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Knippenberg, Rudolph; And Others – Children in the Tropics, 1990
During the 1987 World Health Organization's Regional Assembly, the Ministers of Health of the African States launched the Bamako Initiative, an effort aimed at reorganizing the health system to ensure universal, permanent accessibility of maternal and child health services. Three conditions were initially seen as necessary for success: improvement…
Descriptors: Children, Community Role, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Dyer, Alice F. – 1985
Adult and continuing education programs use an established accountability system that includes an expectation of productivity, whereas other educational programs focus accountability on attainment of stated goals and objectives. As education addresses economic constraints by combining educational programs, these differences in accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Students, Consumer Education
New York State Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review, Albany. – 1988
New York's Special Delinquency Prevention Program (SDPP) was started in 1978 to provide preventive services to youth who most likely might become involved in the juvenile, social services, or mental health systems. In 1987, this program funded 542 community youth programs at a cost of $14 million. This audit assesses the Division for Youth's…
Descriptors: Community Services, Delinquency Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Money Management
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1982
This report summarizes activities provided in Ohio through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act during fiscal year 1981, and provides basic statistics and information on participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure and staffing patterns, parent involvement, and 5 year trends. The programs funded include supplemental…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth
BATEMAN, C.W. – 1966
A MODEL IS CONSTRUCTED TO DETERMINE THE BEST PROPORTION OF FORMAL AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN MILITARY OCCUPATIONS. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE UNIQUE SITUATION OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL'S FIXED LENGTH OF SERVICE, THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF RE-ENLISTMENT, AND THE NECESSITY OF TRAINING ALL ENLISTEES FOR ASSIGNED OCCUPATIONS. THE MODEL FORMULA…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Enlisted Personnel, Mathematical Models, On the Job Training
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
The history of international exchange and training programs conducted by a score of federal agencies over the past thirty years compels the conclusion that, while there remain meaningful opportunities to develop closer coordination, there are also important inherent limitations. This report seeks to clarify both. What is needed to perfect…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Data Processing, Educational Cooperation
Alfred, Richard L. – 1976
The development and use of program outcomes data can be an important, positive institutional asset as external higher education agencies more frequently require institutions to provide evidence of outcomes in return for resources. Arguing that more and better research needs to be done on the outcomes of community college education, this document…
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Information Needs, Measurement Techniques
Brickell, Henry M.; And Others – 1976
An evaluation was done of three sites (Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Springfield) participating in Ohio's Career Development Program for students in grades K-10 from 1975-1976 to (1) assess leadership characteristics of the individual programs and classroom teaching activities of the program teachers and (2) determine the amount and type of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Career Development, Career Education
Georgetown Univ. Law Center, Washington, DC. Inst. of Criminal Law and Procedure. – 1975
The Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure analyzes the merits, limitiations, and problems of various approaches to prison industry and recommends measures and programs to improve industries. Federal and State legislation affecting prison industries were examined, several prison industries were visited, and the literature of prison industries was…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Federal Legislation
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1975
This is a comprehensive report of the effects of local school programs, K-12, developed with funds from ESEA Title I, the State Educationally Disadvantaged Youth (EDY) Act, and the Early Childhood Education (ECE) reform effort during 1974-75. The program description defines outputs, both in terms of institutional changes and in terms of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Stromsdorfer, Ernst W. – 1972
The methodology to perform benefit-cost studies exists, but there is much ambiguity concerning the implications of such studies as a result of using faulty methodology. For example, control groups are a necessity, as are adequate sampling procedures and adjustment for non-response bias and self-selection bias, and all studies do not employ this…
Descriptors: Bias, Community Benefits, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
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Long, Patrick T.; Kraus, Barbara – Rural Educator, 1983
The Colorado Rural Recreation Director's Project, based on a 1981 national survey identifying recreation/leisure needs of rural Americans, provided summer recreation for 11 western Colorado rural communities. Clinics in New Games, frisbee, hackisac, and tennis were given. Successful networking of resources by all involved parties produced positive…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Needs Assessment, Physical Recreation Programs, Program Content
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Burns, Barbara J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001
This commentary summarizes findings from previous articles on system-of-care mental health programs for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. It addresses characteristics of participating children and families, system measurement system development, costs and sustainability, and family participation in program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Data Collection
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St. Pierre, Robert G.; And Others – Future of Children, 1995
Describes two-generation programs and how they differ from earlier single-focus approaches to serve children and families. Results from six programs are reviewed and indicate mixed and modest success in promoting the development of children and improving the parenting skills and economic self-sufficiency of parents. Recommendations are presented…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
Job Corps, administered by the Department of Labor, is an employment and training program aimed at providing severely disadvantaged youth with a comprehensive array of services, generally in a residential setting. A study conducted meetings with Department of Labor (DOL) officials, analyzed national data on program participants, and visited six…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
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