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Download full textDrennan, Henry T., Ed. – Library Journal, 1964
This group of articles examines various library programs and services for the disadvantaged. Among the activities which the articles describe are--(1) library programs in metropolitan areas which can reach and motivate the poor in the slums, (2) Federal programs which support library services, (3) ways in which libraries can reach senior citizens,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Coordination, Coordinators, Disadvantaged
Banks, Rita, Ed.; And Others – 1969
The activities of the first five years of New York City's Welfare Education Program are summarized. Operation Second Chance and Mothers at School, the two parts of WEP, provide 194 basic education classes, with a combined enrollment of 4,000. The program is intended to give welfare recipients the basic skills and self-confidence they need to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Learning
