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Murphy, Betty – Opportunity, 1972
Descriptors: Economic Development, Housing Deficiencies, Improvement Programs, Poverty
New Jersey Community Action Training Inst., Trenton. – 1967
One of a series that can be used by New Jersey community action workers, this training manual for antipoverty work is a collection of low-cost, no-cost programs focusing on consumer education and assistance, fund raising, employment and education (including creative writing and teacher aide training), youth services, and recreation. Examples of…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Employment Programs, Financial Support, Guides
Wolters, Virginia; And Others – 1969
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves, by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for advancement to the professional level. A definite hierarchy is established, with specific tasks and educational requirements defined for each level, and with the necessary training made available during the work…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Johnson, Lyndon B. – 1968
In this message, President Johnson notifies Congress of his establishment of the National Council on Indian Opportunity, and outlines proposed legislation and appropriations designed to alleviate many of the problems of the American Indian. The program as outlined is designed to promote Indian self-help and self-determination, and to begin to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Services, Educational Programs, Employment Programs
SIMON, ARTHUR R. – 1966
IN THIS BOOK INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE POOR LIVING IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY ARE PRESENTED AS A VEHICLE FOR DESCRIBING POVERTY AND EXPLORING ITS MYTHS, AND FOR SUGGESTING A CONCRETE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO HELP THE POOR TO HELP THEMSELVES. THE BOOK SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDS THAT NECESSARY JOBS BE CREATED BY EMPLOYING THE UNEMPLOYED POOR…
Descriptors: Blacks, Case Records, Church Responsibility, Economically Disadvantaged
Holik, John S.; Schryer, C. Diane – 1978
Evaluation of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program as an antipoverty strategy was undertaken in 1977 by examining activities of paraprofessional Nutrition Education Assistants (NEA's) in the Ozark Foothills area of Missouri to determine how they helped their clientele families become self-sufficient and integrated into the mainstream…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Eating Habits, Extension Education
PINNOCK, THEODORE J.; TAYLOR, G.W. – 1967
THE SEASONALLY EMPLOYED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS PROGRAM WAS SPONSORED BY TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, TO PROVIDE BASIC AND PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND NEW GOALS FOR 1,239 FUNCTIONAL ILLITERATES, MOST OF THEM OWNERS OF SMALL FARMS, IN SEVEN ALABAMA COUNTIES. FAMILIES WERE HELPED TO IMPROVE THEIR…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blacks, Family Health, Farmers
Riessman, Frank – 1967
The New Careers concept involves helping the disadvantaged to help themselves by offering them entry level jobs with the opportunity for training and advancement. New Careers provides the means to upgrade from entry level to professional occupations, with time made available during the work day for the education and training necessary for…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Garrison, John W., II; Landim, Leilah – Grassroots Development, 1995
The Citizens' Campaign Against Hunger and Poverty and For Life is a nongovernmental organization in Brazil that recruited and organized more than three million volunteers to distribute food baskets, support gardening and water projects, provide basic health care, create jobs, assist homeless children, and encourage local and state governments to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Gould, Richard J. – 1969
This manual provides an outline of the federal programs available which actually or potentially support New Careers programs, and suggests some methods for increasing the chances of getting funds. Three sections cover: (1) Trends in New Careers Legislation, (2) Improving Funding Opportunities, and (3) A Legislative Summary. This legislative…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Opportunities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
Pierce, Steven D. – Grassroots Development, 1995
The Fundacion Social, a grassroots organization in Colombia, uses profits from its 14 companies to fund community self-help initiatives aimed at eliminating poverty. Social programs focus on community integration, microbusinesses, recycling, education, and communication. The organization seeks to eliminate structural poverty and is currently…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning
Selman, Gordon R. – 1976
During the 1930s in Canada, the senior levels of government and local agencies initiated educational programs to help people cope with the distress and demoralization resulting from the depression. Programs originated in eleven major areas: technical-vocational education, night schools, relief camps, educational relief measures outside camps, self…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Organizations, Community Programs
Kotler, Martin; And Others – 1986
Self-help among low-income people is vitally important. In no area is self-help more important than in overcoming poverty's burdens and energizing the escape from poverty. This document comprises an inventory of self-help and mutual-help programs that feature active involvement of members of the low-income population. The programs in this…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Programs, Business, Children