COLLEGE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN THE ISOLATED AREAS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY HAVE INSTITUTED A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO AID IN THE WAR ON POVERTY. THE APPALACHIAN VOLUNTEERS WERE INITIALLY SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS, FROM PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS, OF MONEY AND MATERIALS. GROUNDWORK…

This document contains testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine strategies for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Witnesses include the director of the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, several representatives from Parents Anonymous, a psychiatric social worker who is also a…

Argues that low income home-ownership for the poor is unrealistic, and suggests that serious consideration be given to the manifold implications involved in declaring the total low-rent housing resources a public utility. (AF)

This discussion of labor education needs in the 1980s covers (1) subject matter and needs of special groups; (2) the role of trade unions and organizational framework; and (3) financing of workers' education. (SK)

Rural people lose more days of school and work due to illness than do urban people; have higher infant mortality rates, and have more work-related injuries, all of which are aggravated by lack of access to or even the absence of medical services. Lack of doctors is the most glaring problem (in 1973 there were 138 U.S. counties which had no…

Some of the ways community action agencies (CAA) can best implement the Community Action Program Mission in rural America are suggested in this paper. Generation of new employment and other income-producing opportunities for the poor within the rural community is recommended as an area for primary focus. The strategy for economic development is…

This manual provides an outline of the federal programs available which actually or potentially support New Careers programs, and suggests some methods for increasing the chances of getting funds. Three sections cover: (1) Trends in New Careers Legislation, (2) Improving Funding Opportunities, and (3) A Legislative Summary. This legislative…

The recent public discussion of self-help within the African-American community is examined in light of the Reagan administration's rhetoric about reducing the federal government's role in providing social welfare. An alternative perspective is offered on African-American self-reliance in the postindustrial managerial society. (SLD)

PROJECT ENABLE (EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION FOR BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT) WAS A ONE-YEAR PROJECT FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN SEPTEMBER 1965 IN WHICH VOLUNTARY SERVICE AGENCIES IN 59 CITIES MOUNTED PROGRAMS TO HELP POOR PARENTS IMPROVE CHILD REARING PRACTICES, USE EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURSES, AND IDENTIFY THEIR MOST…

The depression of the past few years led colleges and universities to seek new ways in which to assist their financially needy students. In January 1937 the Office of Education requested all colleges and universities to send it descriptions of the projects they had devised. The responses to this request indicated a very cooperative spirit on the…