This document presents the final report and recommendations of a task force created to study the feasibility of further reducing juvenile training school populations in Oregon. The first section contains an executive summary which briefly reviews the history of Oregon's juvenile justice system and lists findings and recommendations of the task…

The paper looks at the effect of a handicapped child on the family; the effectiveness of providing supportive assistance to such families; and strategies, techniques, or models for providing aid. The complexity of a parent's reactions to the birth of a handicapped child is pointed out, and family characteristics (such as poor health of the mother)…

This study tracks Federal block grant monies and their impact on the poor of Illinois. The hypothesis prompting the study was that the state has distributed a smaller proportion of its Federal block grant funds to those counties with the highest proportion of the state's poor as compared with the proportional distribution of Federal dollars under…

Four panel presentations in full text are presented commenting on the following: an overview of national Indian strategy; goals and strategies of eight demonstration projects; a review of current federal legislation; and making services for American Indians culturally relevant in child placement, family support, and child care. Representatives, on…

Social workers are providing more and more of the treatment for drug-dependent persons, but so far neither the personnel nor the techniques have proved adequate. Workers must be trained to view the problem of addiction as the addicts themselves do. (Author)

A service delivery agency that leans toward rehabilitation of its clients rather than system maintenance may need more-not less-bureaucratic structure. (Author)

Changing patterns of social services to mentally handicapped (MH) children require that parents assume new roles in addition to that of consumer of services. (GW)

Discusses the administration of child welfare services and the status of public social services. Suggests that structural changes by the federal government have caused significant changes (often, disorganization) in state welfare agencies. (DP)

The director of the Bank Street Consultation Service warns that welfare reform and work-fare funding programs may lead to undesirable changes in the tone, quality, and over-all goals of a child care program. (Author)

Twenty-seven practical ways to improve conditions for the Hispano elderly throughout the United States are also given. (NQ)

A survey of public defender programs found that an increasing number of social workers are providing assistance at the time when the offender is awaiting disposition of a case. It was also found that they are in a position to influence the treatment and rehabilitation of the indigent offender. (Author/BW)

An overview of the ATS-6 satellite's potential for education and social services. (HB)

Functions and operations of information and referral services both within and outside of the library. (LS)

Describes a volunteer program in which volunteers were successfully trained to conduct predisposition reports and present them to the juvenile court, and to provide juvenile intake services. (Author)