This report provides information on: (1) demographic changes in the elderly population; (2) the relationship of these changes to the retirement income status of the elderly and expenditures for acute health care and long-term care services; and (3) the extent to which potential changes to federal programs could affect the needs of the elderly. The…

This paper provides an overview of the current socioeconomic characteristics of Hispanics in the United States, and suggests factors of particular significance in projecting future Hispanic demographics and their implications for the Hispanic community and the broader American population. Hispanics are the second largest minority group and more…

Eighteen graphic charts containing demographic data on Hispanic Americans are provided in this report. The headings of each table are as follows: (1) Hispanic Subgroups-1985; (2) Hispanic Residence by State, 1980; (3) Median Age-1985; (4) Unemployment Rates-1985; (5) Hispanic Unemployment-1985; (6) Median Family Income-1984; (7) Median Weekly…

This report examines the effectiveness and results of the federally prescribed procedures and processes that school food authorities use to verify student eligibility for free and reduced-price meals under the School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. While school districts surveyed were found, on the whole, to comply with Federal regulations, a…

Like many developing countries, Mauritius has invested massively in its education system in the hope of redressing inequalities among its ethnically mixed population and developing the economy through the provision of manpower. But Mauritius is a very economically troubled country, and providing educational equity will be extremely difficult. In…

This hearing before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources focuses on national goals for employment and poverty reduction. Testimony was heard from government officials, union representatives, economists, and other interested persons. Excerpts from articles and publications were submitted for review. The testimony included the following…

The links between population growth, resource use, and environmental quality are too complex to permit straightforward generalizations about causal relationships. However, rapid population growth has increased the number of poor people in developing countries, thus contributing to the degradation of the environment and the renewable resources of…

Following an executive summary and introduction, the report is divided into four chapters. Chapter 1 presents evidence of hunger in Texas, which is revealed to be a growing problem. Statistics on the number of persons living in poverty, unemployed persons not receiving unemployment insurance benefits, and persons seeking food assistance from both…

The conference proceedings in this document include edited transcripts of the plenary sessions and individual reports on each of the 10 workshops from Iowa's Children in Jeopardy Conference. The conference was held, not for professional children's services workers, but for people with civic commitment and the ability to involve themselves and…

The statements of a number of public witnesses, along with those of two Reagan Administration witnesses, are included in this transcript of a Senate hearing which convened to consider the Federal role in providing access to health care for the economically disadvantaged. According to an opening statement by Senator Robert Dole, the purpose of the…

The achievement gap between minority youth and the majority population in the United States is well documented (Johnston & Viadero, 2000). In order to reduce this gap and avail children of poverty of the most effective educational techniques, Project Follow Through was conducted in the 1960's. The research that compared a variety of…

Priority at the conference was given to adult education for the rural poor. Summaries of the workshops, membership expansion, publications, correspondence education for farmers, lectures, awards, clearinghouse activities, information services, conferences, and programs for both women and workers are presented. (JB)

This study was designed to examine seven variables of a segment of the 1971 freshman class at Ohio State University in order to identify similarities and differences between black financial aid recipients and white financial aid recipients. Significant differences were found between blacks and whites on all variables investigated. (Author)

Paper delivered at the Adult Basic Education Workshop, at Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 68.

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92nd, Boston, 1968).