This guide provides information for obtaining foundation support and financial assistance for developing and/or supplementing physical education, recreation, camping, sports, athletics, outdoor education, and other related programs for impaired, disabled, and handicapped persons. Twenty-one foundations are listed with the address, contact person,…

Lists public funding sources, including formula and government grants, house and senate appropriations and tax bills, and such private funding sources as national and regional foundations and computer companies with grant programs. Projects of four successful federal grant recipients are described, along with strategies for proposal writing. (MBR)

Approximately 200 organizational resources concerned with postsecondary education and disability are listed and described in this directory. Resources are listed under six broad categories: (1) advocacy, access, and awareness; (2) community integration (in the arts, employment, independent living, recreation, and rehabilitation); (3)…

This paper provides tips and resources that communities can use to reduce substance abuse and gun violence. The names of national organizations, publications, and community leaders with expertise in funding are included. It describes how Join Together Online, a national resource for communities working to reduce substance abuse and gun violence,…

This guide provides help in locating and securing funds for family literacy programs and illustrates how family literacy programs may be organized and implemented by explaining important legislation and presenting examples of collaborative family literacy efforts that use a variety of resources. The booklet is organized in four parts. Part I…

This compendium provides an overview of evaluation reports on specially funded programs that operated in the Detroit Public Schools during the 1990-91 school year. The programs are those funded by either the Detroit Board of Education, Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Improvement Amendments, Article 3 of the State Aid Act, Gifted and…

This handbook was produced to help Maine families of children with disabilities to deal positively with their situations and children. It provides insights into services that have been developed, problems that may arise, and resources available. The handbook discusses types of developmental disabilities; the role of parents as advocates;…

This report is a resource document which includes a catalog that explains how formulas for federal programs are used to allocate assistance to state and local governments. In addition, it provides information on the agencies and congressional committees that have jurisdiction over these programs, the amount of money allocated through these…

This document is designed to provide assistance to those students seeking information on colleges and universities that offer law enforcement and criminal justice degree programs. For this 1975-76 directory, questionnaires were mailed to every college and university in the United States and to those colleges and universities known to be offering…

The inventory of private foundation support for health manpower education and training presented in the document indicates the manner in which this important element in the private sector of the economy--the philanthropic foundation--supplements Federal and State support of health occupations training. The report deals only with private (and…

This catalog describes 39 programs providing Federal financial support for research, training, and technical assistance in physical education and/or recreation for impaired, disabled, and handicapped persons. Information on each program is given, including: (a) specific types of assistance provided, (b) purposes for which assistance is available,…

This directory targets users in Asia and the Pacific who seek further study or research opportunities in which English is the medium of learning. Information gathered form various sources is compiled in three parts: (1) a brief account of fellowships offered or administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization;…

This guide is a compilation of information from both governmental and private sources on funding opportunities available to local governments, small businesses, organizations, associations, groups, and individuals. The directories, catalogs, guides, newsletters, annual reports, computer database services, and other resources cited in this…

The institutions and agencies in this directory sponsor federally funded TRIO programs that enable students from low-income families to enter college and graduate. The TRIO programs (originally only a "trio" of programs) include Talent Search, Student Support Services, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math and Science, Veterans Upward Bound,…

An annotated directory of writing-across-the-curriculum programs in two-year and four-year institutions in the United States and Canada, based on a 1987 survey, is presented. Annotations contain contact names and addresses and information about program design and components. (MSE)