This report focuses on the seven original Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects selected for funding in 2003. Three of the original seven projects were selected for a national random assignment evaluation in 2005; however, this report only focuses on program operations prior to joining the random assignment evaluation for the three…

Elements of Success 1: Structural Options outlines the range of current children's cabinet and council structures in place and offers tips and warnings for getting the most effective structure in place. This issue brief builds heavily on interviews conducted by the Forum and on the detailed documentation work done by Susan Robison for the National…

The document--80% of which consists of appendixes--presents the final report of Project AID (Assistance for IEP Development), designed to assist schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the initiation of the individualized education program (IEP) process for handicapped students. Intensive training programs were devised for personnel in each…

Eight Minnesota school districts took part in a Statewide career education program involving approximately 570 teachers and 20,000 students from grades 1-12. Alternative models were explored at each site and included orientation and in-service training for teachers, curriculum/instructional materials development, dissemination, and community…

The major features of the Florida plan for inservice teacher education are presented. Central to this plan is the organization of educational improvement centers not only for teachers but for all school personnel. The program was mandated by state legislation and receives state funding. This state-wide program is administered at the state level…

Presents a national perspective on the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP), an effort launched by the National Institute of Mental Health to improve the quantity and quality of services delivered to seriously emotionally disturbed youths who are members of minority groups. (Author/BB)

An exemplary project, the Stop Rape Crisis Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which was initially funded by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), is described. Issues addressed include the following: (1) initlal start-up and continuing program assessment; (2) staffing and the use of volunteers; (3) coordination with law enforcement…

Describes the Keene State College (New Hampshire) mode for delivery of information technology, which features collaboration of major college divisions, sustainability within realistic revenue/cost projections, and customer-based service delivery. Pre-implementation conditions, origins of the collaborative arrangement, how organization of campus…

Project TEACH (Teacher Education: Advancement through Collaboration with Human Services) was designed in part to prepare and train teachers to become knowledgeable about services offered by public agencies and private human and social service agencies by incorporating interprofessional internships into the teacher education curriculum. Five main…

The Process Analysis of Non-Grading (PANG) project began as a project for evaluating experiments with non-graded education in Stollet in the province of Varmland in western Sweden. Since then the project-work and design has been further developed and now also includes studying the school in its social environment. The project's main objective is…

Features contributing to the success of six city-wide, comprehensive school-age program models are highlighted. Models are Seattle, Washington's Community Partnerships for School-Age Child Care; Madison, Wisconsin's School-Age Child Care Project; Irvine, California's Irvine Child Care Project; Houston, Texas' After-School Partnership; Los Angeles,…

Presented is a manual on improving occupational programs for the handicapped based on a study of 30 existing vocational education programs falling into one of three categories--modified programs for handicapped students in the regular classroom, special programs for the handicapped in segregated classrooms, or special programs for severely…

Provided is a competency based career ladder model (developed for Colorado) to enable universities and colleges to improve preservice programs for teachers of the moderately and severely retarded, and to aid state and local agencies in planning meaningful inservice programs. Administration requires cooperation of state groups such as the state…

Designed for educational administrators, state-level personnel, program coordinators, teachers, and researchers, this monograph highlights five exemplary vocational programs serving individuals from special populations. Identified through an extensive national search in 1990, each program exemplifies successful practices for secondary and…

The following were examined: (1) the Department of Transportation's (DOT) efforts to evaluate the Job Access and Reverse Commute (Job Access) program; (2) transportation and related services provided by Job Access; (3) whether the program fosters collaboration between grantees and others in the design, financing, and delivery of those services;…