New York's Commissioner for Child Development heads an agency with a yearly budget of $101.2 million and a staff of 450. (RY)

Argues that effort should be made by public agencies to keep abreast of new constitutional cases as well as accepted procedures and practices in the community. In this way, agencies will minimize the likelihood of having to answer for their actions as defendants in a lawsuit brought by a present or former client. (MP)

Describes a study of the Juvenile Court of Cook County (Illinois), its courtroom practices, and activities outside the courtroom aimed at helping status offenders. Results and recommendations are included. Journal available from National Office for Social Responsibility, 208 North Washington, Alexandria, VA 22314. (CT)

Outlines service needs of children of divorce, examines existing systems for the delivery of services, and assesses the extent to which the systems are meeting those needs. Concludes that existing services are inadequate and describes a model program designed to deal with the specific needs of children of divorce. (Author/GC)

Examines the history and function of the relationship between social work and day care in the United States. (CM)

Reviews the kinds of community services available to older people within their communities through public and private agencies. Focus is on the senior center and such services as information and referral, transportation, counseling, recreation, education, and health. (JT)

Reassesses the social costs of prospective population aging in Canada using unweighted and weighted dependency ratios, projected government spending levels required, and those levels expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product. Concludes that cost increases related to aging should be of manageable proportions. (SK)

Article explores parents' reactions now that their adopted children are school age. The research revealed changes in the openness in the adoptions over time and identified four dimensions along which open adoptions vary. Findings showed parents' enthusiasm for the openness in their adoptions, regardless of type and extent of openness. Implications…

Contradictory expectations facing community development practitioners include innovation versus bureaucratic accountability and professionalization versus grassroots activism. Four operating frameworks affect practice: charity, welfare state, activism, and market. In some instances, these frameworks and their related discourses are being fused,…

Examined referral activities of 373 agencies with regard to health care, educational, and social services for adolescents. Approximately 66 percent of responding agencies received referrals and 87 percent made referrals, with counseling and psychiatry, family planning, and general medical care being most commonly sought services. Social service…

Discusses the use of judicial review in breaking the cycle of multiplacements of children in foster homes. Also discusses the Court Appointed Special Advocate program which screens and trains volunteers to provide the attention necessary for cases of abused and neglected children. (RJC)

Describes the eminent Black sociologist of the 1920s, E. Franklin Frazier, who made important contributions to social work and to the struggle against racism. Contends his legacy is missing from most histories of social welfare and is relevant to the crisis confronting social work in the1980s. (Author/ABL)

Presents a grounded theory study of coordination and communication in the provision of service to the urban homeless, to understand the social world of agencies providing such services. Concentrates on interorganizational relationships that facilitate (or hinder) coordinated efforts to provide homelessness services. (SR)