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Download full textDennis-Small, Lucretia; Washburn, Kerry – 1985
Reported are findings of an impact evaluation of the Family-Centered Home-Based Intervention Project for Protective Services Clients, a joint venture of the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) Region 11 (Houston) and the DePelchin Children's Center. The project demonstrated a model of intensive intervention with families who had been referred…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedApplebaum, Robert; And Others – Gerontologist, 1980
The Community Care Organization-Milwaukee, sought to provide care at less cost and with higher resultant quality of life than nursing home care. Most frequently used services were transportation and nutrition. Much of the cost savings resulted from reduced hospitalization and nursing home utilization. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Gerontology
Wilson, Valerie; Hall, Stuart; Rankin, Nicola; Davidson, Julia; Schad, Dominic – 2003
This report presents the findings of an examination of the costs, benefits, and characteristics of Sitter Services, a program in Scotland offering child care in the child's home to parents working atypical hours or respite care for families of children with developmental disabilities. The study also explored users' and providers' knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Children
Deloria, Dennis; And Others – 1974
This is the executive summary of the National Home Start Evaluation interim report. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) demonstration program home-based for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive social-emotional,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Love, John M.; And Others – 1976
These findings and implications are part of the final report on the National Home Start Evaluation. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
Black, Talbot, Ed.; Hutinger, Patricia, Ed. – 1981
Using a common format outlining program settings, agencies, children/families served, staff, services, delivery strategies, and program costs, descriptions of four cost-effective rural service delivery programs for young handicapped children provide evidence that good rural programs are affordable. The Early Lifestyle Program at King's Daughters'…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness
Goodrich, Nancy; And Others – 1974
This program analysis is part of the interim report on the National Home Start Evaluation. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her own children and to provide comprehensive…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Ethnic Groups
Goodrich, Nancy; And Others – 1975
This report assesses the progress of the six summative Home Start projects as evaluation families completed their first twelve months of enrollment. Home Start, a federally-funded 3-year (1972-1975) home-based demonstration program for low-income families with 3- to 5-year-old children was designed to enhance a mother's skills in dealing with her…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
