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Download full textAnnie E. Casey Foundation, Greenwich, CT. – 1992
This publication presents the proceedings of a conference that brought together local leaders who are working for change in distressed communities in 16 cities. An overview discusses the background for the conference and describes common themes that emerged during its proceedings. The next section contains the keynote address, "Race, Class, and…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Problems
Doughty, Philip; And Others – 1981
The four papers in a symposium on the cost effectiveness of community schools are presented here, with a brief introduction. The first paper outlines the procedures necessary for an analysis of cost-effectiveness and identifies the problems in applying this analysis to community schools, including variable selection and measurement and value…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Nelson, Doug, Ed.; Smith, S. Harold, Ed. – 1991
This report includes papers submitted by 23 presenters at a conference on recreation and leisure programs, facilities, and management. Titles of the papers are as follows: (1) "Trends in Parks and Recreation Masterplan Development" (C. W. Kelsey); (2) "Play Therapy: Implications to Recreation" (G. Bader); (3) "Wilderness…
Descriptors: Administration, Adults, Community Services, Financial Support
Kagiwada, George, Ed. – 1973
The proceedings of the two-day National Asian Studies Conference II titled, "A Tool of Change or a Tool of Control?" represents some change in emphasis from the 1971, First National Asian American Studies Conference at UCLA. Conference II consisted of an Asian Women's Panel, a community session, a curriculum session, and several workshop…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Community Development, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Berul Associates, Ltd., Rockville, MD. – 1987
The conference on "Support for Family Caregivers" reported in this document was designed to identify, encourage the development of, and disseminate information about effective approaches for strengthening the capacity of families to care for their impaired relatives. The first of two presentations in the opening plenary session reviews the needs…
Descriptors: Community Services, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Family Problems
Maas, Frank, Ed.; Sach, Susan, Ed. – 1984
This publication is an edited record of a series of public seminars held between June and October of 1983. The seminars, entitled "Community Based Services for Children and Families," were based on two policy background papers commissioned by the Institute of Family Studies (ISF) on the topics of family support and children's services.…
Descriptors: Children, Community Services, Family Life, Family Programs
Bonjean, Charles M., Ed.; And Others – 1989
This volume presents the proceedings of a seminar concerned with community care for the chronically mentally ill. After an introductory overview by Ira Iscoe, the first section consists of the following major addresses, presentations, and commissioned papers: (1) "The Community as the Primary Locus of Care for Persons with Serious Long-Term…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Community Coordination, Community Programs
Yarrington, Roger, Ed. – 1978
The 1977 Assembly focused on community forums, planned events providing an opportunity for broad participation and informed discussion of current issues of concern to local citizens. The background papers and recommendations of the Assembly are included in this report. "Why the Community College Should Be the Institutional Base," by…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Education
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. Div. of Home Economics. – 1977
This report of a statewide conference on the possible options for families in the face of adversity was co-sponsored by the Family Study Center--Division of Home Economics, and the Office of University Extension, Oklahoma State University. General sessions on the effect of social change on the family, the co-relation between the energy crisis and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Services, Employed Women, Family Problems
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Supporting the premise that rural communities require functioning health care systems for their physiological, emotional, and economic well-being, the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development defined problems and established goals for rural health care in New York. Despite increases in New York's overall physician supply during…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Health Facilities, Health Needs
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
The First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development reported that, while community facilities and housing are vital to the successful growth and renewal of New York's rural areas, these requirements are not being met for many rural communities. Rural population influxes have caused escalating costs for maintenance and improvement of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Community Services, Financial Support
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Trends, strengths and assets, weaknesses and problem areas, goals, and public policy questions in the area of human relations and community life in rural New York state are presented with supporting statistics. Trends considered include rural and elderly rural population increases; suicide, homicide, and domestic violence rate increases; demands…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Services, Economic Opportunities, Human Relations
