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Download full textCharlotte Cabili; Natalie Reid; Carla Chavez; Aden Bhagwat; Davis Straske; Will Ratner; Victoria Sims; Xinwei Li; Tutrang Nguyen; Xiaofan Sun; Jeani Choe; Jeff Harrington; Addison Larson; Judy Cannon – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2024
This report includes information on the 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Experiences in American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey Programs (the 2021-2022 Study). The 2021-2022 Study collected data from children's parents, teachers, center directors, and program directors in Region XI Head Start programs in…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Children
Direct linkLeathers, Sonya J.; Strand, Tonya C. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Despite the benefits of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for client outcomes, social service systems have struggled to disseminate EBTs. Effective graduate-level training in EBTs is critical to increase use, given the strong effect of initial training on future practices. This study examined outcomes of a graduate-level training program in EBTs.…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Social Work, Evidence Based Practice, Outcomes of Treatment
Bademci, Ozden H.; Karadayi, Figen E. – Child Care in Practice, 2013
Street children are the most excluded group of people in any society. The general attitude towards them is to criminalise and pathologise. The "To-gather with Children Project" (TCP) has been developed by the Maltepe University Research and Application Centre for Street Children (SOYAC) in Istanbul and implemented in conjunction with the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Intervention, Social Services, Literacy
Peer reviewedKirgan, Doris A. – Child Welfare, 1983
Describes the placement evaluation program developed by Children's Garden, a private nonprofit agency operating a family-model treatment group home for children in kindergarten through seventh grades. (RH)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLittle, Michael – Children & Society, 1999
Examines definitions related to prevention and intervention for children to inform development of ideas in health, education, and social services contexts. Summarizes principles of effective prevention/early intervention. Presents examples of good practice, focusing on the High Scope model and a contemporary program in England that allows health,…
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Early Intervention, Integrated Services
Mann, James W.; And Others – 1984
The paper summarizes major national federal programs paying benefits to handicapped children. Programs addressed include Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Maternal and Child Health Services, Crippled Children's Services, Developmental Disabilities Services, vocational rehabilitation, and housing and transportation.…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Peer reviewedPolivka, Larry; And Others – Child Welfare, 1979
Describes the results of an experiment in Florida in which jurisdiction over juvenile status offenders (i.e., runaways, truants, or incorrigibles) was transferred from the juvenile justice system to the child welfare system. (BD)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Children, Delinquency
Graber, Helen V.; Wolfe, Jayne L. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2004
The Family Support Center, recognizing the need for single women with children to maintain stability, has developed a program referred to as the Family Support Center Village, which incorporates a service enriched co-housing model. The "Village" will be the catalyst for these mothers' self-sufficiency and will provide opportunities to develop…
Descriptors: Mothers, Females, Family Programs, One Parent Family
Peer reviewedBenedek, Richard S.; And Others – Family Coordinator, 1977
Michigan's Friend of the Court system performs various duties, including making recommendations regarding child custody, child support and visitation, and enforcing the court's orders with respect to these. The office is also in an excellent position to provide additional social services otherwise unavailable. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, County Programs, Court Litigation, Court Role
Dike, Mary Margaret – NHSA Journal, 1996
Describes new services offered by the Community Action Agency of Franklin County, New York, after carefully listening to Head Start families. The agency now operates programs that successfully address problems Head Start families and other members of the community are having with housing, nutrition, domestic violence, and emergency assistance.…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Programs
Kendrick, Andrew – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Examines the development of integrated child-care services in Scotland with a particular focus on the role of residential child-care provision. Describes three particular examples of service integration--residential outreach work, a center for young people under an integrated management, and multiagency youth strategies. Discusses the impact of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Foreign Countries
Newman, Sally – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1989
The social service field of "Intergenerational Programming and Exchange" has emerged in response to the growing elderly population and problems of age segregation and decreased interaction among older and younger generations. This article presents a chronology of events and initiatives contributing to the growth of the field from 1963 to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Discrimination, Age Groups, Aging (Individuals)
Peer reviewedNybell, Lynn – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2001
Maintains that reform in children's services is linked to changes in conceptions of the nature of childhood and children's needs. Highlights demonstration project of "wraparound" services for early adolescents to suggest that these emerging programs may embed notions of children as complex systems, ideas that differ significantly from accounts of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1991
In 1989, Boysville of Michigan received funding to design and implement a family reunification program that could be disseminated statewide and nationally for replication. The site for the pilot project was Detroit (Michigan) and surrounding communities, an economically depressed, urban area. The Homebuilders Model, which emphasizes children's…
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Children, Family Counseling, Family Programs
Blacklock, Dottie; And Others
Described is an adoption agency for difficult to place handicapped and older children (infancy through 16 years-old). The process involves initial assessment of the child's functioning and of the family's parenting capabilities, and continued support after placement. Placement histories of two handicapped children are presented. Reviewed are the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Agencies, Case Studies
