This guide is addressed to those individuals who are considering the development of a volunteer program in agencies that provide prevention of, and treatment and rehabilitation services for alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Specific steps for planning and implementing a volunteer program utilizing individual volunteers to extend and complement staff…

In the first two years of a three year project, the Youth-Community Coordination Project assisted five communities in five different states (Washington, Colorado, South Carolina, Georgia and Rhode Island), in developing more effective methods of dealing with problems of youth development. A profile of youth needs, attitudes and problems within the…

The annual conference was held to: (1) review the previous year's activities of the Rural Manpower Service and its cooperating agencies; (2) discuss plans for the new year; and (3) study the problems of rural areas. Most of the 300 persons attending the conference were officials of the Manpower Administration and its affiliated State agencies. The…

The purpose of this 1966 study was to explore the relationships between minority groups and selected governmental agencies in Colorado in order to determine if discrimination was practiced in the agencies. A 2-part study was designed. The first part was restricted to the Denver area and was structured to determine which governmental agencies…

Both the government and private associations have made significant contributions to international educational exchange. An overview of the role of both sectors, including strengths and weaknesses, is provided, and the importance of continued cooperations between the government's International Communication Agency (ICA) and the private sector is…

Claims it is appropriate for the aging and developmental disabilities networks to explore the intersections of their operations with respect to their methods of administration, advocacy, service systems, development, and policies. Discusses roles of State and Area Agencies on Aging. (Author/ABL)

Describes Tayari, an adoption service organized by black personnel with special procedures designed to reach black clientele. Tayari is a division of the San Diego County Department of Public Welfare. (BRT)

The benefits of people and agencies working cooperatively clearly outweigh the costs. When an agency works by itself, it avoids risks, protects its resources, gets sole credit, and controls goals, methods, and efforts. When agencies cooperate, they can prevent duplication of efforts and services, economize and stretch resources, multiply the…

This document reports on a congressional oversight hearing on the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program on its 25th anniversary. This hearing is also the opening hearing toward the reauthorization of VISTA, the Federal Government's only full-time domestic volunteer service to alleviate poverty-related problems. Testimony includes…

In 1987 the Child Welfare League of America obtained from member agencies which provided direct service to children and their families information about salaries paid to professional child welfare employees. The information collected is presented in this report in three sections. The first section contains tables pertaining to overall trends and…

A systematic investigation was conducted into the nature of interagency cooperative relationships to identify characteristics, factors, and components. Through a review of the literature, terms were defined, and incentives and benefits, facilitators, and barriers were identified. A naturalistic approach to inquiry was used to study the interagency…

The chief executive of Britain's Employment Service Agency discusses the agency's success in publicizing and filling jobs, establishing a job center, promoting staff training, and related concerns in a paper presented to the BACIE (British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education) national conference. (AG)

Presented are federal standards designed to synthesize and describe the knowledge available on the prevention and treatment of child abuse and negect. A summary chapter (Chapter I) covers background information, organization and content of the standards, and utilization of the standards. Chapter II discusses the relationships among children,…

The 1974 directory of agencies serving the retarded in Indiana includes associations, programs, agencies, and residential facilities. The board and staff members of the Indiana Association for Retarded Citizens (IARC) are listed with their home and business addresses and telephone numbers. County services for the retarded are listed in…

This document presents reports covering the first 3 years of the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC). The first is an account by the board chairman of the activities of OUAC Board of Management. The second, by the director of the Application Centre, recounts the development of the centre and of the undergraduate applications system.…