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Yasmin Grewal-Kök; Beth McDaniel; Clare Anderson; Meg Dygert; K. Lee – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2025
This brief describes the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and Chapin Hall's partnership to build momentum and consensus for child welfare system transformation by bringing together human services agency leadership, experts with lived experience, and national partner organizations to advance cross-sector recommendations for shared…
Descriptors: Human Services, Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Public Health
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2015
Staff provides this baseline report as a summary of its preliminary considerations and initial research in fulfillment of the requirements of HB2320 from the 2015 session of the General Assembly. Codified as § 23-7.4:7, this legislation compels the Education Secretary and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Director, in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Academic Degrees, Undergraduate Study
Johnson-Staub, Christine; Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
Home visiting is one tool used to prevent child abuse and improve child well-being by providing education and services in families' homes through parent education and connection to community resources. This toolkit provides state policymakers and advocates with strategies for extending and expanding access to state- or federally-funded home…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Child Caregivers, Family Programs, Cooperative Programs
Trent, Dietra; Blake, Peter – State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2016
§ 23.1-909 requires the Secretary of Education and the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) to report, by October 1, 2016, their progress toward development of a plan for a "combined cooperative degree program" whereby any enrolled undergraduate student at any public or private nonprofit institution of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document is the first volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It summarizes the performance management principles and options available to program administrators identified in discussion papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document comprises the second volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This volume comprises the discussion papers that formed the basis for the options summarized in the first volume. The papers…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs
Smith, Thomas J.; And Others – 1988
This guide to youth unemployment problems is based on the belief that a comprehensive system of program initiatives offers the best solutions. The principal focus is on vocationally at-risk youth. The first chapter defines and describes the target group, and outlines needs and appropriate responses. The second section describes the following eight…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1983
These Congressional hearings contain testimony dealing with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Included among those persons providing testimony at the hearings were representatives of the following agencies and organizations: the National Governors' Association, the Department of Labor, the Office of Management and Budget, the National…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
Mann, Dale – American School Board Journal, 1984
The success of school/business partnerships depends on the initiative of school boards and superintendents in nurturing long-term relationships with the business community. Examples are provided of systematic, well-planned, and financially realistic partnerships. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Cooperative Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Karp, Joan M. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
This paper discusses the importance of interagency coordination in developing services for young children with handicaps and their families. It suggests strategies to improve the functioning of interagency coordinating councils by considering council membership, role definition, goal commitment, vision of the early intervention system, and use of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Fenwick, Dorothy C.; And Others – 1986
Ways to develop, implement, and maintain linkages between colleges and business are discussed, and a directory of campus-business linkages is presented. Phases of campus-business linkages are covered in seven chapters. The predevelopment phase consists of developing a rationale, obtaining the support of the higher education institution, and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Contracts, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
National Council of La Raza, Los Angeles, CA. Program Office. – 1990
Project EXCEL, a community educational leadership demonstration project sponsored by the National Council of La Raza and its over 123 affiliated community-based organizations, is a major educational initiative to improve the educational attainment of Hispanic Americans by working with local communities to develop and demonstrate effective…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement
Clark, Terry A. – 1987
This paper discusses the potential of school district-based and community-wide approaches to dropout prevention, and provides a summary of the goals and expected outcomes of the Consortium on Dropout Prevention, and the Urban Dropout Prevention Collaboratives Program. The Consortium on Dropout Prevention was formed to cooperatively gather and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This document presents the record of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Demonstration Partnership Program (DPP), part of the Community Services Block Grant Act. The program offers community action agencies the opportunity to test new methods for reducing dependency and fostering self-sufficiency among the poor. Six agency representatives…
Descriptors: Community Action, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Federal Legislation
Seumahu, E. Steve – 1983
This extensive report describes activities of the PEACESAT AUSTRALIA Project (the Kangaroo Network) which parallels, on the Australian continent, the endeavors of PEACESAT (Pacific Educational and Communication Experiment by SATellite), and other Pacific Basin ATS-1 networks. An executive summary reviews the development of the project and its…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Communications Satellites, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
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