The Food Security Act of 1985 authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue generic certificates in lieu of cash payments due to program participants and merchants of agricultural products under provisions of several programs. The certificates may be used to acquire stocks held as collateral on government loans or owned by the Commodity…

Federal assistance for residential care for children in California was reviewed to determine: (1) which sources of federal funds sustain children placed in group homes; (2) whether services paid for with federal funds were provided; (3) whether rates paid to group homes were unallowable or unreasonable; (4) whether conditions at the group homes…

A study was conducted to develop baseline information on special education early intervention programs. A review of the literature revealed the following: the effects of a stimulating or depriving environment appear to be most powerful in the early years of childhood; there is evidence that the effects of early intervention programs for children…

The report describes the operating experiences of the Structured Training and Employment Transitional Services (STETS) demonstration, a program designed to prepare mentally retarded young adults for regular private sector employment. The STETS program was managed by several types of agencies in five cities. Evaluation information on STETS…

Since 1979 collaborative activities in continuing education for human services workers in Montana have shown that combining training efforts among agencies and higher education units provides better instruction at a considerable savings in cost and particularly suits rural agencies with small training budgets and small, widely dispersed staffs.…

Some people are demanding: "Cut taxes. Put people on welfare to work, even the women with children." Would this reduce or increase taxes? Analysis of the costs for a model of a child care program provided to welfare families headed by women presents a cogent answer to that question. (Author)

Students learned about forming and operating a coporation which they called The Apple Core. (RK)

The second of two articles discusses reciprocal services, some history of governmental involvement in indirect costing, and some alternative methods of dealing with the problems at the local school district level. (Author)

Two types of studies are now being used as part of a new Federal strategy for evaluating Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I programs. In the first, broad descriptive information is collected on a national scale. In the second, as implemented in the Instructional Dimensions Study (IDS) the effects of Title I programs are focused upon at the…

The summary offers an overview of the conclusions and recommendations derived from a comparison of two programs for juvenile delinquents, a traditional institutional approach (DOC) and the Unified Delinquency Intervention Services (UDIS) designed to deal with boys effectively without institutionalization. Sections cover the following topics…

This booklet contains 1977 amendments to the 1976 edition of the "California School Accounting Manual," as adopted by the California State Board of Education. The amendments are designed to 1) clarify the definitions and improve the methods of distributing direct costs and direct support costs to programs, 2) stress the importance of…

This report is intended to clarify issues surrounding the implementation of the School Breakfast Program, as mandated by the New York State Legislature in Chapter 573 of the Laws of 1976. It attempts to answer questions which have been raised at meetings at which the program has been discussed, or questions that have been submitted in writing. The…

Some of the factors considered in these guidelines include basic nutritional requirements, food component minimums, food variety, and amounts of food served in elementary and secondary school breakfast programs. Suggestions are made for serving foods that will appeal to young people. Samples of hot and cold menus are provided. Forms for evaluating…

This monograph is one in a series designed to report discussions that took place during fifteen miniconferences for local K-12 career education coordinators. The topic of the miniconference reported in this monograph is funding for K-12 career education. After presenting an overview of career education funding sources, the miniconference…