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Morris, Judson H., Jr.; Kirkpatrick, Catherine – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Describes how rural human service agencies of Clarendon County (South Carolina) cooperate, coordinate, and use creativity in providing services for their mutual client populations. Discusses use of interagency teams and shared resources and training, problems regarding confidentiality, and response to client needs. (NEC)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Human Services, Rural Areas
Davenport, Joseph III; Davenport, Judith Ann – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Communities experiencing rapid growth due to energy development have serious and predictable social and human service problems, especially concerning women, the aged, and other minorities. The Wyoming Human Services Project, a model of impact mitigation, might be emulated elsewhere to modify the effects of such growth now and in the future.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Problems, Dropouts, Energy
Van Den Bergh, Nan – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1989
Outlines the development of a service delivery network--California Farm Families in Transition--for distressed farmers in Fresno County. Describes the three-tiered prevention model used, initial needs assessment, and services provided in legal, financial, mental health, social, and job development areas. Contains 15 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Farmers
Bedics, Bonnie C.; Goltermann, Glen E. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Focuses on some of the problems faced by human service workers in rural communities and suggests the use of an outreach child advocacy model (with a nine-step diagnosis procedure) for intervention. The rural advocate will be more successful and acceptable to the community using a collaborative approach. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Delivery Systems
York, Glyn Y. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1989
Explores the social and psychological functions of religion for rural residents, defines and clarifies the concept of religious-based denial as a coping mechanism, and discusses effective strategies for intervention by social workers and service providers. Contains 24 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Coping, Counselor Client Relationship
O'Looney, John – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1993
Explores options for human service delivery and related organizational change in rural areas. Addresses the unique context and distinctive features of rural service delivery, urban service professionalism and fragmentation, and potential advantages of traditional integrated rural systems. Discusses eight models derived from combinations of three…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Human Services
Blundell, Joan; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1986
Describes five creative/innovative human service programs currently dealing with the farm/rural crisis: Northwest Iowa Community Mental Health Center (Spencer), Lutheran Social Services in southwest Minnesota, Farm Counseling Service, Inc. (Memphis, Missouri), Missouri Financial Advisory and Resource Management Support (Columbia), and Missouri…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Extension Education
Rozelle, George R.; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Reviews characteristics of rural drug abuse and general considerations for rural service delivery. Describes the Prevention Project, a rural drug abuse program in Florida, and explains its development, philosophy, and teaching techniques, including a basic educational module for use with rural youth. Includes recommendations for similar programs.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Involvement, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse
Holland, Carl D.; Sullivan, Quintin E. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1994
A multidisciplinary faculty development project at Illinois State University increased faculty expertise about aging, integrated faculty knowledge into undergraduate courses, produced 50 instructional units, increased student knowledge about the rural elderly, generated faculty research on minority and poor elderly, established a multidisciplinary…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Health Services, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Gerontology
MacDonald, Frederick; Fuller, Kathi – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1994
The Interdisciplinary Rural Health Training Project recruits and trains graduate-level, allied health and social service practitioners for practice in two rural Michigan counties with diverse and migrant populations. The program emphasizes cultural sensitivity, interdisciplinary community service projects, team building among health professionals,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Cooperative Programs
