"Vision for the Nineties...A Plan of Action" (1991) noted that, to achieve excellence in schools, school-based coordinated services needed to be enhanced by improving interdependent and interagency coordination. It was further noted that school jurisdictions needed assistance to improve the availability of a range of coordinated,…

This annual report describes the goals and activities of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs for fiscal year 1990-91. The commission is made up of seven tribal representatives, two non-Indians, and six ex-officio members from state government. In October 1990, the commission held a 2-day Indian Town Hall in Phoenix (Arizona) on the future of…

United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations concerned with environmental education (EE) met for the third time by invitation of UNESCO in order to develop cooperation and coordination in EE and training among the agencies. This report of the meeting is presented in three sections. The first section reports…

Arizona has compiled one of the most dismal records in the country for addressing children's needs. For example, at the time of this report, the state ranked last in state support of early childhood education and graduated fewer high school students than 47 other states. Hopeful signs of citizens' concern have recently been found in results of a…

Four modules are presented from a project linking the New Jersey Department of Education, Divisions of Vocational Education and Special Education and The New Jersey Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Modules address the vocational needs of handicapped secondary students. Each unit in the module lists objectives, grouping…

The paper focuses on catalysts needed for interagency cooperation in multi-service delivery systems for handicapped individuals. The importance of interfacing personal and environmental profiles is emphasized, and an approach matching aspects of the person and the environment is described. A behavioral skill profile of the person would be matched…

This manual is designed to provide guidelines for writers and editors in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the preparation of bibliographies and literature articles for USDA and/or agency publications, and in the preparation of reference lists for published papers. The bibliographic guidelines presented in alphabetical order in…

The paper examines issues in the delivery of educational services to behaviorally impaired children and youth in Nebraska. Separate chapters focus on five problem areas, (professionalism, continuum of services within education, continuum of services across community agencies, interagency communication, and attitudes/expectations), each with an…

The proposed regulations, drafted by an interdepartmental working group from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Services, and HUD, are applicable to rental programs, homeownership (Mutual Help) and all housing developed under the Housing and Community Development Act which authorized $15 million for fiscal year 1975 and 1976. (Author/NQ)

Describes the policies, operation, and some decisions of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research instituted to study the ethical aspects of scientific research. (MLH)

Higher education, with strong leadership from its Washington representatives, must make its voice heard on Capital Hill. (Author)

A modest, well-designed, community-based arts center for a nonprofit social service organization blends into the surrounding environment. (Author/MLF)

A study involving legislators was conducted by the Region 8 Regional Rehabilitation Research Institute (Colorado) and four Region 8 States to improve State legislative support for vocational rehabilitation programs, especially delivery of rehabilitation services to the rural disabled. Suggestions for improving ways to meet legislative information…

Using a case study approach, the authors apply organizational development principles to change a public agency into a more effective organization. (EA)