Describes steps taken to recruit Blacks to adopt Black children in foster care. Procedures included establishing an advisory committee, educating the public about adoption, and obtaining the involvement and cooperation of local government and community action organizations. (DB)

This paper presents recommendations concerning the reduction of child abuse and neglect. Some recommendations concern research toward further understanding the problem, while other recommendations concern policies that may help reduce the problem. (Author/EB)

A planning and evaluation model for outreach services is described which includes several elements: state or provincial limitations; college policies and priorities; financial and human resources; demographic indicators of community need; input from program advisory councils; community surveys and learner interest inventories; and program…

The issue of early childhood intervention programs is considered, particularly improvement of social competence and respect for biological heterogeniety. (Author/GK)

Subjects in an experimental evaluation of Project CREST were followed during a two-year period. Youths who had received counseling services in addition to probation were charged with fewer acts of misconduct than youths who had received probation but no counseling. (Author)

Learn and Shop, a concept of offering university credit courses by university faculty in shopping centers which was developed by Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, is described. The Learn and Shop curriculum permits individuals to earn a two-year associate degree in liberal arts entirely at shopping centers. (MLW)

Urges community services planners to focus programs on critical human needs, such as literacy, and to think of the community as an extended family, pooling its resources to meet its members' basic needs. Suggests that community services be viewed as a gift without immediate demand for reciprocity. (AYC)

Characteristics of electronic media (film, television, and radio), their strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages, and how alumni can use these media are explored. (JMF)

The Disabled Veterans Outreach Program (DVOP) administered by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration arranges training and placement for disabled veterans in local job service offices. These employees then assist in placing other disabled veterans on jobs. Some typical DVOP success stories are described. (MF)

Describes efforts to improve provision of community services to handicapped individuals and their families. Looks at both system-targeted and client-centered approaches. Provides lists of community resources, national information sources, and national organizations that provide assistance to the handicapped. (Author)

Reviews what universities are doing to help community colleges improve their instruction, including research, faculty preparation, graduate study for instructional leadership, workshops, outreach programs and services, and dissemination of information. (JDS)

Examines the library's efforts to refashion its bookmobile services. User studies convinced the staff of the Memphis/Shelby County (TN) public library system that its bookmobile fleet should be expanded with smaller, multipurpose vehicles, service child care centers, visit housing authority properties, and provide literacy training. Includes a…

Provides a list of traditional and nontraditional services and programs offered by Illinois public libraries to special populations, including educationally, culturally, and socioeconomically disadvantaged groups; ethnic minority groups; illiterates; the elderly; visually impaired; hearing impaired; emotionally disabled; and residents of state,…

The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) enhances perpetuation of indigenous communities through its "Fourth Museum" program that supports living community museums created by and located in indigenous communities of the Americas. Through education and financial and technical aid, NMAI helps community…

Reports on the project Join Underrepresented in Science and Technology (JUST) which aims to increase the enrollment and completion of minority students in math and science courses. Uses a problem-based teaching approach in both science and mathematics education and includes parents, communities, and institutions of higher education as participants…