Presents a simple public choice model for analyzing the benefits that parents confer on society by providing day care for their children and that public provision of care confers on parents. The collective demand for government day care center spaces is estimated using 1973 data from North Carolina. (Author/KC)

Reports the results of a survey of counselor education programs regarding development of training for community/agency counselors. Concludes that community/agency training programs need considerable attention and development. (Author)

Describes a Canadian social service pilot program which employed experienced foster parents as foster family workers to recruit, screen, and train prospective foster parents. (CM)

The role of the newly formed Nutrition Coordinating Committee of the Department of Health Education and Welfare, is discussed. The need for nutrition information for consumers is described as well as a need for definitions of nutritional terms. (SA)

Focusing on the current policy, organization and direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this edited interview addressed such issues as BIA reorganization, delivery systems, PL 93-638, Indian Water Rights, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, PL 95-561 and Indian Education. (RTS)

The article describes and evaluates a model school/community project providing assessment and supportive services for mainstreamed visually handicapped children. (PHR)

A collaborative format between school and agency for the production of videotape records is described. Specific examples for involving the learner, both affectively and cognitively, through videotaped records are presented and the use of videotape playback in the treatment process is considered. (Author/LBH)

This paper describes a program of cooperative involvement of the community, a university, and a federal agency in the development and operation of a county-wide youth services system. It provides a model for maximum utilization of resources to benefit children, youth, and their families. (Author)

Describes probable provisions of the 1976 amendments to the federal Vocational Education Act of 1963 and discusses what effect the amendments will have on federal requirements for state planning and management of vocational education programs. (JG)

Introduces the problems and constraints that will exist in the design and implementation of a library-based urban information system. (Author/PF)

Four symposium papers present and discuss an evaluation of a state criminal justice council-funded halfway house, and how this agency sought to make maximum use of the evaluation to which it was subject. (Author/RW)

The problem of dual jurisdiction between a community-run agency and the Bureau of Indian Affairs is not unique. It exists in all situations in which authority is shared by different governing boards or governmental agencies, and results in sacrifice of program objectives. (Author/RW)

Describes a partnership between the St. Louis County Welfare Department and the Duluth Manpower Services Office, a city agency set up to administer Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, providing a total service employment and training project for General Assistance recipients 18 to 65 years old who are physically able to…

Describes the effects on the content of education and training which result from the needs of employers and individuals--how they differ and overlap and how they are often polarized. Focus is on training needs analysis (TNA), and the role of the Manpower Services Commission (MSC) and other agencies in establishing training needs. (SH)