An evaluation of a 3-year child abuse program, involving 11 demonstration centers, had two major objectives: (1) to test different strategies for tackling the child abuse problem and (2) to study carefully the successes and failures of the various projects. (CS)

Provides updated information about expansion of a family-service project in Evanston, Illinois, describing new centers and affiliates, activities, and programs. (MP)

Describes features of the federal-state Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS) Program for teenage parents. JOBS Program strategies focus on teenage parent identification, financial incentives, enriched educational services, strong case management, networks with community agencies, and a commitment to responsibility by teenage parents.…

Examines the issues addressed at two of three Child Care Institutes sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), as well as the responsibilities of ACF in relation to the provision of child care. Specific programs administered by ACF are discussed, as are future trends in federal support for child care and early childhood…

Summarizes the beginnings of family support programs for developmentally disabled children and their families; their present workings; and the direction they should be going. (BB)

Discusses the implementation, goals, program components, and intended evaluation procedures of Teen-Link, a health promotion disease prevention program for inner-city disadvantaged youths in Durham, North Carolina. (BB)

Describes steps taken to recruit Blacks to adopt Black children in foster care. Procedures included establishing an advisory committee, educating the public about adoption, and obtaining the involvement and cooperation of local government and community action organizations. (DB)

Describes a program to achieve permanent foster care placement for children. Program aspects include screening, placement, and removing barriers which prevent family restoration. After two years of operation, a 70 percent success rate is claimed for permanent placements, at an annual savings of approximately $100,000. (Author/DB)

Developed as a program to help protect family life and children, the Colombian Institute for Family Well-being operates as a "Ministry for Children," providing a variety of medical, psychological, and educational services. (CS)

Describes the founding and operation of a family center in Macon County, North Carolina, that combines Head Start, day care, disabilities mainstreaming, prenatal care, and a parent-child center all in one complex. The New Horizons Center will serve as a training site under the Smart Start statewide preschool initiative. (MDM)

Discusses and reviews intergenerational programs designed to help some of society's most at-risk young citizens and simultaneously enrich the lives of the older adults involved. (BB)

The Child Care Initiative Project, a public-private partnership designed to build the supply of child care throughout California, has achieved remarkable success in recruiting and training providers and increasing the number of child-care spaces in family day-care settings. Community-based organization and strong evaluation instruments have been…

Describes Kaleidoscope's Youth Development Program in Illinois, which offers a variety of services to help youths who are "aging out" of foster care programs to learn to live on their own in the community. (Author/BB)

Describes the development and implementation of a day care center for children of the nursing and technical staff employed at the Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. (RH)

Describes a community mental health program focused on the needs of Hispanic preschool children Worcester, Massachusetts. The program provides consultation and intervention services to the children's parents, day care teachers and family day care providers. (CM)