This neighborhood medical care center serves 45,000 low income residents of the South Bronx with the help of area residents hired as health advocates to bridge communications gaps. (BH)

Points out that education is the only area where tax monies must be spent in a government agency. Indicates that Medicare can be used in a private hospital, social security can be spent anywhere, and food stamps do not have to be used in a government store. (JOW)

Explores the potential of self-directed learning as a strategy for better understanding and serving the hard-to-reach adult. Cites evidence of self-directed learning among special adult populations and considers fundamental questions about the concept of self-directed learning. (JOW)

Reports contents of the Children's Defense Fund's analysis of the effects on families of the Reagan administration's fiscal 1983 budget. (Author/RH)

Discusses the proceedings of a recent American Economic Association convention where manpower programs were the main topics of concern. Most who attended favored exploring whether selective job creation at modest wage levels could increase employment opportunities without fanning inflation and direct training programs to the disadvantaged. (CT)

Examines the economic hardship that divorce entails. Wives are usually awarded custody of children without commensurate financial help from fathers and face other impediments in the labor market to higher pay and adequate employment opportunities. Policies dealing with these problems often center on income transfers and enforcement of child…

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Investigated the long-term effects of social disadvantage on academic achievement and subsequent attainments in adulthood. Found that the influence of risk factors for socioeconomic disadvantage depended on developmental stage, the experience of long-term or continuous disadvantage, and sociohistorical context. Greatest risk was associated with…

Analysis of Tennessee Job Training Partnership Act data shows that creaming (nonrandom selection of participants, especially nonselection of disadvantaged persons) takes place but not as greatly as critics suggest. Selection of economically disadvantaged persons would lower the placement rate only 8%; targeting high school dropouts would reduce…

Uses data from National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 to examine relationship between student poverty, school poverty, and student achievement. Students in high-poverty public schools, whatever their socioeconomic status, show considerably greater need for special education support than do students in schools with lower percentages of poor…

Drawing on Durkheim's theory of social integration, an analysis of states' spending for public welfare and their divorce rates for 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1985 showed that the welfare state is not a destabilizing influence on family life as critics have charged. Past divorce rates were shown to have the most significant influence on current divorce…

Includes a summary of research and federal legislative actions concerning working poor families. The nature and extent of the situation of the working poor, the apparent causes, and the probable effects on their families are presented. Using a family ecological systems model, some implications for program and policy development are discussed.…

Interviews with 23 disadvantaged elementary students who achieved school success indicates the following: they have the will to achieve and significant connections with caring adults, especially parents; success appeared fragile and needed care and attention; and they felt that low achievers lacked willpower or parental support. (SK)

Presents the author's observations in Honduras, their need for better educational facilities, and the involvement of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International's efforts in building a new school in one rural village. Each phase from planning to dedication is discussed. Concluding comments address the future of continued facility…