This guide was prepared by the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging to aid agencies concerned with aging in planning volunteer programs. This first of three booklets is intended for the agency director and staff. It contains information of use to staff in identifying program responsibilities, planning effective management of volunteer…

THIRTEEN BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1954 AND 1962 ARE LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE EDUCATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN. A LIST OF 18 SELECTED PRIVATE, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH MIGRANT EDUCATION IS ALSO PROVIDED. INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON MIGRANT EDUCATION MAY BE AVAILABLE FROM THESE AGENCIES UPON REQUEST.…

Information on American poverty and guidelines for action by local church groups are presented in this 1964 document. Briefly reviewed are the nature, extent, causes, and possible solutions to the problems of poverty in an affluent society. Also discussed are ways in which information on poverty may be gathered on a general and a local level. It…

The first step in studying a State educational coordinating agency should be to establish the facts concerning both its enabling legislation and its present status, including whether it is formal or voluntary, consolidated, and a responsibility of the State Department of education. The study should also analyse the agency's historical development…

The Freedom of Information Act amendments, which became effective in February 1975, have so far yielded mixed results. This report provides an account of how different federal agencies are implementing this amended statute. Among the topics discussed are modifications of the original 1966 Freedom of Information Act, which were made in the attempt…

Structures for governing and coordinating higher education are changing. However, the primary responsibility for education rests with the state. The coordinating agency, which occupies the middle-ground between the institutions and the political decision-makers, should have 5 minimum abilities: (1) to engage in continuous planning, both long-range…

A report on a human relations conference defines "community"; makes reference to the relationship of minority groups to the community; examines the community as a social unit; and views several aspects of community relations with particular reference to the Highland Park project. Topics discussed are: the Community: What Is It?;…

This study examines the use of group methods in adoption practice. Already in use during intake and post-placement, group methods are now proving relevant in the adoptive study of applicant parents and in the improved knowledge and effectiveness of service delivery. In the form of a seminar for applicants, this adoptive study explores the…

Intended to stimulate and foster better communication, cooperation, and understanding between the National Institute of Education (NIE) and Research Coordinating Units (RCU) personnel, this report documents the compatibility between NIE's objectives and the current activities of the RCU's. In both general and specific terms, the activities of NIE…

This directory is intended to help people who want to contact Federal and/or State officials for advice, assistance, information, and action in a variety of fields associated with consumer and environmental protection in any of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Agencies are listed in eleven categories: food and drugs, meat and poultry…

Questionnaire responses were reported from 37 state vocational rehabilitation agencies, eight rehabilitation agencies for the blind, and vocational rehabilitation agencies in Guam and Puerto Rico which described what the agencies were doing in cooperation with state programs for the mentally retarded (MR). The first section of the questionnaire…

The selected guide to government agencies involved with exceptional children is based on data available as of April, 1971. (For a companion guide, see EC 042 251.) For each agency listed, the following information is provided where applicable: agency name, a brief explanatory statement about the agency and its responsibilities, center and director…

Presented are the reports of 22 federal departments and agencies on their programs related to mental retardation. The review of governmental programs is seen as a needed first step toward mobilization of the full federal potential in coordinating efforts in the gamut of problems of mental retardation. The departments and agencies covered include…

Given the diversity of existing patterns of regulations and agencies, this directory is intended to be a guide to the administrative structure and functional responsibilities of the agencies within the various states for the conduct of public sector labor relations. It is not meant to be a statutory analysis nor does it deal with the extent of…

An introduction to the evaluation of the effects of Michigan migrant education projects on migrant children enrolled in its schools during the summer or 1971 is presented in this document. Background information concerning the general migrant phenomenon, the agencies and institutions responsible for providing migrant children with educational…