The product of a literature review by scholars in the field, this report is intended for researchers, those funding research, and those whose task is to coordinate organizations. A large number of research needs in the area of interagency coordination were identified, including research on the impacts of social philosophies and administrative…

In 1979, the National Childminding Association published a report on the operation of the Nurseries and Childminders Regulation Act of 1948. That report revealed several unsatisfactory aspects of the 1948 legislation and made several recommendations. In the years since 1979, no changes have been made in legislation or in government guidelines.…

The report discusses exemplary practices in coordinating special education and vocational rehabilitation services. Project sites were nominated and visited and staff interviewed. The first of two sections in the report compares program elements (planning, administration/structure, staff development training and dissemination efforts, vocational…

In September 1983, the Governor of Illinois requested that the Illinois Commission on Children examine community-based service systems as a partial means of delivering human services for children and youth. In response, the commission formed the Community-Based Children's Services Task Force to assist in improving the ways state agencies channel…

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…

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

This monograph contains the results of the University of Michigan Rehabilitation Research Institute (UM-RRI) project activities with the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services model program evaluation unit to examine issues related to similar benefits in rehabilitation. A framework and discussion paper for future aspects of this project…

A survey was conducted in July 1977 of 38 Centers of International Serials Data System (ISDS) and of national bibliographic agencies or comparable bodies in the same countries to study the various aspects of the identification and description of standardized bibliographic data by the ISDS and the International Standard Bibliographic Description…

The Agency for Instructional Television (AIT) works with educational agencies in the United States and Canada as partners in the process of educational change through school television. The organization develops school television programming for consortia of state and provincial education agencies. Since 1970, it has completed nine major projects.…

Although coordination among programs funded by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) is occurring, it can be improved by removing barriers and specifying what is to be coordinated and how. HEW's National Coordination Study telephoned 187 agency personnel at federal and local levels in 54 HEW programs and talked in-person to…

Proceedings from a 1980 symposium on the delivery of education and health services to handicapped children are summarized. Topics briefly addressed include funding, leadership and responsibility, communication and trust, and coordination and collaboration strategies. Fifteen conference recommendations are listed, including that each level of…

Texas is divided into 20 regions served by intermediate education agencies offering school districts the opportunity to receive specialized services normally beyond the reach of school systems. This report examines how one such regional educational agency in Region 20, which serves 50 districts in 14 counties, is organized to provide evaluation…

Multiple accreditation of individual institutions can involve serious duplication of efforts by accreditation agencies. Four examples of guidelines and procedures for cooperative accreditation are given: those of (1) the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Theological Schools (a coordinating agreement with another…