Two units of the School Based Health Education Project in Howard County, Indiana, have been revised. The Little Smoky unit on smoking for second graders stresses the effects of smoking on the body systems while the Counter Conscious unit examines the uses of over-the-counter substances. (JMF)

Discusses the potential of the "cooperative agency management system," a new management system based on the budgeting process that has been adopted at both the Department of the Interior and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (Author/JG)

Describes Employment Training, Britain's new program for unemployed adults. The author interviewed employers, managing agents, and the unemployed and found a distinct lack of enthusiasm about the programs. (JOW)

This paper presents the activities of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) for 2009. The past year was one of accomplishment for USAC. USAC implemented a host of advances in operations, infrastructure, and outreach in an effort to continue to improve collection and disbursement of the Universal Service Fund (USF) support and to…

This pamphlet describes grant projects funded in 1992 and 1993 under the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program. The 34 projects are arranged by state; for each project, information provided includes the grantee name and address, project director name and telephone number, target grade level, target population, grant…

This report provides an overview of the research program of the Human Learning and Behavior Branch of the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) and highlights progress made from 1985 through 1987. The Branch, one of five that together comprise the Center for Research for Mothers and Children of NICHHD, was…

The report summarizes the projects conducted by 16 agencies in South Dakota using P.L. 89-313, which ammended Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Each of the projects is reviewed in terms of title; specific state agency; location; type and number of children served; project background, goal, and objectives; methodology; and…

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.…

This description of the National Diffusion Network, a nationwide system of trained educators working together to help school districts adopt tested exemplary educational programs, includes a brief history of the NDN and discussions of how programs are identified, how exemplary programs are chosen, and how school districts adopt NDN programs. The…

The directory provides information on federally funded programs: the Handicapped Children's Model Programs (HCMPs) which include five Learning Disabilities Research Institutes (LDRIs), and the Programs for Severely/Profoundly Handicapped Children and Youth. The two types of programs are explained and differences noted in an introduction. The…

This annual report of the Assembly of Life Sciences (ALS) covers the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1977, and ending June 30, 1978. This report has four major sections on the Executive Office, the Division of Biological Sciences, the Division of Medical Sciences, and the Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards. The activities in each…

The articles in this document describe various aspects of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Program. Two articles compare the CETA program to the WPA Federal Arts Program of the 1930s and describe various job opportunities CETA has provided for out-of-work artists. A photographic essay project of older adults, undertaken by CETA…