"Women for Higher Education" is a New Hampshire program designed to assist rural Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients to return to college. The program serves 500 rural women and includes 4 regional community based centers and core spokeswomen who staff the centers providing peer counseling and support. (JC)

Listing and describing projects that have been developed to support home-centered day care programs, this article presents major questions relative to the care of children in rural areas. (JC)

Noting some of the reasons for the slow adoption of coordinated services among rural social workers, this article emphasizes models which call for client involvement and use of detailed written plans describing goals, objectives, and intervention strategies that spell out the service responsibility of each provider. (JC)

Addressing three related objectives, this paper: identifies characteristics and trends in rural areas which are problematic for the traditional approaches of education and social work; indicates some of the implications of traditional education and social work practice; and specifies how the Guided Design model can address these problematic…

Contrary to its image, rural America has both crime and delinquency. While there are services for families and individuals involved in deviant behavior, opportunities abound for additional rural programs such as group homes for juveniles, career development program, and in-home or family-based care. (JC)

The principles of Gandhi are applied to the rural crisis in America with special attention to rural Iowa. Approaches to rural reconstruction and development are proposed which emphasize human-scale development, community-owned enterprises, local community development foundations, maximum feasible participation, broad-based land ownership, and…

Examines particular problems and experiences of delivering drug and alcohol services to rural communities in the U.S. and details the programs and services developed in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. (Author/AH)

Reviews the independent living movement from its inception after World War II. Discusses current issues pertinent to rural independent living, funding sources, the role of research and training centers, and the outlook on crucial independent living issues for the 1990s. Emphasizes the concept of "consumer control" (participative decision…

Discusses the history and philosophy of the premise of rural localism from Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty to its present relationship to the New Federalism of the Reagan administration. Concludes that the concept and its consequences should be reexamined by those in the rural social work profession. (Author/BRR)

Examines some constraints unique to human service delivery in rural areas. Proposes a conceptual framework for strategies and examines implications of the framework for education of human services professionals. (Author/AH)

Explores the rural alcoholic woman's feelings of self-esteem and her relationship with her family, finding attitudes and behaviors similar to those found in prior research conducted on urban alcoholic women--low self-esteem and low satisfaction in interpersonal relationships. Discusses implications for treatment. (Author/AH)

Reports the knowledge and skill requisites for rural mental health practice and the clinical practice issues unique to it, as identified by 21 clinicians from 5 centers during a 3-hour nominal group meeting. (Author/AH)

Appalachian Leadership Outreach Health Program established community health centers in the homes of volunteers in 10 Kentucky communities. The cost has been nominal, and the advantages in transportion time and improved health awareness and care promise to help meet basic health needs of the rurally isolated. (JC)

Presenting national statistics on single-parent families, this article illustrates the need for serious study of this phenomenon, suggesting that changing divorce laws, increased single-parent adoptions, and an increase in the number of supportive services for single-parent families are contingencies having significant bearing upon the…

This 1987 study replicates a social work education program. Reviews factors affecting practice in rural areas and current educational trends. Results indicate drop in preparation for rural practice since 1980, especially at bachelor's degree level, and a trend away from rural course offerings. Includes charts and references. (Author/TES)