Examines ways in which community colleges promote social welfare, citing involvement with public and social services; programs dealing with equity issues, affirmative action, voter registration, etc.; programs for senior citizens and small businesses; and community use of health, athletic, and arts facilities. (DMM)

Analyzed correlates of senior center participation for 13,737 elders from Supplement on Aging of 1984 National Health Interview Survey. Significant characteristics were higher levels of social interaction, decreasing income, living alone, fewer activities of daily living difficulties, being female, and living in suburbs and rural nonfarm areas.…

Assuming that writing and reading must serve the goals of a liberal education (preparing young Americans for responsible citizenship), the Institute on Writing, Reading, and Civic Education promotes student writing to personalize civic relationships, to obtain or provide information or services, to evaluate public services, or to evaluate a…

Schools are experimenting with community service programs. Among these are service-based intervention programs for at-risk children and K-12 curricula of community service. Cites examples, the characteristics of effective programs, and proposed federal legislation. (MLF)

This paper describes the development of community-based rehabilitation services for persons with mental illness in Israel. It focuses on occupational, social, and residential community psychiatric rehabilitation services. The paper argues that service development has been slow and out of step with the philosophy and objectives of community…

Discusses the need for a coherent framework for tackling child abuse. Topics include local government organizational issues that affect policy development, general issues affecting policy, policy areas that relate to decision making, training, evaluation, identification, interviews of children, action following investigation, and long-term…

Researchers and service providers working in the field of the mental health aspects of mental retardation need to integrate their efforts, but barriers exist, including differences in culture, negative history, and competition for limited resources. Joint conferences and publications are recommended as well as graduate training programs and…

Community change requires a mindshift toward developing personal leadership skills and collaborative holistic organizational design. Examples from Asheville, North Carolina, illustrate that communities are a web of influence and interdependence in which collaboration requires transcending old ways of doing things. (SK)

Telephone surveys of 306 recent in-migrants and 323 long-term residents, aged 60 and older, in 12 retirement-destination mid-Atlantic counties found that being an in-migrant was related to use of recreation-oriented public services, but that other characteristics of older individuals (age, gender, education, income, and health status) predicted…

In rural America, community members are working together to reform education, revitalize communities, and improve the quality of life. This article describes long-term efforts, such as Alabama's PACERS program, Georgia's REAL Enterprises project, and Minnesota's Center for School Change. Smaller-scale efforts in Nebraska, Mississippi, and South…

College students (n=72) who participated in a community service laboratory showed significant increase in belief that people can make a difference, that they should be involved in community service and particularly in leadership and political influence, and in their commitment to perform volunteer service the following semester. Students became…

Examined high school students' (n=91) attitudes toward mandatory community service requirement and identified reasons that underlie students' attitudes toward service. Females were more positive toward community service requirement proposal and generally rated supporters and opposers of mandatory service program more favorably than did males.…

The Points of Light Foundation suggests numerous family volunteering activities during the December holiday season. Categorized according to opening heart and home, music and entertainment, holiday meals and treats, arts and crafts, transportation/delivery, and the environment, the activities could also be adapted for school or school-family use.…

The article responds to a previous one addressing child welfare practice and legislation in Australia. It maintains that child protection services in Victoria are inadequate, lacking in accountability and good working relations between the police and community services, and fail to meet standards of practice. (DB)

Examines what was learned from channeling demonstration about potential of case management agency systems for administering home care benefits. Considers both advantages (substitution of lower cost for higher cost services, negotiation of lower prices for services, quality assurance) and disadvantages (difficulty controlling participation rates,…