The Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 directed the development and promulgation of a comprehensive, coordinated long-term Federal strategy for all drug abuse prevention and drug traffic control functions conducted, sponsored, or supported by the Federal Government. This second annual report of the Strategy Council builds on the…

This annual report of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Congress describes training activities instituted under the Manpower Development and Training Act through 1969. With major emphasis on fiscal year 1969, the report includes descriptions of programs and participants with supportive data tables. Program success is measured in…

The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of the Follow Through organization and its major components in order to identify problems in functioning and to suggest possible organizational changes that would lead to improved functioning. Each of the major components of Follow Through - the Follow Through Office, the sponsors, local…

The four Follow Through projects in Illinois are described and evaluated. These projects involve approximately 1,450 children in K-3 in Mounds, East Saint Louis, Waukegan, and Chicago. The Chicago project is subdivided into three individual projects and is trying three experimental programs. Emphasis is given to the nature of the environmental…

Federal health, education, and welfare programs for 1970 benefiting American Indians residing on Federal reservations are listed. The report is divided into 3 sections: (1) Federal Indian programs aimed at improving or providing Indian health services, tribal management services, housing, higher education, and conservation; (2) Federal programs…

The courses, seminars and workshops given at the ten regional centers of the Institute for Air Pollution Training and university air pollution training programs sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency are described in this directory. The Institute's primary objective is to develop and improve the skills and knowledge of individuals in air…

A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Oregon is reviewed in this report. The major categories of information presented in this report are: the relationship of Title I projects to educational priorities of the State Board of Education; attainment of student performance…

Described in this report is a job placement exemplary project conducted at Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia from 1973 to 1976. Goals of the project were to provide placement services to all students seeking part-time, temporary, or full-time employment. Procedures included organization of the administrative job placement office and…

A survey is presented of the scope of the program of the Agency for International Development in the field of educational assistance to certain developing countries. The survey revises and updates previous surveys completed annually since 1966. The regions of the world in which A.I.D. operates--Africa, the Near East and South Asia, Latin America,…

A sampling of innovative summer jobs funded through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) for economically disadvantaged youth, 14-21 years of age, is presented. (LH)

Model programs funded under the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) and administered by the Office of Education Women's Program staff are intended to reach girls and women from low-income and middle-age groups those from American-Indian, Asian- and Pacific-American, black, and Spanish-speaking backgrounds, and those from rural, urban, and…

Lists titles and program descriptions of numerous government agencies at local, state, and federal levels which offer aid ranging from priced publications to developmental grants for career education activities. (BM)

Noting that the School Breakfast Program provides breakfast to millions of low-income children who otherwise might go hungry in the morning and be less ready to learn, this report is the tenth from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) to report how well the program is reaching children in need. Data were obtained from state reports to the…

Noting that the past decade has seen a rapid increase in the number of out-of-school time and community school initiatives and that finding funding for these initiatives remains a challenge to their success, this strategy brief discusses the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) as an important long-term source of funding. The brief provides an…

This paper discusses the center/satellite model for funding educational programs which was introduced by the U.S.O.E. Bureau of Educational Personnel Development in early 1971. The author traces the origins and examines the underlying rationale of this model in order to assess its potential. (RP)