The universal belief that poverty is a matter of low income and correctable through economic growth, more jobs, and increased income is precisely why poverty has persisted in the United States and elsewhere. We view the poor as those not yet in the middle class, but it can be shown that not all the poor can join the middle class, even in the…

TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GREAT CITIES SCHOOL PROGRAM IN PHILADELPHIA, A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL DEPRIVATION AMONG CHILDREN OF LIMITED BACKGROUNDS, FOUR TYPES OF EVALUATIVE CRITERIA WERE USED IN THIS STUDY AND ARE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS--(1) STANDARDIZED TESTING--THE RESULTS AFTER 2 YEARS WERE COMPARED WITH…

The first of two parts, this portion concerns itself with administrative provisions according to these categories: general provisions, fiscal control and funding accounting procedure, State vocational education programs, vocational education programs for the disadvantaged, vocational education research and personnel training, exemplary programs…

This document consists of the final report and booklet developed by a project that provided individual counseling and life-coping skills workshops to recently unemployed workers lacking basic educational skills. The final report describes how individuals recruited at Philadelphia unemployment offices attended group workshop sessions where they…

Between the summers of 1986 and 1987, the Coalition on Human Needs interviewed 202 low income people to learn about their experiences with employment, education, their families, and various government programs. The interviewees showed a higher level of participation in the paid labor force than was predicted. According to those interviewed, the…

The Temple University Neighborhood Extension Program (TUNE) got its start during a series of discussions among representatives of Temple University, the Model Cities Program, and the neighborhoods surrounding the university's North Philadelphia campus. The most complex problem identified during these meetings was the cycle of poverty in which many…

IN THE CURRENT WAR ON POVERTY, THE POSITION OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS SERVED THE MIDDLE-CLASS FARMER, IS NOT WELL DEFINED. TO IDENTIFY FACTORS WHICH INHIBIT THE ADOPTION OF EXTENSION PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR, A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE SERVICE IN MIFFLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AN APPALACHIAN AREA HAVING A HIGHER…