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McCarthy, Colman – Young Children, 1985
Demonstrates typical concerns and problems associated with administering and maintaining a rural community Head Start center as exemplified by the Carbon County Child Development Program in Rawlins, Wyoming. Emphasizes the poverty of families served, lack of federal financial support, enrollment trends, and educational benefits of the Head Start…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Benefits, Enrollment, Financial Support
Weissbourd, Richard – 1991
This paper, developed from the discussions of the Executive Session on Making the System Work for Poor Children, describes why the current human service system is failing to help many poor children, and maps out the dimensions of a system that could greatly improve these children's prospects. The argument is made that the current system's problems…
Descriptors: Accountability, Children, Comprehensive Programs, Delivery Systems