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Goldmeier, Harold; And Others – 1976
This is a 5-booklet instructional kit focusing on practical ways to assess the health and social needs of children and youth in local communities. The needs assessment model described in the kit was developed and pretested in Boston, Massachusetts. The first booklet, "Learning About Your Community's Needs," provides a framework for the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
Salner, Marcia B. – 1975
Described are current postsecondary educational programs in California that are designed primarily for: (1) over-25 adults with job and family responsibilities that preclude full-time residence degree study and (2) younger adults interested in a form of education that does not preclude wage earning and continuing involvement in their local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Services, Commuting Students
Download full textThreet, Steve, Comp.; Hutinger, Patricia, Ed. – 1981
A collection of six papers, this monograph illustrates how early childhood personnel can work together to eliminate overlap in services, keep communication open, and assist each other in providing appropriate, quality services to young handicapped children residing in rural areas. Mary T. Morse ("Interagency Coordination: An Overview") designates…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Ramirez, David G. – 1982
The past 22 years of research on the underutilization of mental health services by Mexican Americans are critically analyzed from conceptual and technical perspectives. While basic assertions of previous investigators that underutilization exists are correct, research concepts and methods used have been inadequate in relation to the issue's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Services, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences
Newark Board of Education, NJ. Dept. of Curriculum Services. – 1973
This is a curriculum guide for the study of the city of Newark, New Jersey, in grade 3 social studies classes. Included are suggested lessons plans, curriculum resources, and instructional activities designed to provide information on the city's growth and development and to increase children's understanding of people's relation to their…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Resources, Community Services, Cultural Differences
Echterling, Lennis G. – 1980
This paper presents an overview of the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a mental health continuing education program in rural Virginia. An initial needs assessment found that professionals, paraprofessionals, and volunteers need further training in innovative treatment approaches, community intervention, and prevention strategies. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Services, Intervention, Mental Health Programs
Lee, Paul S. T. – 1976
To test the hypothesis that costs are higher with a scattered development pattern than with a compact development pattern adjacent to the community's urban fringe, this study analyzed the private and public costs associated with each of these development patterns in the Gretna, Nebraska, area during the last 15 years. Cost data for each of the…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Services, Comparative Analysis, Construction Costs
Moore, Thom – 1978
The status of black children in the schools, techniques developed to eliminate obstacles while facilitating growth, and implications for training at the university level are explored through examination of a case study. The "School Aid Program," a program designed to deliver services to black youths, is described in detail, from its inception.…
Descriptors: Black Influences, Black Youth, Community Services, Counseling Services
Nellis, Lee – 1974
The enormous but often overlooked impact of energy resource development on small Western United States communities can be illustrated by the experiences of the traditional coal mining town of Hanna, Wyoming. Coal development doubled the population between 1970 and 1972, and required the addition of a sewer system and a police force, plus the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Benefits, Community Change, Community Characteristics
Economic Research Service (USDA), Washington, DC. Economic Development Div. – 1977
Elements essential to an adequate framework for rural development in the U.S. are a national growth and development policy which includes a rural development strategy and definition of common problems and programmatic actions required to deal with them. Many past federal rural development programs (lacking a federal rural policy focus) have failed…
Descriptors: Community Services, Databases, Economic Opportunities, Federal Programs
Peralta, Victorina; Horikawa, Herbert – 1978
The study reported on in this document was undertaken to develop a service delivery model that would accurately reflect the Asian-American's specific cultural needs, values, and traditions. The personal characteristics, economic conditions, and interests of 255 Asian-American elderly in the Philadelphia area are described. A needs assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Asian Americans, Community Services, Educational Opportunities
Tennessee State Board of Regents, Nashville. – 1973
The theme of the third annual University of Tennessee Conference on the Community/Junior College was "the expanding campus." William M. Boast began by identifying some of the changes that had occurred in postsecondary education since 1945 and then recognized three trends in education today toward greater humanization in education, toward a greater…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Community Services
Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Washington, DC. – 1965
THE NATION'S CONCERN FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN WAS RAPIDLY TRANSLATED INTO ACTION DURING 1965. PROGRESS WAS REPORTED IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, HOME AND COMMUNITY, EMPLOYMENT, LABOR STANDARDS, SECURITY OF BASIC INCOME, LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN, AND THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTION OF WOMEN. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE STATE COMMISSIONS ON THE STATUS OF…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Civil Rights, Community Services, Economic Status
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. Community Action Program. – 1967
THIS ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL, WHICH IS DEVOTED TO COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS, CONTAINS INTERVIEWS, INFORMAL REPORTS, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MATERIAL ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WHICH HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (OEO) FOR THE DISADVANTAGED POPULATION IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE SECTION OF NEW YORK CITY, PARTICULARLY DURING THE…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Action, Community Recreation Programs, Community Services
Jacobs, Marion K.; And Others – 1980
This three-part paper describes a pilot demonstration project for training psychology graduate students and social-work agency personnel to provide mental health services for minority adolescents and their families. The training model assumes that all participants possess skill and knowledge that can be shared with each other and that a strong…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Role, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
