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Download full textAnnie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
CSR, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
This document is divided into three volumes. Volume I describes what exemplary Private Industry Councils (PICS) do, Volume II explains why they are effective, and Volume III tells how to implement exemplary practice. Volume I contains case studies of 10 exemplary PICs organized by 7 topics areas (history and structure, policies and program…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Community Programs
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1986
A study was conducted to produce a graphic representation of the needs of the displaced homemaker (single parent and homemaker) population in New Jersey and to identify the services available to them. Data were collected from 28 sites using a mailed survey to program directors and face-to-face interviews with program participants and directors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1987
A study was conducted to produce a graphic representation of (1) the factors that motivate single parents and homemakers in New Jersey toward upward mobility and higher paying jobs and (2) the barriers that these individuals face. Data were collected from 26 sites through 3 mail surveys--demographic data collection form which yielded 101…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females
Peer reviewedKeenan, Jennifer; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1992
A project developed to increase public and professional awareness of fragile X syndrome in New Jersey resulted in increased efforts at diagnostic screening, provision of client and family support services, and prevention. The program proved to be a cost-effective method for increasing community awareness of a genetic disease on a statewide level.…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Congenital Impairments, Cost Effectiveness
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1989
A study was conducted to identify the factors that lead single parents and homemakers to choose nontraditional job training and the barriers they encounter in this effort. Data were collected from 14 sites in New Jersey through a mailed survey of 73 single parent/homemaker program clients and 10 program directors. The survey found that the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females
