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Olsen, Randall J. – 1991
In order to study the persistence of poverty across generations with a view to developing or monitoring cross-generational poverty-reduction policies, social indicators to track dependency and deprivation of children are needed. Available data on the dependency and deprivation of children primarily describe the following characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Children, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1978
Hearings before the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment on biomedical research and research training authorities that expire on September 30, 1978 are presented. H.R. 10908 is a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance for libraries of medicine and the programs of the National Heart,…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Cancer, Environmental Research, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1996
Three House of Representatives' subcommittee hearings were held in March, May, and July 1996 to evaluate the goals, priority setting, and advisory mechanisms of federal programs in agricultural research, education, and extension. To become competitive in global markets, farmers will need to rely on the research community to provide up-to-date…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology, Federal Aid
Thayer, Donald, Ed. – 1989
This report describes fiscal year 1989 activities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and other federal agencies in meeting the legislative mandates of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first section of the report covers general provisions relating to the Office of the Commissioner, "American Rehabilitation" (RSA's…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Liaison Bulletin, 1986
Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, reauthorizes the discretionary programs of the Education of the Handicapped Act, provides incentives to states to serve an estimated additional 70,000 handicapped 3- to 6-year-olds and creates a new discretionary program to address the special needs of handicapped infants and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Deaf Blind, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science and Technology. – 1977
Offered in response to a request for background information from the Congressional Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, the document presents a report of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) support for social and psychological sciences research. Major objectives of the report are to review the origins of NSF support programs;…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This annual report of the Rehabilitation Services Administration for Fiscal 1980 consists of five sections. The first section, devoted to program operations, includes information on the basic vocational rehabilitation program, services to the blind, rehabilitation facilities, and three specific programs. Described in section 2 are such program…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Blindness, Compliance (Legal)
