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Download full textAdministration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1992
This 18th annual report to Congress, covering the program year 1989-1990, outlines the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each state…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrollment Rate
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document summarizes the requirements and guidelines for the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP). This program is authorized by Section 787 of the Public Health Service Act to make grants to and contracts with postsecondary institutions to carry out programs which assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and graduate…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Opportunities
Sloane, Glenda G. – 1983
In an effort to contribute to the dialogue on the need for reform of the nation's fair housing laws and policies, this report describes and evaluates those policies and their impact. The report begins with a discussion of the Federal Government's support for a racially dual housing market prior to 1962 and moves on to describe the beginnings of a…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This General Accounting Office (GAO) report on employment competencies for youth in programs funded under title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act describes the extent and nature of youth employment competency training systems implemented as of June 30, 1985, and assesses the adequacy of competency attainment data available to States to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Behavioral Objectives, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This report presents and discusses the results of a congressional study undertaken to assess the validity of a statement in the Department of Education's document, "Summary and Background Information for the Fiscal Year 1988 Budget," which asserted that many children who are neither poor nor low achievers receive Chapter 1 services. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Goertz, Margaret E.; And Others – 1987
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act provides local school districts with federal funds to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children in high poverty areas. Because federal regulations provide little guidance for allocating Chapter 1 resources within the districts, distribution formulas vary and so do the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance)
Suitts, Steve – 1985
The first in a series of studies about poverty in the South, this report focuses on Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. Since 1979, the rate of poverty for these states has shown a steady, sharp increase, bringing it up to 18.2 percent in 1983. The national…
Descriptors: Black Family, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Problems
Gueron, Judith M. – 1984
The Department of Labor's Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) was the nation's largest demonstration to test a new approach to solving the employment problems of disadvantaged youths. Sixteen- to 19-year-olds from low income or welfare households who had not yet graduated from high school were offered minimum-wage jobs, part-time…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Kennedy, Mary M.; And Others – 1986
This paper presents excerpts from the introductory and summary chapters of an interim report published in January 1986, the first of three reports to be produced as part of the National Assessment of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) Chapter 1. The interim report, which is intended to provide an analytic and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document reports on the second in a series of hearings on the reauthorization of expiring federal elementary and secondary education programs. Corporate business leaders presented their views on the reauthorization of Chapter 1. Five witnesses, representing manufacturing, education programs funded under the Education Improvement and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1989
This document consists of examples of budget forms to assist school district superintendents in North Carolina in administering funds for programs for low-income students under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. General information is supplied on the following topics: (1) budgets; (2) amendments; (3) substitute teacher…
Descriptors: Budgets, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This fact sheet summarizes responses by 49 states (Massachusetts did not respond) to the General Accounting Office questionnaire on state efforts to integrate human services programs. The questionnaire focused on low income families. Responses to the questionnaire indicate the following: (1) 23 states have integrated all their service delivery…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet answers many questions an employer may have about the job training partnership, how it can help the employer and his/her company, and what specific action steps the employer can take now to become involved. The first section describes the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Section 2 presents findings of a survey of service delivery…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1969
This pamphlet provides information to help communities in analyzing their needs, assessing available resources, and developing an effective manpower program to combat poverty problems which include high unemployment, inadequate education, poor health, and dilapidated housing. The report describes the necessary steps to be made for comprehensive…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Check Lists, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1971
This is the third hearing in a series of four conducted to exercise con- gressional oversight of the Food Distribution Program of the Department of Agriculture. The following witnesses presented testimony, statements, and exhibits pertinent to this purpose: Honorable Efrain Santiago, Secretary of Social Services, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
