Neighborhood Justice Centers, as defined by the American Bar Association Report of the Pound Conference Follow-up Task Force, are facilities--designed to make available a variety of methods of processing disputes, including arbitration, mediation, referral to small claims courts as well as referral to courts of general jurisdiction. The purpose of…

There is evidence that informal caregiving systems, called natural helping networks, already carry much of the service load of community mental health services, and need to be strengthened to provide even more. Social network analysis is a useful tool for understanding how these informal mechanisms operate, as well as the way in which some…

This report summarizes the work undertaken by the Berkeley Unified School District's (BUSD) project to define a collaborative leadership planning/training model to combat school resegregation. In 1972, four years after full desegregation, the BUSD experienced a marked shift in the school population and its distribution. In 1976, the BUSD committed…

Four programs focusing on the school-community relationship and cooperation are described. The first illustrates how a building program was initiated in a Lutheran school in south Australia. The second focuses on the nature of parent involvement in a New South Wales high school and needed changes. The third program sought to guage parent opinion…

This examines an exemplary project of community arbitration, a juvenile justice alternative. Essential elements of this project are described and include: (1) prompt case processing, (2) court-like setting, (3) involvement of victims, (4) assurance of due process, (5) use of community resources, and (6) constructive dispositions. Facets of CAP…

The techniques for data collection and storage using files and punch cards which are described are used by the computerized community skills exchange, A Person To Person Living Exchange (APPLE), in Portland, Oregon. Clients complete questionnaires that register up to seven skill-areas in which they seek help, or where they could provide service to…

This publication discusses the Comprehensive Educational Planning and Evaluation Project, a one-year effort by the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools to develop an effective model for involving parents, students, community members, and school personnel in planning and evaluation of the school district's activities. This effort involved conducting a…

This booklet contains the final report of an environmental education project designed to make use of the local community as an environmental learning resource. This three year program was developed by the Minnesota Environmental Science Foundation, Inc. in conjunction with three local school systems. The booklet is divided into five major…

This final report deals with the efforts of the Environmental Action Coalition of New York City to change its network of recycling centers from collection points to educational centers for learning about solid waste and related environmental problems. This change was accomplished by first increasing the efficiency and the stability of the centers…

This manual, which will be periodically supplemented and revised, contains reference materials and information relating to the Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) concept. The 4-C program is a mechanism for coordinating federal, state, and local resources to develop day care services in a community. The manual explains the steps for…

The Indian Teacher Training Project in Secondary Social Science Education (University of Georgia) was funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 2 years (August 1971--June 1973) to train American Indian students as social science educators to teach Indian students. These students, recruited from the Southeastern and Southwestern United States,…

The school district's interactive cable television network allows students and instructors at different schools to communicate. The public may view school programs through their community cable TV system, which provides many community awareness opportunities. Videotape exchanges are also conducted with students in other states and countries. (SJL)

Describes the Allegany County Local History Program at Allegany Community College, which serves as coordinating center for collection, preservation, and promotion of local heritage. The program consists of four projects: family history, oral history, union list of local history collections, and continued development of local history collections at…

The author discusses administrative issues involved in implementing a program in moral education and in gaining acceptance for it from school officials and the public. (MJB)

Describes the establishment of a partnership between Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC) and the Augusta Correctional Center, whereby a BRCC faculty member became a full-time executive on loan to the prison and BRCC brokered various staff training and development services. (DMM)