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Broken Promises: How the Bush Administration is Failing America's Children [with] Executive Summary.
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 2003
Asserting that President Bush's proposal to shift responsibility for Head Start to the states would allow the federal government to abandon its promise to truly give children a head start, this report, with accompanying executive summary, outlines what is known about children receiving Head Start services and how the program addresses their needs.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Childhood Needs, Children, Client Characteristics (Human Services)

Chow, Roger; Yuen, Francis K. O. – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Provides impressionistic reflection of how human service agencies in San Jose, California have helped refugee families from war-torn Cambodia and Bosnia. Summarizes some of the lessons learned from working with refugee families. Notes that the experiences have influenced the capacity- building, empowering, and mentoring aspects of a new…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Cooperation, Emotional Adjustment, Family (Sociological Unit)
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
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
This report provides an overview of existing research, issues, programs, and initiatives that relate to coordinated education, health, and human services, with an emphasis on implications for Texas and the implementation of the America 2000 National Education Goals initiative. It discusses the often fragmented and uncoordinated nature of current…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education
Conroy, James R.; Costello, Charles P. – Momentum, 1996
Describes the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps (ILVC), an organization of retired people who volunteer to serve the poor by teaching and counseling. Suggests that ILVC volunteers want to help others as a way of giving back what they have been given. (AJL)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Catholic Schools, Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Rubin, Barbara – Aging and Work: A Journal on Age, Work and Retirement, 1978
Instead of increasing institutionalization of the elderly, the author suggests increasing life enhancing programs with preventive health care. She discusses various health and social services in New York City, including outreach projects, day care programs for the elderly, and the value of senior center-hospital cooperative services. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Community Health Services, Health Needs, Health Programs
O'Connor, James E. – 1980
The problems and objectives of contemporary consortial endeavors are the subject of this report. After introducing material outlining the 1980-1985 goals for consortial development established by the National Training System (NTS), the report provides examples of consortial activities among institutions of higher education and illustrates ventures…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Consortia, Consultation Programs, Curriculum Development