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Appalachia, 1985
The Appalachian Regional Commission celebrated its 20th anniversary by honoring commission pioneers and founders at a Washington, DC, gathering. A new program aimed at lowering the region's school dropout rate was announced at the banquet. State plans and investment programs and a finish-up program accomplishments were approved at a business…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Program Proposals
Appalachia, 1974
Appalachian applicants are wanted for a nationwide program to help capable though disadvantaged students train for legal careers. (Author)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged, Financial Support, Institutes (Training Programs)
Newman, Anne – Appalachia, 1985
Summarizes the 20-year history of the Appalachian Regional Commission's innovative, flexible, $550M model health care delivery system. Cites achievements in establishing primary care clinics; tackling black lung disease; and expanding health manpower, health education, maternal and child health care, and rehabilitation centers. (NEC)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Facilities, Health Programs, Health Services
Appalachia, 1985
Traces Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council's decade of delivering/linking cradle-to-grave health services for 500,000 rural residents. Describes microwave communications radio network; clinics; services in family planning, genetic counseling, prenatal care, maternal/child care, nutrition, heart/respiratory disease screening, renal…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Facilities, Health Programs, Health Services
Thompson, Donald L. – Appalachia, 1972
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Indigenous Personnel, Paraprofessional Personnel, Preschool Education
Branscome, James – Appalachia, 1969
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Programs, Leadership Training, Pilot Projects
Coogan, Mercy Hardie – Appalachia, 1978
An interstate consortium sponsors emergency medical training programs, purchases equipment, and arranges reciprocal certification in a 31-county area of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. (Author/JC)
Descriptors: Certification, Consortia, Delivery Systems, Emergency Programs
Landolt, Terry – Appalachia, 1985
Describes new Appalachian Regional Commission model health care program linking expectant mothers/infants with volunteers familiar with available resources to provide prenatal medical care, assistance in modifying personal habits potentially harmful to unborn infants, nutritional supplements and advice, and social service assistance. Includes 1982…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Education, Health Programs, Health Services
Norman, Douglas – Appalachia, 1972
Funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the project's reading specialists take over a teacher's classroom in order that the teacher may visit a demonstration center where good teaching practices are demonstrated in classroom situations. (NQ)
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Elementary Education, Objectives, Program Descriptions
Appalachia, 1972
DILENOWISCO is composed of 4 counties and 1 city in southwestern Virginia, which it serves as an educational cooperative. (NQ)
Descriptors: Coordination, Counseling, Educational Cooperation, Educational Programs
Appalachia, 1986
Describes 11 Appalachian Regional Commission funded projects designed to improve education in Kentucky, many of which focus on dropout prevention, including Laurel County Alternative School, Owsley County Dropout Prevention Program, ADOPT, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Technical Assistance Grant, potential projects, documentary on dropout…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Appalachia, 1972
TARCOG (Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments) is a nonprofit corporation, one of 12 regional councils in the state, operating as a local development district and serving the needs of 5 county and 36 city governments. (NQ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Barry, Judy – Appalachia, 1977
Demonstrating the way in which the National Diffusion Network (a system set up to disseminate exemplary educational practices) operates, this article describes application of an Illinois-developed early childhood program to the needs of a rurally isolated county in North Carolina. (JC)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Information Dissemination, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Pruitt, Jan; Ray, Jane – Appalachia, 1979
Allied health professionals are those (exclusive of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses) who provide health care in support of or supplementing other health professionals. The Regional Technical Institute enables students from 26 colleges and junior colleges in Alabama and Tennessee to train in 14 allied health professions. (BR)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Background, Higher Education
Appalachia, 1972
College courses seem to have the potential to change permanently the attitudes of some criminals. (Editor)
Descriptors: College Credits, Correctional Education, Financial Support, Institutionalized Persons
