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Download full textDunst, Carl – 1995
This guide is the second monograph in the "Guidelines for Effective Practice" series commissioned by the Best Practices Project of the Family Resource which meets the need for better definition and articulation of what constitutes best practice in family support programs. This guide describes the definition, key characteristics, and…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services, Family Environment
Friedman, Mark – 2000
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report addresses how Proposition 10 Commissions can organize their work and their…
Descriptors: Accountability, Benchmarking, Change Strategies, Child Health
Golden, Olivia – 1991
This executive summary crystallizes the main themes of a study that is intended to help policymakers, advocates, community members, and welfare administrators create a welfare system to do more for children and do it better. The study was prompted by the Family Support Act of 1988. The following programs that have been successful in providing…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth
Lehman, Constance M., Comp.; Searcy, Julie A., Comp. – 1995
This annotated bibliography lists books, papers, manuscripts and articles on higher education curricula for integrated service providers in the fields of health education and social service for at risk children, youth, and their families. The original project that produced the bibliography aimed to prepare professionals to understand the need to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Design
Strauss, Jessica – 2003
Shared leadership is a process empowering parents to exercise their civil rights, build leadership skills, and guide the design of policy positions and programs meant to improve their lives and the well-being of their children. Based on principles of family support practice, this book describes how to plan and host a 1- to 3-day shared leadership…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making
Martinez, Virginia – 2002
Based on the view that strong families create healthy local economies and that family support is key to helping families become self-sufficient, active participants in the marketplace, this workbook is part of a wider effort at Family Support America to apply the principles of family support and the strategies of community economic development to…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Community Development, Community Involvement
