The objective of the professional consultants conducting the study was to examine local chief executive use of ten Federally assisted mechanism (planning and coordinating procedures which have developed independently in various Federal offices and departments) for local-level planning and coordination of Federal programs. The mechanisms are:…

Recent social unrest has widened the communications gap between police and community. Police-community relations programs are designed to establish a better relationship and understanding between police officers and the citizens. This requires coordination with schools and other community agencies in providing information on the goals and…

The many difficulties involved in diagnosing, classifying and treating alcoholics comprise the bulk of the report's content. The very specific social and medical needs of the alcoholic, coupled with personal, social and treatment agency barriers, are viewed as the major feasibility (for treatment outcome) factors. The report recommends six major…

The first part of the paper focuses on concepts and ideas which can be used to discuss interface in any field or domain. For example, meaning of words "community" and "university" are sorted out. Attention is given to the idea of interface as expectations, goals, attitudes, purposes and behavior. In the second part, these same…

Based on followup interviews with 1700 participants, this study is an evaluation of Federal manpower programs in Boston, Denver, and San Francisco-Oakland. Included are Manpower Development and Training Act Programs, Work Incentive Programs, and Concentrated Employment Program from late 1969 to early 1970. Program impact on enrollees, employers,…

The purpose of this study was to develop guidelines to be used by state advisory councils in performing their evaluation role. The state director of vocational education, the state advisory council chairman, and the advisory council executive director in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia were asked to respond to mail…

Career education and work experience education are discussed in terms of the common goal of education as preparation for work, and three basic common values: (1) The importance of work to both individuals in society and to society itself, (2) the need for and potential of experiential learning, and (3) the need to involve the formal education…

Described is the implementation of an inservice training program (designed in response to Massachusetts legislation on special education) for teachers and administrators in schools served by the Merrimack Education Center. It is noted that the Center's purpose is to foster collaboration and provide support services for a group of 22 school systems…

Programs and services conducted at Huntsville Hospital (Alabama), as part of an approach to lifelong education, are briefly described. Centralized within the hospital's division of education, activities include: those held in cooperation with educational institutions and other health agencies, competency-based modular nurse internship, and…

Outlines the necessary considerations involved in planning interagency ventures. (Author/MLF)

Experience in cooperatively planning numerous community education programs indicates that the development of a "plan for planning" saves time and money, builds mutual trust and respect, and leads to successful and creative products. (Author/MLF)

Many communities have more school space than they need, while demands for community-based services are growing. Reuse of surplus schools as community school centers is an option worth exploring. (Author/MLF)

A program was introduced by the provincial government of Alberta to meet the special needs of children from birth to eight years of age and their parents. The program plan was to coordinate the agencies which provide educational, home based health and resource services to young children and their families. (SE)

Allied health occupations have so expanded in number and in scope of services in one decade that they are now essential to modern medical care. The growth and optimal use of all health care personnel is related to the way in which allied health personnel will be used in the future. This paper focuses on some of the issues confronting the allied…

The Lifelong Learning Project (established under the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) and possible approaches toward the development of effective and efficient Federal-State relationships in carrying out adult learning programs in communities are discussed along with other implications of the project. (TA)