THE ORGANIZATION OF A HOMEMAKER'S CLUB FOR MOTHERS UNDER AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN WAS PRESENTED. THE CLUB WAS SPONSORED BY THE LARIMER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE. PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED IN EVALUATING A PAST FAILURE OF A HOMEMAKER'S CLUB AND IN FORMULATING PLANS FOR A SECOND CLUB. A DISCUSSION OF THE FAILURE OF THE FIRST…

DESPITE OBSTACLES AND DIFFICULTIES, THE VALUE OF COMPETENT COUNSELING TO JAIL INMATES AS AN AID TOWARD REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND AS AN AID TO ADJUSTMENT HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED. WHILE THE MOVEMENT IS SLOW, THERE ARE MORE JAILS WHICH ARE EITHER DIRECTLY ADMINISTERING COUNSELING PROGRAMS TO INMATES OR ARE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF SUCH SERVICES FROM…

A 3-volume computer-generated bibliography based on archive tapes received from OCLC, Inc. by the New York State Library, this catalog cumulates entries for monographic documents published by New York State that were cataloged over a 5-year period. The full bibliographic description provided for each monograph listed includes subject and added…

The first in a series of annual cumulations, this 1980 dictionary catalog provides a single alphabetical listing of monographs published by New York State and cataloged by the state library during the year. Produced from OCLC machine readable records, the catalog lists citations in traditional dictionary catalog order; i.e., authors, titles,…

This study of services to young children with special needs in Massachusetts was conducted for the Early Childhood Project, Division of Special Education, Massachusetts Department of Education. The report contains the following: (1) an evaluation of activities carried out between October 1979 and August 1980 by the Birth to Six Project in…

In addition to the three traditionally defined branches of Federal and State government (executive, legislative, and judicial) there exists a fourth, powerful branch--administrative or regulatory agencies. To the naive eye, passage of a legislative act will lead to resolution of the problems that initiated the need for the act. However,…

This report of the Working Party to determine selection criteria for those research projects to be included in the EUDISED R & D data base provides for an agency in each participating country which will maintain a national Research and Development data base and submit information to the international data base. The system is expected to…

Descriptions of more than 200 international consumer organizations are provided in this directory. Each section is organized by country (57 total) and begins by listing the country's consumer organization(s). Where additional information is included, it is given in the following sequence: principal local consumer organizations, principal public…

In 1953, a Project for the Integration of New Immigrants from Eastern Europe was organized at the request of the Ford Foundation within the framework of the Welfare and Health Council of New York City. The purpose was to make available to highly educated refugees from Soviet-dominated countries and their families community services which would…

After transferring most of its activities to Washington, D.C., the International Relations Office of the American Library Association held a conference to determine the current activities of the organizations and agencies concerned with international library affairs. Included in these proceedings are reports or summaries of reports on the programs…

The little research which has been done in the areas of organization and administration of adult education has largely consisted of descriptive data such as faculty status, size, salary and size of staff of directors of adult education in schools, evening colleges, or university extension divisions. Many descriptive studies of public school adult…

This report provides an overview of the major program activities for fiscal year 1978 and 1979 of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The first section summarizes the center's purpose and objectives.…

Appropriate subject headings were developed for Oklahoma government agencies in conjunction with the cataloging of 1,000 Oklahoma state publications. The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) were followed as closely as possible, although in some instances established headings which were not in conformity with AACR were retained. Appropriate…

In 1947 Nebraska established a unique Court of Industrial Relations to resolve disputes between government agencies and public employees. The court's five part-time judges are appointed by the governor to six-year terms, and the court's operating costs are covered in the state budget. Even so, costs to litigants may be higher than necessary. The…

This report describes the fiscal year 1977-78 program and plans for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It is intended to give readers a clear idea of the structure and functions of NCES and does not present any actual statistical data. The report consists of three main sections. Section 1, "NCES Policies, Procedures, and…