The Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs held hearings on the crisis in the National School Lunch Program (September 7, 1971). This transcript on the hearings includes statements by members of the Committee and the testimony of four witnesses who are involved in the administration of various school food programs. In the appendixes,…

A selective guide to grants from both federal and private sources. Approximately 25 sources are listed with information on eligibility, purpose, type, amount, and where to write. (JPF)

The author describes the federal effort to expand private sector job opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities, beginning with an overview of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Positive results of the federal employment initiative are cited, and directions for the future are offered. (CL)

Outlines retreat from overall planning and management of federal scientific and technical information which began during the Nixon administration in early 1970s. Participation of the Office of Science and Technology and committees of Federal Council for Science and Technology and National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering is…

This brief examines how decreased program participation has affected poverty since welfare reform, reviewing changes in poverty from 1996-1998 and comparing families' current economic status with a scenario that assumes full participation in government support programs. Data come from the 1997 and 1999 National Surveys of America's Families (NSAF)…

Report on the uses made by disadvantaged youth of wages received from Neighborhood Youth Corps jobs. (BC)

An interview with the new chairman of the national Endowment for the Humanities. (HS)

Reviews book about the accomplishments of the Economic Opportunity Act during its first four years of operation from 1964-1969. (BC)

Provides sources of information about apprenticeships, including the addresses of the state employment services. (BH)

Discusses good and bad points of the programs of the Educational Personnel Development Grants and notes problems of evaluating reading programs. (MD)

Describes key provisions of two recent federal program for rural schools: The Rural and Small Schools Achievement Program for rural districts with fewer than 600 students and the Rural and Low Income School Program for larger, high-poverty rural districts. (PKP)

A study of AmeriCorps programs in four western states found the federally funded corporation is accomplishing its objective to operate in a nonpartisan, politically neutral manner. AmeriCorps participation significantly increased community involvement, with no differences by gender, race, or political orientation. (Contains 81 references.) (JOW)