In a three-year project which began in 1965, the Cleveland Public Library established three Reading Centers for functionally illiterate adults. The purpose of the Centers was not to teach reading, but to develop already existent reading skills in disadvantaged adults. The staffing process, the establishment of the Centers, the attempts to identify…

The University of California, Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.), Coordinators of Supervised Teaching in the elementary schools conducted a study to determine whether assignment to a poverty school (family income less than $4,000 per year) as opposed to assignment in an affluent school (family income in upper 10 percent, high-middle income neighborhoods)…

The study was made: to review legislation authorizing the Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program and related Department of Labor policies and instructions; to examine records and documents relating to JOBS contracts at both Labor and selected contractors; and to discuss the contracts examined with Labor and contractor officials.…

President Nixon's message pointed out the deprivation and the injustices which the American Indians have suffered for centuries. It was noted that now is the time to break with the past and create conditions for a new era in which the Indian future is determined by Indian acts and decisions. The relationship between the Federal Government and the…

Recent redesigning of manpower programs reflects the shift toward the job and income approach to fighting poverty. Because money spent to provide jobs will ultimately reduce welfare costs, practically all manpower programs have undergone or will undergo significant redesign. This report was prepared to supply community development personnel and…

The concerted Services in Training and Education (CSTE) program was designed at the federal level to coordinate the resources of all appropriate federal agencies and related state agencies in rural development. The pilot Minnesota program focused on alternative strategies in area development, specifically a rural outmigration area with low income,…

This is a four-part study designed to describe programs aiding minority or low income students at various institutions of higher learning in California, both public and private. Findings, major questions, and recommendations are summarized after the preface. Chapter One provides an introduction to the problem and furnishes background information…

The objective of the Experimental In-Home Training Program, a component program of the Pennsylvania Research in Infant Development and Education Project, was to determine the viability of an alternative method of training qualified child care workers for the expanding job market in day care and preschool services and to determine its utility for…

The Colorado State University Manpower Laboratory has found or constructed the forms, questionnaires, interview schedules, etc., necessary for research on problems of job retention among the economically disadvantaged. Each form has been presented according to its content, mode of administration, purpose, and validity data (wherever available).…

The Georgia Talent Search Project FAIT (Find and Inform Talent) was established in 1966 to identify academically able but financially needy students in Georgia secondary schools. Students identified by guidance counselors were informed by FAIT personnel of the availability of funds for higher education. A source book containing pertinent…

The educational opportunity programs of the State University of New York (SUNY) were initiated (1) to seek out disadvantaged but talented youngsters and present them with an opportunity to enter a program of higher education; (2) to help each of these students complete satisfactorily the educational program in which he has enrolled; and (3) to…

According to the definition of the Social Security Administration, a family of four was considered "poor" when their total annual income was less than $3,000. In 1955, the Household Food Consumption Survey found that all families spent one-third of their annual income on food, regardless of place of residence and income level, and farmers produced…

In April 1965 the Educational Research (now Resources) Information Center (ERIC) was delegated the responsibility of improving the availability of educational information, especially information about the disadvantaged. The purpose was to assist local education agencies to develop and implement their own programs for the disadvantaged and for all…

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACHIEVEMENT IN SCIENCE BY DISADVANTAGED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED. STUDENTS WITH IQ SCORES OF 97 OR HIGHER WERE CLASSIFIED AS EITHER SUCCESSFUL OR UNSUCCESSFUL ON THE BASIS OF SCORES FROM A GENERAL SCIENCE TEST. DATA FROM STUDENT INFORMATION SHEETS, INTERVIEWS WITH PARENTS, AND STUDENT CUMULATIVE RECORDS…

This article presents data which indicate that, contrary to popular belief, the economic gains of many Blacks may have eroded under the combined effects of inflation and recession. (Author/MC)