The findings and recommendations of five task forces, composed of members of major Latino organizations and experts in Latino affairs, are summarized in this report on the public policy needs of Hispanics. The five areas of concern covered by the task forces are statistical policy and data needs; employment ane economic well being; social services…

The results of an informal survey of the characteristics, composition, capacity building needs and future directions of sixty Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese Mutual Assistance Associations (MAAs) are documented in this report. Included among the survey findings are the purposes, current achievements, and future goals of the associations,…

This paper reports on the findings of an evaluation of a health and social services comprehensive care model project for the elderly residing in low-income urban public housing. The text contains a brief discussion of the previous research, the results of the present study, and comments on the applicability of previous research to the sample…

The second part of a study compared health and social service needs of older persons residing in public housing and older persons residing in the neighboring community. A survey was conducted of 461 residents in four buildings supported by the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) and 422 residents age 62 and older living within five blocks of one…

Results from the 1979-80 evaluation of Philadelphia's Follow Through program--part of a nationwide attempt to provide unique educational settings for low-income students in kindergarten through grade 3--are reported. The evaluation dealth with five components of the program: education, staff development, parent involvement, health and social…

Four regional workshops were held to develop diffusion strategies and activities for linking vocational education into a comprehensive delivery system for providing social services and skills to older persons. These information dissemination workshops in Atlanta, St. Louis, Los Angeles, and Philadephia were part of the project, Identification of…

This quarterly newsletter of the Western Gerontological Society focuses on minority aging. Topics included are: special needs, unequal suffering, Asian elderly, natural networks, aging across cultures, program barriers, policy implications, multicultural programming and employment, Native American customs in service delivery, and recreation…

This issue of Generations spotlights the rural elderly. The articles first cover a basic overview of the rural aged. Next is a range of policy issues related to rural service delivery followed by articles on research projects of concern to policy makers and service delivery personnel. Several fund raising and service programs are described.…

This document presents the full text of two United States Senate hearings before the Subcommittee on Child and Human Development of the Committee of Human Resources on the subject of child care and child development programs. The hearings were held to gather information and examine how best to shape future federal legislation involving child care…

This collection of 7 bilingual papers on children with special needs is part of a series of papers on various aspects of day care published by the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare. Each paper is presented in both English and French. Paper I is a 2-page description of the nutrition program in a kindergarten for the trainable mentally…

The document describes 31 reference resources which provide citations to materials within social services and training areas in a variety of media. The directory has been compiled to assist staff development coordinators and other social services training personnel as they develop library and computer research skills. For each reference,…

The annotated bibliography identifies 60 references about social indicators. It is published by Project SHARE, part of a national clearinghouse for improving the management of human services. The bibliography is intended to help social service administrators and planners identify and prioritize human needs as they are designing social service…

The Prekindergarten Head Start (PKHS) program employed five different instructional models: Bank Street (BS), Behavior Analysis (BA), Montessori (M), Open Classroom (OC), and Responsive Learning (RL). All program components: education, social service, health and nutrition, staff development, and parent involvement performed as expected. Data from…

This issue contains the second of a two-part feature about European community school centers. The principal difference between the European and the American community school movements is that in almost all European nations the federal government supports them and takes an active part in their development. The article focuses on the forms of…

The status of American Indians in the State of New York and the public services made available to them through various units of state government are outlined. For almost two hundred years the State of New York, with Federal acquiescence, assumed responsibilities for Indian welfare corresponding to those undertaken by the Federal Government in…