The Consolidated Child Care Pilot Projects were established by the Colorado General Assembly in 1997, and designed to help local communities to address critical needs for full-day, full-year child care services in partnership with welfare reform. This report describes the context for the project, details the pilot programs, and profiles the 12…

This list of exemplary projects in vocational education includes one from each state, plus one each from Puerto Rico, the Trust Territories of the Pacific, and Guam. Two are reported for the state of Minnesota. The grant number, project director and grantee including an address, project title, duration data, and the amount of federal funds…

In March 1995, the Mississippi State Department of Education implemented the Home Ties program as a 5-year pilot program at five sites, using federal funds made available through a sub-grant from the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) and matching funds appropriated by the Mississippi legislature. The program provided intensive,…

The 1988 state plan for child day care covered in this document focuses on recommendations for a state office for child day care, increased funding for the child care subsidy program, and a pilot voucher system. The plan is based primarily on outcomes of the 1987 Governor's Conference, Child Care: Everybody's Business. The goals of the 1988 plan…

During its three-year pilot period, Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 demonstrated its potential as part of a broad national rural strategy and should be carefully expanded with special attention to funding, organization, and evaluation policies. Initial funding at $20 million yearly would provide each state with $100,000 (an amount…

This paper presents an overview of the regulatory, technological, and economic status of interactive distance learning in Connecticut as it relates to the current and future provisioning of services by the telecommunications and cable television industries. The review is predicated upon the following questions: (1) What obligations should the…

The land grant universities have, for the most part, performed the organizational and procedural processes stipulated by Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 and have succeeded in helping rural people satisfy high priority needs, thereby demonstrating that Title V is a valid approach to rural development. The three-year pilot period,…

The elements of a comprehensive statewide plan for educational improvement in North Dakota are viewed in condensed form in this document. The plan prescribes an expanded leadership role for the State Department of Education and requires a vital new commitment of higher education to the problems of public education. Educational objectives of the…

This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the…