To assess the educational and employment experiences of youths after exposure to New York's Division for Youth (DFY) rehabilitation services, the incidence of criminal recidivism, and the extent to which program exposure (secure/noncommunity, or community-based) affects youths' post-program, criminal, educational, and employment experiences, 771…

The efforts of the Colorado Division of Youth Services to develop a program that would reduce the inappropriate use of secure detention of juveniles by providing intake/screening units and various nonsecure alternative detention services are described. Program goals are discussed and criteria on which detention decisions were based for the…

Differences in Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) default trends among 54 U.S. state/territory guarantee agencies were investigated, based on September 1981, 1982, and 1983 quarterly reports. The states/territories were grouped into four categories based on a classification of loan volumes and the agencies' years of experiences. Among findings are…

An Ohio child development program is using computerized data processing to make sure children in the program receive all the help available. (JC)

Industrial education students should be made aware of some of the sources of information on job opportunities. The role of the State Employment Service and its computerized job placement service is stressed. (MW)

The purpose of this study was to survey a sample of RSVP volunteers in an attempt to identify those areas of the program which were and were not providing satisfaction. Subjects were 100 volunteers, 50 who had dropped out of the program and 50 who were still active. A telephone survey was conducted by trained staff. The results for most volunteers…

Presenting congressional testimony regarding Senate Bill 1789 and Senate Bill 2046, these hearings include the texts of each bill and the statements of 12 witnesses. S. 1789 is described as a bill designed to amend the Act of August 27, 1935 (49 Statute 887) by extending the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle…

This booklet was developed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to acquaint adults with products which research has shown to be hazardous to children. The booklet includes discussions of bicycles, toys, playground equipment, flammable fabrics, poisons, swimming pools, fireworks, and household products. Each discussion includes a…

This pamphlet explains the legal rights of women in the state of Washington. Women's rights are included under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX prohibits federal financial assistance to any educational institution which practices sex discrimination. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as amended by the Equal Employment…

This project assumes that a youngster's problems with the law rarely occur in isolation. More often, they are part of a constellation of problems--family conflict, school failure, unemployment, emotional difficulties and, in urban ghettos, inadequate housing and health care. The Neighborhood Youth Resources Center (NYRC) of Philadelphia provides a…

This is the second of a four-volume report of Project EDNEED II (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data). (Project EDNEED II, conducted from July 1975 to September 1976, was designed to document the extent to which data currently collected by State vocational education agencies could be used to answer prioritized…

This is the fourth volume of a four-volume report of Project EDNEED II (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data), conducted from July 1975 to September 1976 to document the extent to which data currently collected by State vocational education agencies could be used to answer vocational education informational needs of…

During the 1976 session of the General Assembly, a stalemate between the House of Representatives, which passed the Board of Regents bill, and the Senate, which adopted an amendment for a commission to study the structure of higher education, resulted in a conference committee suggestion that the Legislative Program Review and Investigations…

This report is one facet of an on-going effort to delineate, describe and analyze the current status of foster home care for adults in the U.S. Foster home care attempts to maintain the resident's normal life functioning within a family setting. It involves the use of a private family residence for the care of non-related aged or infirm persons.…

Intended for public and private agencies working in the field of child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment, the manual is designed to assist those responsible for creating public understanding of the problem of child abuse and neglect. Chapters cover the following areas: the value of a public relations program; planning and budgeting a…