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Download full textWright, Elisabeth; Deich, Sharon; Clarke, Theresa – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2004
In communities all over the country, afterschool programs play an important role in keeping children and youth safe, providing them with important learning opportunities, and helping them become successful adults. Federal, state, local, and private investments in afterschool programs have grown in recent years due both to widespread public support…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Comprehensive Programs, Public Support, Play
Jackson, Shirley A. – 1990
The Comprehensive Approach to Restructuring a School was designed as a framework for improving the academic achievement and reducing the dropout rate of poor African American students. The major elements of the Comprehensive Approach are as follows: (1) leadership must have vision and commitment; (2) communication processes, developed by a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Education, Black Students
Miles, Melvin – 1992
This handbook presents the essential components of a comprehensive family service system for low-income families. It shows, through the documentation and description of two low-income African American communities over 4 years of development work, the types of information that should be collected about community functioning so that informed…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blacks, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Planning
