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Card, David; Robins, Philip K.; Lin, Winston – 1997
The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) entry effect experiment was designed to measure the effect of the future availability of an earnings supplement on the behavior of newly enrolled income assistance (IA) recipients. It used a classical randomized design. From a sample of 3,315 single parents who recently started a new period of IA, one-half were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations, Economically Disadvantaged
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Bassler, Terrice – European Journal of Education, 1995
The partnership for reform of Albania's government with several sources of financial support in the system of secondary vocational education is examined. The context of secondary vocational education in 1990-91, a time of turbulent political transition, is outlined and the assessment of educational needs is chronicled. Planning priorities,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Donors, Educational Change
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Geers, Frederik; And Others – 1992
This synthesis report provides information to policy makers, practitioners, and researchers on the new strategies and measures adopted in Belgium, Denmark, and the United Kingdom to combat long-term unemployment. It begins with a summary of strategies and measures adopted in each of the three countries. Each country report highlights the following…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experience as Causes of Criminal Behavior of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. This issue, the fourteenth in a series of 19 hearings dating…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agency Cooperation, Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse
Fink, Dale Borman – 1991
This study of integrated day care in the province of Alberta, Canada, involved observations and interviews at preschool sites in Calgary and Edmonton. The discussion resulting from the Calgary visits considers: combining funding from a provincial agency with the availability of hospital-sponsored mobile clinical services to support integration in…
Descriptors: Day Care, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Kappel, Bruce; McWhorter, Alan – 1986
The second of five volumes on the means by which Canadian communities can reduce the incidence of mental retardation, minimize existing impairment, and improve the quality of life of the mentally retarded, this booklet focuses on needed action to assure the health of babies, young children, and families. After an introduction, sections deal with…
Descriptors: Community Role, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Lei, Ying; Michalopoulos, Charles – 2001
A study examined effects of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) Plus program. A small group of long-term income assistance (IA) recipients in New Brunswick was offered an earnings supplement and employment services (SSP Plus); a second group was offered the regular SSP earnings supplement only; and a third group was offered neither supplement nor…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Planning, Demonstration Programs, Developed Nations
Armstrong, Paul – FEDA Bulletin, 1996
The United Kingdom's Modern Apprenticeships were introduced in September 1994 to provide young people in the United Kingdom with a route to achieving the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) at Level 3 or above, including a progression into higher education. The pilot implementation of Modern Apprenticeships involved 2,400 teenagers and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship