This report of the Office of the State Auditor in North Carolina details audit findings regarding allegations of misuse of Smart Start funds by Save Our Brothers, Inc. and the Liberty Chapel United Church of Christ. Save Our Brothers, Inc., a nonprofit agency, received two contracts totaling $46,327 from the Chatham County Partnership for Children…

This report provides basic information about some 140 federal programs and tax provisions affecting children and their families. It contains brief descriptions of each program/tax rule, participation and funding information (to the extent available), and table summaries of selected program characteristics, such as how benefits and services are…

This report offers an array of steering mechanisms to help advance South Africa's higher education goals (equity and redress, efficiency, development, and accountability). Building on the experiences of other nations, the paper proposes both base formulas and non-base funding mechanisms that, combined, suggest that such policy-driven steering…

This document represents an extensively revised and updated United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Directory for Environmental Training Worldwide. It presents a listing of environmental education and training (EE&T) opportunities around the world as well as information on financial assistance for environmental studies abroad. This version…

This seminar brought together professionals from three fields--higher education, philanthropy and journalism. Discussed at the seminar was the role that these professions play in public life. It was noted that there is increasing dismay over the public's declining trust in America's institutions. Professional reform efforts to remedy this…

The child support program enforces the responsibility of parents to support their children when they live apart. The child support program is jointly funded by federal and state governments under title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The program collects child support for families, establishes the legal relationship between children and their…

Syracuse University in Onondaga County (New York), although a nonprofit institution supported by taxes, employs over 10,000 community residents and generates approximately $126 million in personal income, belying its image of a tax burden. (KM)

Financial aid, still sometimes administered late as an afterthought, is now on the top of the list of priorities in college selection. Students can no longer afford to default other selections while waiting for Number One to make up its mind. The authors have co-authored a book titled, "Shaping an Effective Admissions Program." This is a revised…

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been very successful in emphasizing informal channels of research through public TV, libraries, museums and historical societies while continuing traditional, university-based research in the humanities. (Author/PG)

A discussion of the GED Project at Kentucky Educational Television, Lexington, Kentucky. (HB)

Can a noncommercial organization be a little bit commercial? An analysis of what current laws and regulations have to say. (Author)

Discusses the new problems faced by voluntary agencies as patterns of financial support change. Decreasing general contributions, limitations of United Way campaigns, and aspects of purchase of service are considered. (DP)

The need for day-care centers for young children is an idea which is now questioned less and less. The largeness of the numbers of these centers over Europe facilitates formation of a certain number of principles. Day care programs were studied by the authors in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Czechoslovakia. (Authors/RJ)