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Versluys, Hilda P. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1986
The article describes a Netherlands model for support and assistance to families of handicapped children. "Practical Help at Home" is an outgrowth of the Parents' Initiative Movement and relies on volunteers to provide a range of services including respite and training. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Home Programs
Russell, Tommy – Pointer, 1984
Respite care for parents of mentally retarded children may be provided through such services as placement agencies, group day care, existing community residences, state residential facilities, funding conduits, and camperships. Partlow State School and Hospital in Alabama has sorted an increasing number of families, since its inception in 1980.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Programs, Mental Retardation
Download full textThompson, Lisa; Uyeda, Kimberly; Wright, Janel; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
This policy brief discusses the critical role of family support and how family support programs can help to improve care for young children. It presents an overview of what family support entails, information about financing family support services, and strategies to enhance family support through the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Partnerships in Education, Financial Support, Child Development
Whaley, Shannon; True, Laurie – 2000
The federal government's WIC program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, is designed to improve the health and development of low-income women and young children. California's passage of Proposition 10, the "Children and Families First Act," has created a climate that encourages collaborative…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Family Programs, Models, Program Implementation
Sandler, Linda; Heffernon, Rick – 2000
The Phoenix, Arizona Early Head Start (EHS) program is for first-time teen parents and their families. The 1998-99 project year marked the fourth year of a 5-year research and demonstration grant for EHS and concluded the third full year of program implementation. This report analyzes Year Four program services and outcomes for children, families,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Infants, Preschool Education
Lund, Louisa – 1998
The bibliography is aimed at managers of programs forging links between family support and community development. The bibliography begins with a brief explanation of the eight organizing themes: (1) supporting families; (2) focusing on youth; (3) building unity from diversity; (4) thinking in terms of assets; (5) seeing the big picture; (6)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Development, Community Role, Family Programs
Lalley, Jacqueline, Ed.; Ahsan, Nilofer, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition of America Report, 1998
The Family Resource Coalition of America (FRCA) and the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice convened a meeting of evaluators, policymakers, and program practitioners to discuss the issue of evaluation in the field of family support. The goal was to bring together those who were implementing programs, evaluating programs, and…
Descriptors: Children, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs, Family Relationship
Sandler, Linda; Heffernon, Rick; Sheety, Alia – 1999
The Phoenix, Arizona Early Head Start program is a family-centered program providing early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services for low-income pregnant women and families with children ages birth to three. Analyses were conducted of program and participant data and program processes from Year 3,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Infants, Preschool Education
Richardson, Joe; House, Sharon – 1999
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…
Descriptors: Children, Family Programs, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Heffernnnon, Rick; Sandler, Linda – 1999
Phoenix Early Head Start (EHS) is a program for first-time teen parents and their families. It is a family-centered program intended to provide early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services for vulnerable families and their very young children. This report presents case studies of 12 families, all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Early Parenthood, Family Programs
Turetsky, Vicki – Center for Law and Social Policy CLASP, 2005
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…
Descriptors: Family Support, Welfare Services, Family Programs, Financial Support
Peer reviewedJohnson, William R. – History of Education Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Acculturation, Business Administration, Educational History, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedPettygrove, Willa Bowman; Camp, Catherine – Young Children, 1983
Analyzes the defeat of the California child care tax credit bill and suggests avenues for parents, child care groups, and professionals to use in future advocation efforts. (BJD)
Descriptors: Day Care, Family Income, Family Programs, Parent Participation
Peer reviewedKerr, Janice H.; Darling, Carol A. – Childhood Education, 1983
Provides examples of different kinds of information and activity centers for use in one-day workshops to increase parents' involvement in the socialization and education of their children. Among others, centers include "Family Recreation,""Enjoyment of Reading,""Book Fair," and "Family Support Service." (RH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Programs, Learning Centers (Classroom), Parent Participation
Peer reviewedEast, Kathy – Catholic Library World, 1980
Describes four successful public library programs for families and gives suggestions for planning programs and measuring their success. (LLS)
Descriptors: Family Programs, Library Planning, Library Services, Program Evaluation
