Early care and education (ECE) programs can provide a lifetime of benefits to children and families, but a lack of public support leaves these valuable services vulnerable to collapse during economic downturns. The COVID-19 pandemic was a particularly intense emergency for ECE providers: closures due to illness or shelter-in-place ordinances…

Many college students struggle to make ends meet while enrolled and sometimes must turn to a wide variety of safety net resources, including official government programs, borrowing from family, and selling belongings. This brief examines data from 63,751 undergraduate students who responded to Trellis' Fall 2021 Student Financial Wellness Survey…

Many college students, especially students from low-income backgrounds, face significant structural barriers that make it challenging to persist and complete a degree or certificate. These barriers include substantial financial challenges. Student financial aid at the federal and state levels has not kept up with rising college costs, resulting in…

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A Federally financed and insured revolving loan fund to finance higher education for all citizens. (Editor)

The implications and the political causes behind the Senate Appropriations Committee's proposal for zero funding for NIE for fiscal year 1975 are discussed. (AM)

Outlines sources of fiscal strain on state and local governments (including tax base deterioration, services demand, unemployment, laws and regulations, unionization, and fiscal limitations) and sketches ways to balance their budgets. Discusses implications of fiscal problems and Reagan Administration programs for education and the overall federal…

It is argued that the present limitations of federal funding for the arts are attributable to attitudes of professionals in arts organizations rather than to faults in the framework of public assistance. When private patronage has been inadequate federal funds have been provided, but always as supplements to the private sector. (JMD)

Sustainability is a critical issue for out-of-school programs. Time-limited grants, narrow categorical funding streams, and difficult economic conditions leave program leaders in a continual struggle to find a stable base of resources to continue their program over time. In the face of these challenges, many out-of-school initiatives have…

This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, is designed to be a financial resource guide. Current major funding sources are detailed, followed by an examination of the issues and problems associated with current financing systems. Programmatic issues associated with Medicare…

Defines the budgeting process called "reconciliation" and discusses its use by the Reagan administration. Reviews uncontrollable items of the federal budget which affect higher education programs. Gives particular emphasis to funding decisions affecting Title I-B programs for adult and nontraditional students. (DMM)

This paper presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the impact of funding cutbacks on human services organizations (HSOs). HSOs include publicly-funded educational, health, welfare, and cultural organizations. The framework identifies five categories of variables which influence an organization's reaction to cutbacks. Category one, "objective…

The problem of managing collection efforts on defaulted student loans under the guaranteed student loan program is discussed. This review was made to assist the Office of Education in developing collection guidelines and procedures to cope more effectively with the rapidly increasing backlog of defaulted loans. It is shown that changes in policy…

This report presents data on the numbers of persons receiving benefits from various public income programs. Included in the scope of the study are social insurance programs, income-in-kind programs, public assistance, and other income supplement programs. The report focuses particularly on cases in which persons receive benefits under more than…

Encouraged by the Federal government, institutions of higher education have entered into agreements with the government to perform basic research in the national interest that also conforms to institutional objectives. For a number of leading institutions, the research mission has become a major function alongside instruction and has provided a…