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Download full textMonroe, Helen – 2001
Noting that most early care and education programs do not have adequate resources to achieve high quality, this report examines the potential of community-based endowment funds for early care and education. Section 1 of the report provides general background information about endowments, their uses, characteristics of successful endowment-building…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance
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Direct linkHendricks, Michael; Plantz, Margaret C.; Pritchard, Kathleen J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
In 1996, United Way of America (UWA) developed and began disseminating the most widely used approach to program outcome measurement in the nonprofit sector. Today an estimated 450 local United Ways encourage approximately 19,000 local agencies they fund to measure outcomes. The authors first describe and then assess the strengths and limitations…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Community Programs
Harbin, Gloria L.; Shaw, Dave – 1998
This paper examines issues identified in a qualitative study in nine diverse local service systems as program administrators of early intervention programs for young children with disabilities sought to obtain United Way funding and other sources of philanthropy. Data are based on issues raised in nine focus groups conducted with community…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Sandel, Kate, Ed. – Finance Project, 2007
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…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Profiles, Financial Support, Program Implementation
Deich, Sharon G.; Hayes, Cheryl D. – Finance Project, 2007
This publication is part of a series of tools and resources on financing and sustaining youth programming. These tools and resources are intended to help policymakers, program developers, and community leaders develop innovative strategies for implementing, financing, and sustaining effective programs and policies. This strategy brief presents a…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Financial Support, Resources, Program Implementation
Rosenberg, Bill; Savage, Steven – 1981
A resource guide to assist inservice personnel to establish vocational education programs for severely handicapped individuals is presented. Section 1 summarizes issues in vocational services and training for severely handicapped persons. Section 2 contains brief descriptions of national agencies and organizations that relate in some way to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Agency Role, Community Programs
