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Juvenile Justice in Australia 2009-10. Juvenile Justice Series. Number 8
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Aalders, Rachel; Morgan, Kirsten – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011
In Australia, the state and territory governments are responsible for dealing with young people who are involved in crime. One major aspect of the juvenile justice system is the supervision of children and young people who have committed or are alleged to have committed an offence. This report presents information on the young people under…
Descriptors: Supervision, Youth, Foreign Countries, Juvenile Justice
Prospectus for Examining the Challenges Community College Districts Face in Serving Rural and Remote Communities. Commission Report 06-06
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California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2006
This paper provides background information for a Commission discussion regarding the challenges that community college districts confront when trying to serve rural and remote communities. The paper describes the dynamics of statewide and regional population growth occurring in California and an overview of program-based funding--the budgetary…
Descriptors: Population Growth, Advisory Committees, Community Colleges, Rural Areas
Bypassing America's Outlands: Rural America and High Technology.
Glasmeier, Amy – 1988
This report questions whether high-tech development is an option for rural counties in the United States by examining the spatial location, industrial composition, growth experience, and environmental factors associated with high-tech industries in such counties. Using a highly detailed database of manufacturing plants and estimates of employment,…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Employment Patterns, Job Development, Labor Needs
The Status of Child Nutrition Programs in Colorado.
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McMillan, Daniel C.; Vigil, Herminia J. – 1993
The health and learning potential of Colorado's children are enhanced by the benefits of several child nutrition programs. The oldest and largest of these programs is the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which served an average of more than 268,000 meals per day in October, 1992. Other programs include the School Breakfast Program (SBP),…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
The Status of Child Nutrition Programs in Colorado.
McMillan, Daniel C.; Vigil, Herminia J. – 1992
The health and learning potential of Colorado's children are enhanced by the nutritional benefits of several programs. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the oldest and largest. Unfortunately, 1980-81 budget cuts, price increases, and other factors caused a decrease in participation of over 40,000 children a day from the 1980 figure of…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Displaced Homemaker Program: 1997-1999 Biennial Report.
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Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2000
The Washington State Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP) as administered by the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) accomplished its goals during the 1997-99 biennium. Four multipurpose service centers provided services to displaced homemakers in urban and rural county areas; four programs provided services to displaced homemakers in rural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Services, Information Services
The Rural Stake in Public Assistance.
Vinson, Elizabeth A. – 1978
The study directs attention away from urban poverty to the nation's rural poor and how they are served by five public assistance programs: Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and its Unemployed Fathers Component (AFDC-UF), Supplementary Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps (FS), and General Assistance. The 41% of the nation's poor who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Community Programs, Demography