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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1981
The proceedings of this subcommittee of the House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging explore the incidence and causes of elder abuse and consider ways of dealing with the problem. Statements of victims of elder abuse and statements of social service personnel are included. Legal aspects of the problem and the possibility of government…
Descriptors: Aggression, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Financial Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1987
This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the effects of homelessness on children and families. In their opening statements, Representatives George Miller and Dan Coats emphasize that homelessness threatens the physical health and safety of children, places them at risk of…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Family Problems, Health
Smith, Donald H. – 1986
This paper, which was presented as testimony at the State of New York hearing on dropouts, presents three causes for the high dropout rates of Black and Hispanic students and offers some solutions. It is noted that in large cities dropout rates range from as high as 50% to 70% among Blacks and Hispanics. The reasons cited for these high rates are:…
Descriptors: Black Students, Blacks, Cultural Education, Dropout Rate
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1977
This Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Federal, State and Community Services of the Select Committee on Aging includes statements from congressmen, police and medical officers, and senior citizen helping persons. (JLL)
Descriptors: Aggression, Crime, Government Publications, Justice
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of the Senate Committee of Human Resources exists to review the federally funded alcohol and drug abuse education and prevention programs for youth. The purpose of this hearing was to consider S. 2915, a bill to renew and revise the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act. Specifically, it suggests…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drinking, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1977
This record of the testimony presented to the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary concerns the problem of the juvenile status offender in Iowa. Running away, truancy, defiance of and refusal to submit to parental authority and promiscuity are defined and treated as status offenses. This problem is…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Community Services, Correctional Rehabilitation, Delinquency Prevention
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1976
This Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests, of the Select Committee on Aging, contains statements from agency personnel, law enforcement persons, older citizens, and minority group representatives. (JLL)
Descriptors: Aggression, Crime, Fear, Federal Legislation
Nobles, Wade W. – 1989
Sources of the crises faced by young black men lie not in the young men, but in society which portrays them as stereotypes. Social conditions are at the root of the following problems of black males: (1) lowered life expectancy; (2) risk of criminality; (3) poor economic conditions; (4) inadequate education; (5) drugs and gang violence; and (6)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Culture, Black Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
Congressional hearings on American children and youth living in crisis were conducted in an effort to determine how the needs of these young people can assume their proper place in national priorities. A three-pronged strategy was suggested by chairman Edward Kennedy: (1) more investment in cost-effective programs that work (for example, Head…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
Parents of missing children, juvenile division police officers, and members of citizen action groups provide testimony in a Senate hearing held to learn more about problems associated with the disappearance of a child from his or her family. Related publications, including a September, 1981 directory of missing persons, are appended after the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Action, Directories
Center for Law and Education, Boston, MA. – 1991
Information is provided about the legal developments affecting the educational rights of homeless students that were made by the McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-645). Presented in three parts, Part 1 gives an overview of some of the problems that keep homeless children from attending school or hindering their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Constitutional Law, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1994
This report presents verbatim, a hearing before the Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism. The hearing featured a series of testimonies and stories on violence among young people in the United States. It opened with remarks by Subcommittee Chairman, Christopher Dodd. He was followed by numerous statements on the nature of violence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
This document presents the testimony and prepared statements of witnesses in the Congressional hearings on broken families. Following the opening statement of Senator Jeremiah Denton, subcommittee chairman, prepared statements from a panel of witnesses representing the American Psychiatric Association are presented; topics covered in the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Etiology, Family Problems, Family Role
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1978
This collection of excerpts and bibliographies address the three debate propositions selected as subjects of the 1978-1979 debate question for high schools selected by the National University Extension Service, "What should be the energy policy of the United States?" The collection is divided into three parts each addressing one of the…
Descriptors: Civics, Debate, Energy, Federal Government
Chan, Carole – 1991
Responding to a rise in hate crimes directed toward persons of Arab descent and Muslims before and during the Gulf War, the Los Angeles County (California) Commission on Human Relations held a hearing. The commission heard presentations by representatives of the Arab and Muslim communities, law enforcement, schools, and social science, and…
Descriptors: Arabs, Attitude Change, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Discrimination
