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Card, B. Y.; And Others – Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 1973
Reviews Canadian anti-poverty programs according to which of five dimensions is dominant in their activities--biological and demographic, geographical and ecological, structural, psychological and cultural, and/or poverty-as-social-problem. (JM)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Demography, Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences
Goodwillie, Susan, Ed. – 1994
This report provides testimony from children and adolescents who have experienced violence, along with testimony and comments from child advocates, legislators, government officials, educators, and youth leaders on violence and its effects on American youth. The report includes background information on the Children's Express Foundation (CE), a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Advocacy, Childhood Attitudes
Stimson, John; Stimson, Ardyth – 1979
An eight-course curriculum in social policy analysis which follows a policy analysis paradigm is proposed. The undergraduate curriculum concentrates on the ability to appreciate and operate under uncertainty; anticipation of interrelated, unexpected ramifications of new stimuli; understanding of the social construction of problems and their cures;…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Models
Weill, James D. – 1990
This essay provides an overview of the goals and activities of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), an advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C. that works to improve the well-being of American children through systemic change and whose goal is to make it unacceptable for any child in the United States to grow up homeless, hungry, sick,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Netherlands Inst. of Care and Welfare, Utrecht. – 1999
Playing an important role in developing new social policies and introducing new methods, the Netherlands Institute of Care and Welfare (NIZW) is an independent foundation funded by a combination of private and public monies to conduct research and to develop and implement programs in five areas: (1) care and nursing; (2) organization of care; (3)…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Children, Day Care
Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1981
This third descriptive inventory of the Rand Corporation's domestic non-military research covers all projects since 1972, as well as its special 1969-1975 program for New York City. For each of over 300 research projects in nine program areas, brief summaries identify the project title and sponsor, beginning and ending dates, person-years of work…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Crime, Drug Abuse