Within this document are testimony and prepared statements delivered at a congressional subcommittee hearing in a Connecticut high school on a bill that would encourage volunteering by 15- to 26-year-olds by creating a National Youth Service Program. The bill is summarized within the document. The following individuals' presentations about how to…

This paper explores the differential development of Connecticut's voluntary Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) projects as they move from grass-roots organizations that are akin to social movements to street-level bureaucracies and finally to managed professionalized agencies. The federal government has identified an appropriate continuum…

The monograph describes the pursuit of change undertaken by a voluntary parent and community association for the purpose of modifying attitudes and services which were felt to be critical, lacking, and necessary to the benefit of mentally retarded individuals and their families. A discussion of the 5-year program includes theories of change, the…

This paper addresses issues important to maintaining a volunteer effort in research and evaluation studies. The Research Department of Child and Family Services, a private agency in Connecticut, conducted a statewide study of children and youth in long-term foster care. Eighty-seven volunteers, mainly from the Junior League, were recruited to…

The Literacy Volunteers of America-Danbury, Connecticut, is a nonprofit community organization that provides free instruction in English for those to whom English is still largely a foreign language. For 10 years it has also provided free instruction in reading and writing for English-speaking persons whose education has not provided these skills.…