This booklet was prepared by the National Action for Foster Children Committee to disseminate information about the plight of foster children, what needs to be done to help them, and how individuals can help. An overview of the current foster care situation is presented followed by brief discussions of: (1) costs of foster care, (2)…

Described is an adoption agency for difficult to place handicapped and older children (infancy through 16 years-old). The process involves initial assessment of the child's functioning and of the family's parenting capabilities, and continued support after placement. Placement histories of two handicapped children are presented. Reviewed are the…

Effective response by community service agencies to clientele needs is an essential part of community development. A personnel screening instrument, a model for predicting different types of adaptation to occupational stress, is suggested as a means of increasing the responsiveness of service agencies to their local communities. Proposing the use…

A special demonstration project attempted to find means of assisting hard-core multi-problem families in a predominantly rural Idaho county. A single agency was formed to coordinate community activities and provide a variety of services for the needs of the total family. Project personnel included a director, social worker, home economist, public…

Of special interest for social work students, teachers, and practitioners, the collection of 94 articles presents a broad survey of the field of mental retardation particularly as it relates to social work. The articles indicate both past work and the current status of social work practice with the mentally retarded. Material includes background…

This sourcebook makes conveniently available the relevant materials on child welfare that were formerly scattered in conference proceedings, professional journals, government publications, and special meeting reports. The book is a supplementary tool for those interested in teaching and learning about child welfare and emphasizes research in this…

National goals in social welfare are basically concerned with translating the promise of American life into a closer approximation to reality for the aged, the dependent, the disabled, the disorganized, and the unemployed. Administering social welfare programs may create as many as 400,000 career openings in the '70's, 175,000 of which will…

Listed in the directory are 54 state and territorial human service agencies classified according to the number of major areas (welfare/social services, health, mental health and/or mental retardation, employment, corrections) included within the agency program and the type of authority delegated to the agency director, Integrated-Comprehensive…

The socioeconomic characteristics of the Rural Delmarva Counties, defined as those non-SMSA (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area) counties located on the Delmarva Peninsula, are presented. These counties include: Sussex and Kent in Delaware: Accomack and Northampton in Virginia; and Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Annes, Somerset, Talbot,…

Presented are eight papers given at a conference in 1973 to increase effective participation of the deaf community in the legislative process. Elmer Smith traces factionalism in governmental history to encourage the deaf in actively asserting their rights and responsibilities. Boyce Williams commends the deaf community for recent advocacy action…

This research report is a description and analysis of the development and status of the first year of operation of the Parent-Child Center (PCC) program within Project Head Start. The perspective of the report is national, individual centers being regarded as illustrative examples of the national program. Because of the early stage of development…

This document is a summary of the comprehensive final report, "A National Survey of the Parent-Child Center Program" (PS 004 505). The survey is a description and analysis of the development and status of the first year's operation of Head Start's Parent-Child Center (PCC) program. The sectional headings denote the scope of the report:…

This preliminary report, conducted over a 1-year period, involves the identification and study of educational programs that are preparing paraprofessional personnel for human service occupations. The objectives are to describe the present status of human service occupational education, to anticipate the direction human service education will take…

This profile of Project Head Start as it was in 1968 is based on data compiled from Bureau of the Census surveys. The sample involved 5 percent of the children and their families in the full year program and 1 percent in summer Head Start. Approximately 1 out of every 4 classes in the full year and 1 out of every 20 classes in the summer program…

A conference held to present and discuss new research findings and to consider strategy and tactics for stimulating systematic research on retirement as a normal phase of development is reported. The nine papers, seven of which are followed by discussion reports, presented at the conference are reproduced in this book. The papers and their authors…