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De Luca, Barbara M.; Block, David J.; Rau, Patricia A. – Momentum, 2002
Describes a program called Faith, Finances, and You, which aims to help parishioners of St. Albert the Great in Ohio become better stewards in their personal and financial lives. Program involves a series of workshops that were adjusted according to participant feedback. The parish plans to expand the program to schools. (NB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Costs
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 1988
An analysis of fiscal year 1988 funding levels shows that there will be many cuts in programs for the poor. The programs which will be affected the most are those which pay heating bills for poor households, those which provide emergency food and shelter for the homeless, and those which provide housing assistance for low income elderly and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Family Programs
Solomon, Carmen D. – 1988
This report describes how Title IV-A of the Social Security Act is being used to aid homeless families with children. The report reviews the history of the Emergency Assistance program (EA) and the special needs component of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC-Special Needs), discusses current policy and practice, examines…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Family Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Collins, Ann; Aber, J. Lawrence – 1997
The issue brief describes the research base for the National Center for Children in Poverty's (NCCP's) framework to assess welfare changes from a children's perspective and points to lessons from current and past welfare-to-work evaluations. Many changes are now implemented in welfare policies due to new legislation titled the Personal…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare, Day Care
Bergmann, Barbara R. – 1997
In the wake of welfare reform efforts, the government is willing to provide or finance a wide range of services for working parents and help them purchase child care and child health insurance. Taken together, these services represent a significant attack on child poverty. Based on a basic needs' budget for families and the high proportion of a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Miller, Jennifer – 1998
In 1997, the Finance Project convened a roundtable meeting of representatives from organizations who have been working to improve the financing of services and supports to young children and their families; the meeting was convened with the purpose of mapping an agenda for future research, development, and demonstration to support improvements in…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Change Strategies, Community Services