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Download full textRobertson, Robert E. – 2000
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is a federally funded nutrition assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Responding to Congressional requests for information regarding program costs, this report provides information on: (1) funding…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Support, National Surveys, Nutrition
Duscha, Steve; Graves, Wanda Lee – 1999
This document describes customized, employer-specific training programs for incumbent workers and new hires operated in 45 states. Unlike federal programs, state programs are economic tools to attract and retain jobs; are employer-, not worker-centered; have few requirements for targeting individuals; and train incumbent workers for new jobs or…
Descriptors: Government Role, Government School Relationship, Inplant Programs, Instructional Student Costs
Elmore, Richard F. – 1987
However defined, the quality of services under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act is heavily dependent on the setting in which those services are delivered. Working definitions of the following aspects of program delivery are presented as a means of establishing evaluation criteria: (1) the resources applied to a local…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Riddle, Wayne C. – 1989
Chapter 1, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, authorizes federal assistance for state and local programs of education for disadvantaged elementary and secondary school pupils. Its appropriation for fiscal year (FY) 1989 is $4.6 billion. Chapter 1 has been reauthorized and comprehensively revised by the 100th Congress,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
This report outlines the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' plan to address the educational needs of homeless children and youth, as required by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. The major purpose of the plan is to guide local education agencies and supply them with resources as they attempt to meet the educational needs of homeless…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Smith, Marshall S. – 1987
The Chapter 1 program of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act would be made more efficient and effective by implementing the following recommendations: (1) improve the targeting of funds; (2) let good educational practice rather than accounting practice shape Chapter 1 programs; (3) establish systems of output accountability for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
