A look at Project REACH, a modest pilot effort to explore the practicality of a regional education delivery system using cable television. (Author)

Growing out of the need for additional youth oriented crisis centers, the paraprofessional crisis intervention center described in this article provided supportive face-to-face communication during the hours when the professional services were not available. (JC)

Efforts toward extending the latest diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of health care from the tertiary care centers for professional health education, complex diagnosis and treatment, and research to the secondary health care centers are described. (KP)

More than thirty cities and towns in Finland maintain municipal theaters as a part of the growing program for local cultural activities. (GB)

Describes the operation of several community clinics set up especially for teenagers, where girls can obtain counseling and contraceptive devices, with or without parental knowledge. (CJ)

Describes citizens' action or youth environment councils which coordinate information and resources for dealing with drug problems. (KJ)

Conducted national surveys (instrument included) of directors (N=52) of correctional institutions to assess progress of two community-based programs, study release and home furlough. The number of participants has remained small despite low "abscondence" rates. Both programs have gone little beyond token levels found in correctional…

The Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (CSATP) of Santa Clara, California, uses professionals from the community, volunteers, and self-help groups of parents and children to provide treatment with a humanistic attitude. A case study illustrates CSATP treatment for father-daughter incest. Effects of father, mother, daughter, and family are…

An expectancy-value procedure is developed for delineating the nature of interagency relationships during the operation of a youth-serving agency. Advantages of this approach are presented. (Author/GK)

Two program goals were: (1) providing a community-based alternative for arrested juveniles who otherwise would have been referred to the juvenile justice system; and (2) reducing juvenile delinquency. Results from various measures indicated the program had little success in decreasing referrals but produced positive delinquency reduction effects.…