TRaining women for homemaker service is an important function of every agency that provides such services. The Homemaker Service of the National Capital Area, Inc. designed a training manual to be used with either a single new employee or with a group as large as 15. Informal discussions, lectures, practice, and demonstration are methods of…

Incorporating field studies and literature reviews, 2 cities and 2 towns in Mississippi and South Carolina were investigated to determine the socioeconomic impact of Southern rural industrialization and to aid the Economic Development Administration (EDA) in developing policy relative to allocation of funds. Visiting each town/city 3 times and…

Examining the role of Clemson University's Cooperative Extension Service in the planning stages of a Title V Community and Resource Development (CRD) program in South Carolina's rural Williamsburg County, this paper describes the Extension's 14-month involvement. The following specifics are addressed: (1) South Carolina's Title V program (staffed…

The New York University-Reading Consortium proposed to evaluate the use of interactive cable television for the delivery of public services to the the elderly residents of Reading, Pennsylvania. The project represented the collaborative efforts of New York University, the City of reading, the Berks TV Cable Company, the Berks County Senior…

This report, the first in a three-volume study evaluating federally-supported day care in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, contains a discussion of various issues related to the use of federal standards for day care services and presents four optional strategies for upgrading the quality of day care in the four states. Each strategy includes…

Despite general recognition that nonmetropolitan areas have a disproportionate share of the nation's problems; that this is both a cause and an effect of rural-urban migration and metropolitan compaction; and despite official rhetoric in favor of "rural-urban balance", virtually all evidence points to a pattern of inequity in Federal outlay for…

The problem, "What makes the demonstration an effective technique for promoting the use of innovation," was examined in a pilot study of a sample of 30 projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health as demonstration research projects. The projects were spread over the states of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and…

This study evaluated the role of the community action agencies (CAAs) in making other institutions more responsive to the needs of the poor. Institutional changes in education, employment, private welfare, and politics were examined in relation to certain characteristics of CAAs. Interviews were held with CAA personnel (both central and…

The sessions of a seminar for training New York State leaders of recreational programs for the elderly, explored the possibilities for enriched programing, the development of supportive services, means for creating new center facilities, and possibilities for increased member-leader roles. Position papers examined blocks to communication as well…

This consultants' paper explores the problems and prospects of the juvenile court. Sections cover: (1) "The Changing Juvenile Court," the history of the juvenile court and the court in theory and in practice, (2) "Changes in the Jurisdiction of Juvenile Courts" including subject matter jurisdiction and age limitations, (3) "Legal Services in the…

The Boston Center for Blind Children has prepared an annotated bibliography of pamphlets intended to be useful to persons working with multiply-handicapped, visually-impaired individuals. The pamphlets are organized under the following categories (number of entries in each category is listed in parentheses): bibliographies (4), epilepsy (4), facts…

A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Public Service Occupations." It is divided into six units: education, public utilities, community social and health services, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and the postal system. Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the…

This Home Start report centers its attention on three areas: how actual home visits are being conducted, how projects are spending grant money from a cost analysis point of view, and whether any tentative statement on program effectiveness can be made based upon an analysis of pre-post test data. The seven sections of the report are: (1)…

The final report of the Health Start evaluation of the second year program is presented in three separate documents. This paper presents an overview of the Urban Institute's evaluation of the Health Start program and covers two broad areas: health service coordination and health service delivery. The two major questions for the 1972-73 evaluation…

The Social and Rehabilitation Service granted the Alaska Division of Public Welfare funds to train and employ qualified Native village people as paraprofessionals who could provide the social services needed while living right in the village. The Rural Areas Social Services Project (RASS), a demonstration and training project aimed at bringing…