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Download full textWinsor, Charlotte B.; Burrows, Lodema – 1967
This is a study of four projects in New York City which were established with federal grants to offer library service to the disadvantaged in the area. The four programs studied are the Preschool Project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the Community Coordinator Project of the Brooklyn Public Library, the North Manhattan Project of the New York…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Winsor, Charlotte B.; Burrows, Lodema – 1967
This document contains observations by library staff and interviews with members of the communities served about the Brooklyn Public Library preschool Project and the Queens Borough Public Library Operation Head Start. These two projects offer storybook and picture-book programs for preschool disadvantaged children and programs for their parents.…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Winsor, Charlotte B.; Burrows, Lodema – 1967
This document contains observations of library staff and interviews with community members about the Brooklyn Public Library Community Coordinator Project and the New York Public Library North Manhattan Project. The Community Coordinator Project employs four professional librarians to take an active part in community institutions and organizations…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York State Library, Albany. – 1964
An invitational conference was held to bring together library system staff members immediately concerned with projects financed under the Library Services and Construction Act, representatives from the New York State Education Department, and leaders in related agencies for discussion of: (1) identified needs and projects designed to meet these…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged
American Indian Organizational Education in Chicago: The Community Board Training Project, 1979-1989
Direct linkLaukaitis, John J. – American Educational History Journal, 2009
American Indian organizations in Chicago grew both in size and number during the 1970s. The lasting impact of War on Poverty programs and the passing of the Indian Education Act of 1972 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 served as significant factors for the development of these organizations. Alternative American Indian…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Employment, Poverty, Needs Assessment
Card, B. Y. – Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 1973
Interprets the efforts to reduce poverty and socio-cultural disadvantage in the Lesser Slave Lake Region, one of Canada's foremost case studies in rational planning and development. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Educational Development
MCDAVID, JOHN W. – 1968
THE HEADSTART PROGRAM, NOW 3 YEARS OLD, IS AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO THE SELF-PERPETUATING "CULTURES OF POVERTY." THE EVALUATION WHICH HAS ACCOMPANIED THIS SOCIAL EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE AND PROFITABLE KINDS OF INTERVENTION. THE OBJECTIVES OF HEADSTART ARE NOT SOLELY ACADEMIC BUT SEEK BROAD IMPROVEMENTS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, National Programs
Peer reviewedJarmin, Harl R.; Stranges, Richard J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1972
The Adult Basic Learning Examination was administered to enrollees in a Concentrated Employment Program. On the basis of this investigation it was found that trainees obtained higher scores on the language skills than in computational areas. The suitability of the ABLE as a screening instrument for poverty programs is discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Disadvantaged
New York State Library, Albany. – 1966
Attended by representatives from the New York State Education Department, the Library Extension Division, library systems in New York State, and other relevant agencies, this conference was held to gain better understanding of the various antipoverty programs and to encourage cooperative planning and better use of available resources, with…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Action, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs
Ratchford, C. Brice – 1967
The land-grant universities, through Cooperative Extension Services, have performed the most important university outreach function in America. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 stated that the function of Cooperative Extension was to provide practical instruction in subjects related to agriculture and home economics. Subsequent amendments to the Act…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Extension Education, Institutional Role, Land Grant Universities
Eltzroth, Marjorie – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1973
This article describes a study of the characteristics of two groups of mature women in vocational training at a poverty agency and the counseling problems and training outcomes of the groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Career Counseling, Community Organizations, Disadvantaged
Gordon, Jesse E. – Manpower, 1971
Demonstrates the need for flexibility in poverty programs to avoid rigid rules and biased evaluation resulting from cultural differences. (BH)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Culture Conflict, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Mandell, Wallace – 1969
Research directed toward providing information to be used to improve the social environment of the disadvantaged has been prejudiced by various concerns and power plays in funding agencies. These agencies have a mixture of motives and concerns, efficiency, surveillance, fund allocation, and adherence to national programs. On the other hand,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Evaluation Criteria, Political Attitudes, Poverty Programs
ELKIN, ANNA
THE MAJOR EMPHASIS IN THIS LIST OF REFERENCES IS ON THE ECONOMIC, TRAINING, AND VOCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE DISADVANTAGED. SPECIFICALLY, THE AREAS COVERED ARE (1) CURRENT MANPOWER TRENDS, (2) TOOLS FOR WORKING WITH THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, GOVERNMENTAL MEANS, GUIDANCE SERVICES, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS), (3)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Programs, Counseling, Disadvantaged
Walker, Karen – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2007
How many people reading this brief believes they could financially survive in a household of four people on $19,784 a year? Yet, this was the official poverty threshold as determined by the federal government for 2005. During this same year, 17% of children under 18 lived below the poverty line, of which 14% were white, 11% Asian, 28% Hispanic and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Poverty, Low Income Groups, Social Indicators
