Using data from three sites, a study examined service use and expenditures under systems-of-care. The sites provided children with a full range of mental health services. Per-child expenditures were high, but for two sites, those expenditures were within the range of expenditures in other innovative attempts at service delivery. (Contains…

School mental health (SMH) programs and services have grown progressively in the United States in the past two decades, related to increased acknowledgement of their advantages and prominent federal initiatives (e.g., No Child Left Behind Act President's New Freedom Initiative; 20(13). Nonetheless, SMH is an emerging and tenuously supported field…

During the 1992-93 school year, 13 local migrant education projects, conducted by 5 Colorado school districts and 8 boards of cooperative educational services, served 2,233 migrant students in 326 Colorado schools. In the summer of 1993, 13 migrant education projects served 2,714 students in 15 schools. Federal funds in the amount of $2,303,388…

The health assessment program is part of the overall Manitoba student assessment program as recommended by the Joint Committee on Evaluation and approved by the Minister of Education. The purposes for conducting assessment programs are as follows: (1) to provide benchmark indicators about the level of student achievement in the Province of…

This publication was developed to provide guidelines for persons conducting continuing education programs for community mental health caregivers. (This would include persons primarily involved in the delivery of health, educational, and social welfare services who also are involved in the psychosocial functioning of their clients.) Following a…

Guidelines for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nationwide programs for the training and utilization of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) are presented. The guide begins with a chart outlining the steps in the development and evaluation of TBA programs. The next section discusses the formulation of basic policies regarding the…

Use of client records and census data as a research methodology can provide mental health planners with information on community needs as well as the adequacy of existing programs. Three ways of analyzing client records in conjunction with census data are: (1) tract by tract, comparing client geographic distribution with census characteristics;…

An effective school health program requires optimum coordination of the efforts of parental, professional, governmental, voluntary, religious, commercial, civic, and service groups in the community. Common methods for achieving coordination, which vary in effectiveness depending upon available personnel and community needs, include: (1) informal…

The executive summary is the first section of this final report of the evaluation of the ATS-1 medical communication system in Alaska. The second section introduces the background of these studies and the sociogeographic setting and health situation of the Alaska natives. The third section presents the main research findings about both the…

The Child Parent Education Centers, funded through Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, are administered by the Chicago Board of Education in areas characterized by a high density of low-income families. Approximately 2100 children, ages three through nine, are enrolled in the 11 centers which offer up to six years of…

This report details the history and characteristics of the Health Start program, explains the evaluation design and methodological problems in the study, describes the background and health characteristics of approximately 10,000 children enrolled in the program, and delineates the conclusions and recommendations emerging from the evaluation. Data…

This paper highlights what the authors believe are the important issues and directions of change in the evaluation of mental health programs. The rationale for such evaluation is twofold. First, it provides a scientifically rigorous method of determining the therapeutic efficacy of the treatment or program, and secondly, these results can exercise…

This report on the efforts of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to comply to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is based primarily on Commission staff work undertaken during the Spring and Summer of 1968. Interviews were conducted with staff members in HEW's Office for Civil Rights in Washington, and in the Atlanta and…

Existing records maintained by an early prevention project for high-risk children were used to evaluate the development of interagency coordination. The process required by use of existing records is described, and the advantages and disadvantages of this method are discussed. (Author/CTM)

This document provides guidelines for fulfilling the requirements of the annual report for 2000-01 and 2001-02 of the Student Health Partnership, a program in Alberta, Canada, designed to provide health services to students with special health needs. The guidelines explain each of the annual report's required components, including: (1) a statement…