This report describes the Hotels-Motels in Partnership Program, a human services resource sponsored by the Red Cross and other organizations to respond to housing needs of the homeless, disaster victims, and others in need of emergency assistance. The partnership program involves several hundred businesses in more than 240 communities. Since its…

Intended to provide educators and community leaders in Massachusetts with an overview of the ways in which community education practices can strengthen K-12 education, this document explains community education, describes three community education projects in detail, gives implementation models, and lists organizational and printed resources.…

More people than ever are using coastal waters for recreation and business activities and living along the shores. This puts more pressure on natural resources and creates more conflicts between the people using the resources. This guidebook is designed to help citizens develop an understanding of how coastal management works. Four chapters in…

In 1980, a project was conducted in Carteret County to: (1) establish linkages among human service delivery agencies, educational institutions, and employment and training programs; (2) use these linkages to facilitate the identification of disadvantaged and handicapped individuals who could benefit from vocational training; and (3) contact area…

Proceedings of a conference designed to bring together persons interested in the operation of Suicide Prevention Programs and Comprehensive Community Mental Health Centers are reported. Content addresses deal with the following: (1) total emergency programs; (2) emergency service as an alternate to hospitalization; (3) the utilization of…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO SYNTHESIZE THE ROLES OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING CONTINUING EDUCATION. EIGHT CATEGORIES OF EXPERTS AND ADMINISTRATORS (324) WERE ASKED WHICH OF SIX EDUCATIONAL AREAS THEY CONSIDERED MOST IMPORTANT--TRANSFER, VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL, CONTINUING, COMMUNITY SERVICE, GENERAL, AND STUDENT SERVICE. THE 18…

Serving as an introduction to Federal assistance and as a locator of specific rural development programs, this directory is divided into the 5 following general categories: (1) Jobs, Business, Industry; (2) Community Facilities; (3) Community Functions and Services; (4) Housing; (5) Planning and Coordination. Each of these categories is divided…

This handbook provides a model approach to the implementation of community education; it outlines and discusses field-tested steps and establishes the rationale for their implementation in a sequential order. An introductory chapter that explores the unlimited potential of the community education concept is followed by a chapter that identifies…

Because federal expenditures for child care services provided under contract are increasing, the U.S. General Accounting Office reviewed federal and state administration of contracts for such services in California and Pennsylvania. Under title IV-A, states receive federal funds for child-care programs to help welfare families move from dependency…

The status of day care in Illinois is described in the presentations and workshop summaries of this conference. The state day care budget was close to $50 million for fiscal 1972, almost triple the previous year's amount. Illinois has day care programs for mentally handicapped children, children from low income families, the normal child, and so…

Many schools have instituted their own community polls to provide a vehicle for school decision-making. Highlights the steps involved in developing effective polling techniques through adaptation of the Gallup Poll. Includes a discussion of "do's" and "don'ts" for telephone pollsters and a sample polling instrument. (MD)

Rural residence and social service delivery, role of the social worker, availability of services (staff count), and special training for service providers are examined to propose that case coordination, focusing on services to the client, is more appropriate than case management in meeting the needs of the rural developmentally disabled. (MM)

This pilot project was designed as a collaborative effort to serve substance abusing women and their young children. The goals were to improve the health and welfare of these families by early identification of pregnant substance abusers; improve access to and coordination of health care services and chemical dependency treatment; and provide…

Colleges and universities, it is suggested, can acquire valuable resources by trading their own services for goods they need. In return for access to a neighboring business firm's word processors, a college can give the firm's employees free courses. (Author/MLW)

Presents the conclusions of three Norwegian guidance booklets on joint location and coordinated use in the community. Provides information on planning and coordination of spaces for schools and other premises for the community in order to help make the most efficient use of resources. (AIM)