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Hsueh, JoAnn; Farrell, Mary E. – Administration for Children & Families, 2012
MDRC is conducting the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project under a contract with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As part of the multisite Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project, MDRC,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Employment Services, Infants, Child Development
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Ely, Andrea C.; Banitt, Angela; Befort, Christie; Hou, Qing; Rhode, Paula C.; Grund, Chrysanne; Greiner, Allen; Jeffries, Shawn; Ellerbeck, Edward – Journal of Rural Health, 2008
Context: Obesity is a chronic disease of epidemic proportions in the United States. Primary care providers are critical to timely diagnosis and treatment of obesity, and need better tools to deliver effective obesity care. Purpose: To conduct a pilot randomized trial of a chronic care model (CCM) program for obesity care in rural Kansas primary…
Descriptors: Obesity, Demonstration Programs, Eating Habits, Chronic Illness
Rawson, Wilbur – 1973
The final report, covering the time period from January 1, 1971 to June 30, 1973, summarizes an exemplary program to introduce career education into three Kansas project sites: Kansas City, Clay Center, and Lawrence, which are representative of the schools in the State. Individual reports from the project sites and from the cooperating State…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs
Thompson, Barbara; And Others – 1991
This paper reports on a qualitative ethnographic research study on the inclusion of children with severe disabilities into a Montessori preschool program in Lawrence, Kansas. The program has served 20 children with disabilities since its inception in 1986. The program's emergent model involves a split program (utilizing a special education…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Ethnography, Inclusive Schools, Interaction
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1976
Seven phases are outlined for implementing career education in Kansas school districts, with suggested steps included under each phase. For example, Phase I: Pre-Commitment, consists of the following steps: Discuss concept of career education with board, introduce concept to staff and students, and obtain commitment decision from board. The rest…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Career Education, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1995
This performance report for program year 1994 outlines the accomplishments and benefits to individuals in Kansas of the state's vocational-technical education program, especially as a result of programs funded by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. The report records enrollment information, projects…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Early Parenthood
Rast, Jim – 1998
This paper reflects on lessons learned from the implementation of KAN Focus, a demonstration project to develop a system of care for children with severe emotional disturbance in rural southeast Kansas. It notes trends toward providing more and younger children with community-based support services which provide family centered services,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Children
Spellman, Charles R.; And Others – 1980
Project PRIDE, a regional model for providing educational services to severely/profoundly handicapped school-aged individuals in rural southeastern Kansas, was designed to develop exemplary services in multiple special education cooperatives using a regional resource team approach. Resource team members served as consultants to classroom personnel…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Education Service Centers
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Borhani, Rahim – 1976
This is the final report of a Kansas state project which had four purposes: (1) Involvement of teacher training institutions with the unified school districts' career education program in order to gather information needed to provide realistic experiences for inservice education of future career education teachers, (2) involve the community in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Career Education, Consortia
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1978
This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Community Support