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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
In response to proposed reforms designed to replace many federal child welfare programs with block grants to states, this report describes a study of recent trends foster care, resources for foster care and child welfare services, and state responses to current foster care and child welfare service needs. The study reviewed research on foster care…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
Noting Congressional interest in encouraging low-income mothers to seek employment as an alternative to receiving welfare, this report describes a study of the impact of child care expenditures on mothers' decision to work and compares the differences in costs for poor, near-poor, and non-poor mothers. The study developed measures for predicted…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Schenet, Margot A. – 1994
This report discusses the Federal Pell Grant Program, the largest need-related federal postsecondary student grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Education, along with recent changes in the program authorized by the 1992 Amendments to the Higher Education Act. The program is designed to assist student from low-income families who…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1983
Detailed statistical tables on federal funds for research and development (R&D) are provided in this document. Tables are organized into the following sections: research, development, and R&D plant; R&D--agency, character of work, and performer; total research--agency, performer, and field of science; basic research--agency, performer,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Costs, Engineering, Federal Aid
Coelen, Craig G.; Gaumer, Gary – 1982
This study examined the impact of federal assistance on the number of students entering, continuing in, and graduating from basic nurses training programs. The effects of the Nurse Training Act (NTA) of 1964 were examined through measuring the differences (in admissions, attritions, and graduations) between school years in which NTA funding was…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Employment Patterns, Federal Programs, Financial Support
National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report outlines the activities of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE), and presents statistics and information on Indian schools and educational programs. Parts I and II describe NACIE and its functions and activities for fiscal year 1988--advising Congress on Indian education laws, reviewing applications for grants and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians
Homelessness Exchange, Washington, DC. – 1988
This packet contains documents that provide general information about homelessness and the need for both Federal and local action to help the homeless people in America. Sections 1 and 2 contain the following articles released by the Homelessness Information Exchange: (1) "The Problem of Homelessness Nationwide"; and "Alternative Family Housing…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Economic Factors, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1990
Testimony on two bills dealing with federal funding for American Indian tribally controlled colleges is reported. Introduced by Senator John McCain (Arizona), S. 2167 seeks to reauthorize the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 and the Navajo Community College Act. Introduced by Senator Kent Conrad (North Dakota), S. 2213…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Spero, Abby – 1985
The Displaced Homemakers Network surveyed its 425 programs in the winter of 1985 to determine the extent and nature of services to displaced homemakers under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Also sought was information about the barriers to JTPA that kept program operators from bidding successfully for contracts. Finally, the survey…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Females
Anderson, Judith – 1983
ESEA Title I, now Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, was designed to provide financial assistance to local education agencies to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children, with funds used to provide supplemental instructional support service. Starting with the 1979-80 school year, each state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis, Educationally Disadvantaged
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
The third of a 17-module self-instructional course on student financial aid administration, this module offers a systematic introduction to the management of federal financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act to novice financial aid administrators and other institutional personnel. It teaches the administrator to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
Washington Consulting Group, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
The fifth module in a 17-module self-instructional course on student financial aid administration teaches novice student financial aid administrators and other personnel about Title IV institutional and program eligibility. This introduction to management of federal financial aid programs authorized by the Higher Education Act Title IV, discusses…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Certification, Educational Finance
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1985
Detailed statistical tables showing the funding levels of 92 federal agencies for research and development (R&D) are provided in this document. These tables are organized into the following sections: research, development, and R&D plant; R&D agency, character of work, and performer; total basic and applied applied research--agency,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Costs, Engineering, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1987
This testimony, from welfare reform hearings in New York City, was given before the Senate Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. The hearings were held to gather information for new regulations regarding public monies for child support. The Senate is considering whether to reform the present welfare system or to replace it with a new…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility
Henderson, Anne T. – 1985
Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981 consolidated 28 separate federal education programs into a single block grant. This report evaluates the effectiveness of Chapter 2 as public policy, assessing whether it has led to improvement in education, whether the consolidated programs are more responsive to…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
