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Direct linkBeyea, Wayne; Menon, Rohit; Crawford, Pat – Journal of Extension, 2016
In an era of increasing complexity, the majority of local land-use decisions in the United States are made by volunteer citizen planners. Often these elected or appointed volunteers enter their positions with a passion for their communities but without appropriate background training. The Michigan Citizen Planner Program was developed to address…
Descriptors: Land Use, Citizen Participation, Continuing Education, Volunteers
Taranto, Susanne E. – American Education, 1982
Discusses the importance of volunteerism and describes the school volunteer program managed through the Florida Department of Education. (JOW)
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Public Schools, State Government, State Programs
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
One of six projects funded by P.L. 93-247 state grant money, the Foster Child Advocate Services (FOCAS) Project established a guardian "ad litem" program in which court-approved members of the community volunteered to visit children in Texas State Department of Human Resources Conservatorships. Part I of the report, describing the…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Foster Care, Innovation, Objectives
Download full textMerry, Sally E.; Rocheleau, Ann Marie – 1985
This report evaluates the first 2 years of the Children's Hearings Project (CHP) which mediates in family conflicts involving rebellious and truant adolescents in Massachusetts. The report is divided into 11 chapters. Following an introductory chapter, chapter 2 describes staff, procedures, and mediator selection and training. Chapter 3 presents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Delinquency, Family Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
This document contains testimony and written statements on a proposal to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize grants to states for demonstration projects that provide services to older persons in return for their service as volunteers. Persons testifying included representatives of the Reagan Administration, voluntary nonprofit…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Harris, Monica, Ed. – Smart Start News, 1999
Smart Start is a comprehensive public-private initiative to help all North Carolina children enter school healthy and ready to succeed, and provides children from birth to age five access to high-quality and affordable child care, health care, and other critical services. This document comprises the first two issues of "Smart Start…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Cooperation, Day Care, Day Care Effects
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
Part I of this report describes processes used to develop and implement the 2-year Multidisciplinary Institute for Child Sexual Abuse Intervention and Treatment Project. The underlying focus of the 5-day training sessions is a team approach to investigation, intervention, and treatment. A process description discusses the impetus for the project…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Olson, Jerome A. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program Conformance Demonstration. The BOND (Better Opportunities for New Directions) demonstration program tested conformance compatibility between the FSE&T and JOBS programs. It enacted such policy changes as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
PDF pending restorationAmerican Youth Policy Forum, Washington, DC. – 1997
This compendium contains evaluation briefs on 49 youth programs that were assessed by the American Youth Policy Forum. The programs were selected because they demonstrate that careful application of the following principles can lead to powerful results for youth: adult support, structure, and expectations; creative forms of learning; combination…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Academies, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
