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Download full textHeflin, L. Juane; Rudy, Kathryn – 1991
This booklet examines the plight of homeless families who have children who need special educational services. It explores the magnitude of homelessness among families, provides empirical descriptions of homeless populations, and identifies factors contributing to the rising incidence of homelessness in the United States. Specific effects of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Donofrio, Robert I. – Executive Educator, 1992
Guidelines for building collaboration between education and social services are based on an Arizona superintendent's experiences in the establishment on school district grounds of a family assistance center staffed with 20 workers. (MLF)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Childhood Needs, Community Schools, Delivery Systems
Golden, Olivia – 1991
This executive summary crystallizes the main themes of a study that is intended to help policymakers, advocates, community members, and welfare administrators create a welfare system to do more for children and do it better. The study was prompted by the Family Support Act of 1988. The following programs that have been successful in providing…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth
Weiss, Heather B.; And Others – 1993
This volume, the last of a six-part report, is a guide that provides an overview to the Building Villages series. It discusses the need for comprehensive programs, and examines the corresponding need for change in the family-services framework. It sets forth the organizing principles of family support as the movement grows from a program to a…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Change, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperation
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Div. of Student Services. – 1989
This publication is a resource book for Pennsylvania educators and those providing services to homeless children and families. It presents five models for effective coordination between schools and homeless shelters. The five models are those that have been developed in the following: (1) a large urban school district; (2) two medium size urban…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Compulsory Education, Delivery Systems
Chaudry, Ajay; And Others – 1993
This annotated bibliography describes 53 books, papers, and articles written about efforts toward integrating and improving human services for children, youth, and families living in poverty. The bibliography has been developed for individuals working on and interested in service integration, including policymakers, program administrators,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Cooperative Planning
Spangler, D. – 1999
This document is intended to help existing school-to-work (STW) partnerships and the new local work force investment boards understand the opportunities for achieving common ground to better serve youth during implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and formation of the new youth councils. The following are among the topics discussed:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Career Education
