During the last decade, there has been an internal migration of Latinos to the Southeast. Attracted by the rural South's healthy economy, the Hispanic population in the South is projected to double by 2025. Most in-migrants are seeking permanent rather than seasonal employment. With an increased Hispanic population comes increased purchasing…

Highlighted is a new UNICEF all-purpose mobile facility called the "Mobile Creche" which provides a variety of social services including schooling, a health center, adult literacy and vocational training, and social and athletic activities for tens of thousands of unskilled laborers who live and work on the construction sites in New Delhi, India.…

Speech delivered at the 33rd annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Houston, Texas, June 21, 1973. (RJ)

Three methods of meeting the need for change in agencies for vocational rehabilitation are described. (MU)

Presented at the 45th annual meeting of the American School Health Association, Chicago, Illinois, October 8-11, 1971. (Author)

Basic and methodological considerations, organizational context of social action programs affect the introduction, execution, and utilization of evaluative research. Tensions between administrators and evaluators, and client activism are two of the problems discussed. (VW)

An analysis of the selection and training processes and methods used to integrate the nonprofessional into the agency structure shows that such methods generally result in a loss of the valued skills. The author discusses methods for maintaining these skills and concludes that compartmentalization is a viable short run approach. (Author)

The new role for the nonprofessional Puerto Rican court workers, who represented Puerto Rican youths at court, comprised four major activities: (1) case finding, (2) cross cultural interpretation, (3) representing the Puerto Rican social environment, and (4) acting as a bridgeman between the Puerto Rican community and New York City agencies.…

Action to improve family life did not involve a new technique but a recognition of the need to modernize old principles and programs and to develop new ones. Ideas about personnel, materials, organizational structure and emphases were revised. Involvement of the federal government was a major catalyst. (Author)

This article explores the role of values in social science research and in public policymaking for programs that intervene in the lives of children and their families. A values classification scheme is described that was used in the To Strengthen Families Project. (PP)

The Age Discrimination Study by the Commission on Civil Rights and investigations by agencies for the aging indicated that older minority group members (1) were often victims of both age and racial/ethnic discrimination in federally funded programs, (2) were underserved, and (3) were seldom represented in planning for services for the elderly.…

Surveyed perceptions of the causes, severity, and treatment of elderly substance abuse as reported by 30 drug-abuse, health care, and social service practitioners. Perceptions differed as a function of both the basic type of services an agency provided and its specific response to older abusers. (Author)

The direct impact of proposed federal budget cuts on women faculty and students, and the disparate impact of some of these cuts are described. Some of these cuts are reviewed in reference to the national goal of providing equal opportunity and equal access to education. (MLW)