The well-being of a community is only as good as the well-being of the individuals who reside in the community. A group of citizens, concerned about the welfare of their community, recognized the high rates of HIV/AIDS and teenage pregnancy in their south Florida county and decided to take action. Supported by community leaders and using available…

Describes a group called "Fathering: The First Time" formed to help new fathers cope with stress and to share support and information. Discusses the therapists' role and group process from euphoria to competency. (JAC)

Describes the Employee Services Network (ESN), an employee assistance program developed within the Family and Children's Service of Richmond, Virginia. Demonstrates how a not-for-profit agency can develop, structure, and implement a program of services for the corporate community. (LLL)

Describes services rendered by the Near West Side Multi-Services Center in Cleveland, Ohio where 22 independent organizations and agencies are housed in the same building in order to provide the convenience of "one-stop shopping" for social services. (Author/HMV)

Describes a program of social services provided by a large corporation for employees with personal problems. Graduate students in social work help in the program for field experience. Results indicate a significant drop in absenteeism within the company. (HMV)

Describes a social service position in an urban vision clinic that serves as a practicum site for optometric students and as a field placement site for social work students. Discusses health and financial benefits to patients and opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation of social service positions in holistic health care. (Author/JAC)

Outlines the rationale for promoting comprehensive development in troubled communities. Argues that such approaches employ strategies that address the social, physical, and economic needs and circumstances of community residents. Looks at historical and current approaches and examines the experience of the Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family…

Describes a volunteer program in which volunteers were successfully trained to conduct predisposition reports and present them to the juvenile court, and to provide juvenile intake services. (Author)

Children who are developmentally disabled are more often handicapped by a lack of social skills than by intellectual limitations. The pilot program described here improved the psychosocial functioning of such children by involving them in one-to-one relationships with caring adults. (Author)

Benefit Alert was designed to help the low-income aged of Philadelphia take advantage of material benefits they were entitled to under existing state and federal legislation. An implicit goal of the project was to test a governmental agency's ability to be an advocate for the poor. (Author)

For several decades, the relative importance of process as opposed to task has been an issue in the literature. This study of the Model Cities program examines the relationship between program outcomes and the process and task orientations of program planners. (Author)

This article describes one exploratory treatment approach designed to help hostile marital partners reach a point at which each is motivated to solve problems rather than seek revenge. (Author)

This paper describes a self help telephone service for women. The primary focus was the woman within the traditional nuclear family with peer counseling provided by volunteers. The service sees itself as a self help association of women banding together and pooling resources. It has been successful in reaching many women. (NG)

This paper describes a six-week series designed to address the issues of the women's movement, and the relevance it may be having on the personal lives and choices of women attending the course. Participants' responses indicate that it fulfilled important functions of information dissemination and self-exploration opportunities. (NG)

The Widowed Service Line, a mutual help program in metropolitan Boston that provided service by telephone, effectively meeting the various problems and needs of differing stages of widowhood, is described. (Author)