A rehabilitation living unit founded on the halfway house and therapeutic community models was established in a university residence hall to provide a resource for emotionally disturbed students who might otherwise require hospitalization or have to leave school. An initial baseline study indicated that a large number of scholastically able…

This study investigated the employment status of former clients whose cases had been closed in the fiscal years 1963 through 1967; 86 percent of those surveyed had been considered rehabilitated, i.e. gainfully employed, at the time of closure. Usable information was obtained by a mailed questionnaire from 3,977 of 6,435 former clients for whom…

The final report of the West Virginia Commission on Mental Retardation reports of the planning and implementation of programs for the mentally handicapped in the state. Described are specific accomplishments since the Commission was created in 1964 to help governmental agencies and civic groups in preparing programs. Progress in the following…

In a study to determine what impact prison college programs have had and to provide information useful to policy decisions, an evaluation, findings, and conclusions are presented for the Newgate and four other programs. An evaluation is made of post prison careers utilizing recidivism, "making it", and "doing good" as a…

The basic purpose of the study was to assess the sociological and psychological factors affecting the inmates of the Utah State Prison and to determine their apparent value on the inmates' successful adjustment. The population consisted of 668 inmates who participated in vocational training between 1958 and 1968. All participants for whom…

This revised yet still preliminary version of the Program Master Plan introduces the program with regard to location, physical characteristics, population characteristics, organizational structure and staffing patterns, and a statement of the mission for both the Mental Health and Correctional Program Units. Program principles are listed both…

This study asked a group of 70 rehabilitation leaders to: (1) project the major tasks of the rehabilitation counselor in the future; (2) to comment upon the goals which would guide him; and (3) to speculate on the new settings in which the counselor would work, the kinds of clients he would serve and the types of services he would provide.…

To assess and analyze existing business practices concerning drug use by employees and related employer relationships with manpower and drug addiction control agencies, a survey was taken of the practices of both employers and drug treatment programs with respect to the employment needs of drug users and exusers. To obtain results, questionnaires…

Drug rehabilitation programs in New York City encompass every form of treatment modality to be found in the field. As of September 1972, approximately 50,000 addicts were being treated. Estimates of the total number of addicts in New York City range from 150,000 to 300,000. There is little coordination among the various governmental and private…

A project to demonstrate and evaluate some innovative programs utilizing volunteers in work with the handicapped and to provide data on the success of present programs is discussed. As part of the project, four pilot projects were undertaken to determine the feasibility and utility of certain approaches and to develop model training courses that…

This curriculum guide outlines modifications to the life skills lessons contained in the Life Skills Coaching Manual prepared by Saskatchewan NewStart. The course changes are based on adult education experience at a penitentiary, a literature search, and interviews with inmates and staff at a correctional institution. As with the correctional…

Quotes and writings of students involved at the Federal Youth Center in Ashland, Kentucky are used in this report to show how they feel about the Newgate Project at the Center and about a course called Personal Development. Newgate has increasingly stimulated the prison environment in a positive manner to enhance the confinement situation of the…

The Compensatory Education Program for Educationally Deprived Children in the California Youth Authority was initiated in the summer of 1967, as a Title I program for delinquent children in institutions funded under Public Law 89-750 which amended P.L. 89-10. Responsibility for evaluation of ESEA programs is vested in the Educational Research…

Articles on existing programs of adult education operating outside of institutional sponsorship are presented. The articles about adult education classes for Indians and teaching English as a second language report developments in programs that have only recently been established, while articles on the Junior League, adult activities in the…

This paper reviews the historical metamorphosis of the concept of treatment and emergence of TASC as a federal strategy for effecting a criminal justice-health care interface to deal with drug abusers. Impact of the TASC program is discussed as well as implications for future efforts. (Author)