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Kapena Alapai; Sage Callen; Innocent Ekejiuba; Christopher M. Shrum; Brandon Stephens; Kristin Dwan; Adam Kaderabek; Debbie Krugipudi; Dave Roe; Nayonika Chatterjee; Lisa Hechtman; Emily Plagman-Frank; Sarah Glass, Contributor; Heather Grande, Contributor; Jennifer Himmelreich, Contributor – Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2024
This report evaluates the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) four grant programs specifically designed to support library and museum services in Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (Kanaka Maoli) communities. Conducted by a combination of Kituwah Services, LLC (Kituwah Services), ICF, and IMLS, the evaluation examined…
Descriptors: Grants, Library Services, Museums, American Indians
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Sanmiguel, Elizabeth R.; Reyes, Alexandra; Burns, Dwight; Huber, Tonya – Multicultural Education, 2019
Driven by the motto of civic engagement and local to global citizenship,Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) is a campus that emphasizes building a friendly community in which students and faculty engage in building strong personal and professional relationships that will lead them toward a more globally aware, socially just, and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Service Learning, Volunteers, Learner Engagement
Palmer, Bonnie E. Kendall – 1993
The Family Resource Center (FRC), a recent concept in school-linked services, features a holistic approach to family-school-community collaboration. This practicum addresses four objectives: (1) to document baseline data on original FRC clients; (2) to develop a system for on-going case management facilitation; (3) to identify areas of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Children, Community Programs
Brown, Kathie – 1989
Because of a lack of training, most adolescent mothers are not prepared to live independently. Accordingly, a learning program was designed to improve training for adolescent mothers to better prepare them for living independently. The learning program, implemented in 10 weeks, consisted of eight training sessions geared to the areas of basic life…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Community Services, Daily Living Skills
Wisconsin State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison. – 1983
This document contains a preliminary report on the implementation of Wisconsin's Community Options Program (COP), a program designed both to divert persons from entering nursing homes and to deinstitutionalize current nursing home residents who can be effectively served by community-based alternatives. The introduction of this report provides a…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Wisconsin State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison. – 1984
This document is a report evaluating the Community Options Program (COP) operated in Wisconsin in 1982 and 1983. The report states that the program is designed to reduce the institutionalization of disabled persons by supporting these persons in the community, thereby decreasing expenditures for long term support and slowing the demand for nursing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Gribbons, Barry C; Meuschke, Daylene M; Dixon, P. Scott – 2001
The office of Institutional Development and Technology at the Santa Clarita Community College District, California, conducted surveys of Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Residents and Santa Clarita Valley business executives during the Spring 2001 semester to assess the advanced training and degree program needs for the proposed University Center.…
Descriptors: Business, College Programs, Community Colleges, Community Needs
Bender, Ellen; Brown, L. Joan – 1994
Incorporating community service into the education of public school students in the United States is becoming a national trend and an important research topic. The implementation of the Louis Feinstein Public Service Program in Sharon Public Schools in Massachusetts was evaluated. A structured interview approach was used to gain information about…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Programs, Community Services, Educational Trends
Earle, Janice – 1982
A two-year pilot study evaluated a curriculum innovation at one rural and one urban high school in Maryland. Called the Community-Based Learning and Service (CBLS) Program, the innovation involved placing large numbers of students during part of the school day with community sponsors where they could learn about and provide community services as…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Field Experience Programs
Gottlieb, Karla, Ed.; Robinson, Gail, Ed. – 2002
This curriculum guide discusses civic responsibility, how it is tied to service learning, how faculty can integrate concepts and exercises in a practical way, and how faculty can assess the development of civic responsibility in their students. Civic responsibility is defined here as active participation in the public life of a community, in an…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Responsibility, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Exley, Robert J.; And Others – 1995
The Partners in Action and Learning Program at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) was established in 1994 to aid the integration of service learning into the college's general education curricula. Goals for the first year of the program included the establishment of service-learning centers at MDCC's Homestead and Medical Center…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Education Service Centers, Participant Characteristics
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN. Peabody Coll., John F. Kennedy Center. – 1993
Proceedings are presented of a conference which addressed services to infants and young children with developmental delays and their families in rural areas. Contents include: results of a survey of 42 respondents regarding rural service delivery; excerpts from Magnolia Circle Outreach Project newsletters; views on problems identified by rural…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Community Resources