This research bulletin includes reports of research in progress or recently completed from March through August 1972. Each entry includes information concerning the investigator, purposes, subjects, methods, duration, cooperating groups, and findings (if available). The reports are listed under several topical headings: (1) Long-Term Research, (2)…

This paper focuses attention on the critical importance of zoning and housing to education. It covers the causes of undersirable housing patterns, the apparent effects of these patterns on educational achievement, and possibilities for positive action to reverse the negative effects. Although examples are drawn from Santa Clara County, the thesis…

This curriculum guide, one of a series developed to assist those involved in implementing career education programs concerned with public service occupations, contains the basic instructional material recommended for the area of social and economic services preparation. The units described are: (1) social service agencies and programs, (2) why…

This publication has been designed to help nurses, teachers, volunteers, health administrators, social workers, and other individuals in the community in improving dental care instruction for the children in a community dental care program. The publication is based on the premise that availability of dental care services does not necessarily…

Just as programs and organizations have too frequently been established for the presumed benefit of mankind but do not work out as expected because the social methods available are not good enough, so the author proposes that the existence of social problems in general bespeak the need for new social inventions. Social inventions provide laws,…

This core curriculum covers training in basic skills that is needed for entry level paraprofessional employment in social institutions. Intended as a New Careers approach in Saskatchewan, the term "Socanic" was invented as an occupational title for paraprofessionals working as aides in a wide variety of social service occupations. Five…

A HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION (HRA) SHOULD BE CREATED TO PROVIDE EVERY LOW-INCOME RESIDENT WITH USEFUL EMPLOYMENT AT AN ADEQUATE INCOME, AN EDUCATION, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND RECEIVE SERVICES FROM PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED TO HELP HIM. AN ADMINISTRATOR, RESPONSIBLE TO THE MAYOR, WOULD OVERSEE THE CREATION OF POLICY FOR THE PROGRAM…

Utilizing data derived from a questionnaire survey of the rural population of Novosibirsk province in the USSR, the following hypothesis was tested: the attitude of rural inhabitants toward urban and rural conditions is characterized by a considerable preponderance of positive evaluations of dominant rural conditions and transient urban conditions…

A non-profit counseling and referral center, the Center was established in 1972 to alleviate delinquency problems in Los Lunas (New Mexico), with special reference to Chicanos. The Center used specific direct youth services to identify: barriers to services for Chicanos in Los Lunas and to provide referral services to overcome those barriers;…

This booklet contains the licensing standards for day and night care homes established by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. A day care home is described as a place away from home where a child can feel cared for and cared about. Standards have been set up to provide a safe, secure day care home with responsive and caring…

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 allowed Tribes to use Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) monies for the construction or renovation of child care facilities. As procedures have been implemented over the years, Tribes and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Regional Offices have identified a…

This report provides findings from a study of families with newly opened cases served by Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare's Ongoing services program for children placed in out-of-home care. The Bureau is part of the Children's Services Division of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS). Specifically, the central goal of the…

The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's Voice"…

Roma, or "gypsies," are the main poverty risk group in many countries of central and eastern Europe. Living standards for the Roma have deteriorated more severely during the region's transition to a market economy than they have for other population groups, and Roma have been poorly positioned to take advantage of emerging economic and…

The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 means that, for the first time, the federal government has shifted substantial responsibility for maintaining a social safety net for the most vulnerable populations to the state governments. This guide summarizes the contents of the new law, identifies…