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Download full textCoulton, Claudia J. – 1998
This paper examines trends that have contributed to the changing awareness and understanding of poverty and community in the United States. It also describes and comments on the recent amalgam of place-based and people-based approaches known as comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) and community building that have grown up as a result of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Neighborhood Improvement, Poverty, Program Development
Brown, Prudence; Butler, Benjamin; Hamilton, Ralph – 2001
This report documents results of Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester Neighborhood Transformation (NT) Initiative, focusing on key decisions that helped shape the initiative. NT was one of the first attempts to systematically bring together diverse strands of thinking about comprehensive community change to overcome conditions that undermine…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Change, Community Development, Elementary Education
Van Leuven, Patricia O'Brien – 1989
Background information and recommendations related to the support of child care services in Fort Wayne, Indiana is presented in six chapters. Chapter I discusses the feminization of the workforce and demographic data bearing on the need for child care, the child care workforce, and child care arrangements. Chapter II reviews child care services in…
Descriptors: Background, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Day Care
Molina, Frieda; Nelson, Laura C. – 2001
The Neighborhood Jobs Initiative (NJI) began in 1998 in five cities (Chicago, Fort Worth, Hartford, New York, and Washington, D.C.) in 1998. The NJI targets high-poverty urban neighborhoods, attempting to connect residents to employment opportunities nearby and in the urban periphery by providing training, supporting interpersonal networks, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs
Fourie, J. J. – 1978
The number of illiterates in Africa is increasing, thereby lending urgency to the need for universal adult education and functional literacy compaigns, according to chapter 1 of this detailed research report. Chapter 2 discusses the meaning, history, and nature of adult education in other countries (briefly), and in Africa (in greater detail).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies
Spiegel, Marilyn R., Ed.; Safrit, R. Dale, Ed. – 1992
These conference proceedings contain abstracts of papers or complete papers that were submitted for presentation, along with descriptions of all workshops from a conference on reaching families and youths who have limited resources. The following are included: "Volunteerism and Limited Resource Audiences" (Safrit, Smith); "Cultural Do's and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Alcoholism, Career Development
Proscio, Tony – 2002
Despite its high employment rate, the Near Northside Neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, has a median income more than 40% below the citywide level. In 1999, the Near Northside Partners' Council (NNPC) became one of five centers for the national Neighborhood Jobs Initiative Demonstration. After extensive planning, the Neighborhood Jobs Initiative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Organizations
Pines, Marion, Ed. – 1999
This document profiles nine youth programs, illustrating concepts, strategies, and lessons available to communities as they start to form an integrated network of essential services designed to prepare out-of-school youth for success in the job market of the 21st century. "Introduction" (Marion Pines) lists considerations when planning a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Counseling Services, Delivery Systems
Totten, Leah; Dodson, David; Thomasson, Julie – 2000
This report profiles 12 programs conducted as part of the Hitachi Foundation's Partnerships in Economic and Educational Opportunity Initiative. The introduction and overview explain the goals of the initiative, which was undertaken to improve the economic and career options available to young people who have traditionally been underserved by…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Career Education, Change Strategies
