This annotated bibliography for program operators, policymakers, academics, interested students, and other professionals describes materials related to young children and families in poverty, social welfare policies, and prevention programs. The major criteria for the inclusion of materials were that the subject matter be appropriate and that the…

This leader training kit is designed to help leaders teach their audience about a major consumer purchase--health care coverage. It is organized so that the participants should be better able to (1) assess their individual/family health care needs; (2) use appropriate guidelines to select and purchase health care coverage in order to get the most…

A national survey of the needs, resources, and future expectations of veterans aged 55 and over produced findings that the Veterans Administration (VA) will use over the next decade to plan facilities and programs to meet those needs. Findings indicated veterans had a higher educational level and were less likely to be at the lower end of the…

This curriculum guide is one of nine such guides developed for an Alberta high school business education program. Its content covers the main subject area or strand of basic business. Subject to the constraints outlined in the guide, the modules are to be formatted into three- or four-credit courses within each strand. Introductory materials…

The complex special needs of families with chronically ill children will be best met through the development of regionalized systems of care. A national program is proposed in the context of a generic definition of chronic childhood illness, emphasizing coordinated regional efforts which provide services as close to a child's home as possible. The…

This report on the status of Black Americans over 65 years of age is based on nine public forums and hearings held in major cities throughout the country in 1986. More than 100 witnesses testified, including senior citizens, professionals in the field of aging, elected officials, government administrators, and directors of service programs.…

This resource guide for teachers offers material for teaching money management in classes ranging from elementary through adult level. The guide covers seven key concepts in separate units: values and goals, income and employment, money management, financial products and services, credit, insurance, and savings and investments. Each unit includes…

In 1988, the Michigan Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) Association was established to help develop a statewide child care policy and to provide support to a network of 13 local and regional 4C agencies. One of the association's first major tasks was to describe the state of child care and related services in Michigan and to make…

This publication is designed to help teachers develop better skills in the teaching of personal and family financial planning and consists of eight chapters: (1) Personal and Family Financial Education: The Need and Structure (C. Raymond Anderson); (2) Development of Self-Concept in Relation to Personal and Family Financial Planning Strategies…

This eighth special report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy sets forth a conceptual base and the major elements for constructing a national manpower policy framework. The content is presented in six sections. The first one is a brief introduction, while section 2 covers the rationale supporting the development of a national manpower…

This study was designed to describe the different models of Employer-Sponsored Child Care (ESCC) available to employers and child care professionals. Examples of specific child care programs sponsored by employers are described, and five ESCC models are identified: on-site and off-site centers for a single employer, off-site centers for multiple…

The business office guides of the departments of education of Illinois and New Jersey served as the basic resource documents in forming this guide for independent school business managers. The checklists are grouped under the following headings: financial management, insurance and risk management, records retention, purchasing, nonacademic staff,…

This resource guide for teaching personal and family finances was developed to serve a wide spectrum of professional educators, including teachers, administrators, and project directors. Although it was designed for those involved in community outreach programs (see CE 023 729), the content can be useful for adults and students in a variety of…

This study presented in this report attempts to describe the child care delivery system in Detroit by examining the types of child care provided by urban Detroit families for their preschool children. Data were collected by means of questionnaires sent to 197 child day care centers and 228 family day care homes and interviews conducted with…

In the summer of 1976, 133 permanent residents in the Hispano community in Wisconsin's Dane, Dodge and Jefferson counties were interviewed to determine their perceptions of their own and their families' health needs and of their unmet health needs. Respondents were primarily women since it was felt they were the best informed about the family's…