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Reaves, John S., Ed. – 1978
To produce a publication which would introduce the rural and community development practitioner to a wide range of information sources, Community Resource Development Agents and Specialists in 12 northeast states were asked to list and annotate those publications and audiovisual materials which they used in their educational programs. To…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Community Development
Kotler, Neil G. – 1978
This pamphlet provides information on the history of and current trends toward neighborhood economic enterprises and provides guidance for setting up such enterprises. A bibliography of books, articles, and newsletters that have information on how to start and sustain neighborhood businesses and cooperatives is provided. Also included is a list of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Resources, Cooperatives
Lewis, Eugene; And Others – 1979
Presenting concepts generally applicable only to small rural regions or to local economies, this publication explains multipliers, shows how they are used in calculating impacts, and provides some criteria for determining whether a given multiplier can be used in a specific situation. Following a discussion of aggregate multipliers, which lump…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Coping, Data Analysis
Dean, Laurel, Comp.; Wallace, Judy, Comp. – 1995
This manual, designed for individuals, agencies, and organizations interested in preventing and intervening in youth violence, is a guide to guides, a map of resources on prevention and intervention. Development of the manual was guided by a number of prevention principles, chiefly, the belief that collaboration is essential for effective youth…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Cooperation
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Dept. of Agricultural and Extension Education. – 1980
Designed to assist leaders in their roles as catalysts, advisors, and resource persons for the Pennsylvania Youth in Action 4-H Community Development program, the guide provides complementary educational, craft, and recreation suggestions to enhance student workbooks for three community development activity units. The first section focuses on the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Community Development, Community Study, Educational Games
Colorado State Dept. of Human Services, Denver. Div. of Child Care. – 1995
This report examines child care from a business perspective and proposes methods to help finance affordable, accessible, and high-quality child care in Colorado. The Commission's procedures are described, and data summaries are included. The following 12 recommendations are made: (1) establish model planning and zoning programs to increase and…
Descriptors: Business, Children, Community Development, Community Resources
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1984
Designed to help rural officials, including tribal governments and community leaders, quickly identify sources of assistance for rural development, this guide catalogs approximately 440 sources of public and private national level technical and financial resource assistance. The sources of assistance listed generally focus on local governments and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Services, Databases, Financial Support
Kenyon, Peter – 2001
Over the last 2 decades, the loss of population and businesses in many small, inland, and remote Australian rural communities has intensified, largely because of the stress and uncertainty of volatile world commodity markets. This manual presents a range of survival and revival strategies that some communities have used to build resilient…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Goldreyer, Annette, Comp.
The sections of this sourcebook are: Directory of Quasi-Public and Private Agencies; Federal Government Agencies; General Reference Information: Sources and Materials; Developing a Community Development Library; and Listing by Program Area. The first section lists the name, address, telephone, and subject areas of quasi-public and private firms…
Descriptors: Community Development, Federal Government, Government Publications, Library Planning
Mehretu, Doree – 1983
This 658-item bibliography lists some of the development and non-formal education literature that is available in Spanish at Michigan State University's Non-Formal Education Information Center Library. Published primarily between 1966 and 1982, the cited materials describe development projects and experiences or ideas of planners and practitioners…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Development, Developing Nations
Charters, Alexander N., Comp.; Abbott, George, Comp. – 1992
This publication lists items from the sound and video recording collection in the area of adult and continuing education in Bird Library, Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York). The major categories are sound recordings and video recordings. The items are listed in numerical order by call number. The following information is provided for sound…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, Bibliographies, Citizenship Education
Armstrong, Gail – 1983
A 1983 directory of resources for small and rural school districts lists resources for improving schools, national resources, foundations as funding sources, and state educational agency staff who can assist rural schools with information and technical assistance requests. The first section describes school improvement resources/projects by…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Delaney, Joan – 1973
The Community Resource Manual is a compilation of basic information about the Houston area, including public and private training schools. Other areas replicating the Group Guidance Program could use the manual as a format or guide to the gathering of similar data pertaining to their own communities. The manual is meant to be used by students,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Development, Criteria, Group Guidance
Florea, Bruce – 1979
Extension community resource development (CRD) is primarily public affairs education at the local level, dealing with local issues. Two methods of public policy education are the advocacy model which picks two people with opposing views on a subject and lets them debate the issue, and the public policy education process which provides all relevant…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Development, Coping, Decision Making
Harrington, Howard; Sherman, Linda – 1980
This resource guide, prepared by the Cook County Sheriff's Youth Services Department in Maywood, Illinois, contains information about five evolving styles of youth service delivery strategies, i.e., youth participation, youth advocacy, development of a comprehensive youth policy, youth development policy design, and delinquency prevention through…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Advocacy, Community Development
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