organizing a child care program and a description of typical regulations found in State licensing codes governing establishment of such a center. Specific information is given on who may operate a child care…
Descriptors: Certification, Community Programs, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Washington, DC. – 1979
This guide seeks improvement in group home management, especially community-based residential facilities for juvenile offenders. Primary organizational considerations include structure, communication lines and decision making. The role of the Board of Directors is explored from initial selection through definition of the program directors role.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Programs, Community Relations, Delinquency
Anderson, J. E. – 1973
This study illustrates and analyzes the part which community self-help has played in the financing of education in Kenya. Particular attention is paid to the view that although such local communities tend to reduce short-term costs for governments, they limit, at the same time, the opportunities to develop new and wider strategies of educational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Role
Parikh, V. M. – 1978
To examine the feasibility of introducing a program of cooperative education at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), a task force assessed the problems encountered by other institutions which have introduced cooperative education. Attention was given to the support that might be expected for cooperative education among students,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordinators