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Warren, Paul; Johnson, Hadley – 1985
As part of a review of California's strategy for helping recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) find jobs through the Work Incentive Program (WIN), eight demonstration programs were analyzed. There were four major findings. First, the Department of Social Services (DSS), which targets AFDC recipients with recent job…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Job Training, Program Costs
Jordan, K. Forbis – Compact, 1972
Discusses the effect of recent court decisions on the role of the state in school support. (JF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
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Scales, Peter; Brunk, Blanche – Child Welfare, 1990
Points to an increased national awareness of the importance to society of provision for children's and families' needs. This awareness has resulted in new levels of legislative action. Discusses what Alaska has and has not achieved, cites movements in other states, and offers a call to vigorous action. (NH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Welfare, Family Programs, Government Role
PAYNE, WILLIAM T. – 1967
THIS PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF A PROJECTION OF SPACE REQUIREMENTS OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD DESCRIBES THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR THE OKLAHOMA STATE SYSTEMS TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PERIOD 1965-1970. (A SURVEY OF THESE NEEDS WERE DEVELOPED IN A PREVIOUS STUDY--SEE ED 013 526.) THIS IMPROVEMENT…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Construction Costs, Data Collection, Facility Improvement
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. – 1970
The administrative handbook contains general information concerning Maine legislation relating to special education, state subsidy to special education programs, Title VI (A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Public Law 85-926 related to preparation of professional personnel in special education, and the services of the Special…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Exceptional Child Education, Financial Support, Handicapped Children
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Vocational Education. – 1987
This document contains guidelines, procedures, and administrative requirements based on the regulations, assurances, and certifications in the South Carolina Three-Year State Plan for Vocational-Technical Education as adopted by the State Board of Education. The guide contains an introduction (section I) and seven main sections. Section II…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Federal State Relationship
System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1969
The principal objective of this report, the last in a series of three, was to develop and determine cost effectiveness of alternate plans for an effective telecommunications capability through 1975 for the State of Illinois. The State is advised to contract with communications consultants to help it save money on its telephone bill. It is also…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications, Communications Satellites, Cost Effectiveness
Greenberg, Mark; Strawn, Julie; Plimpton, Lisa – 2000
States can use Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and state maintenance of effort (MOE) funds to foster access to postsecondary education (PE) for low income parents. Access matters because success of welfare reform depends on helping welfare recipients work steadily and find better jobs; neither of the two most commonly tried…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Biemesderfer, Susan – State Legislative Report, 1989
The Family Support Act (FSA) of 1988 is the result of congressional efforts to restructure the nation's welfare system. This report examines the impact of the FSA on state programs that serve pregnant, parenting, and high-risk teenagers. The objective of FSA is to help families started by teen mothers and other welfare recipients make a transition…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Eligibility, Employment
Craig, Rebecca T. – State Legislative Report, 1988
Historically, the financial responsibility for caring for those with mental illness has shifted back and forth from the local community, to the state, to the federal government. Today states provide the vast majority of the funds to the state mental health agencies and oversee local governments and most private resources for mental health funding.…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Financial Policy
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. – 1989
This draft report describes the Rhode Island state plan to implement Section 772(e) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the McKinney Act) under Title VII, Subtitle B of the Act, which provides for education for homeless children and youth. The plan addresses the following issues: (1) school placement; (2) dispute resolution; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
Utilizing data derived from a national survey of state support of adult education and regional Futures and Amendments meetings, this report on the results of the Adult Education Act examines the scope and character of the federal-state grant adult education program. The content is in three sections: (1) discussion of the Futures and Amendments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Legislation
Perroncel, Carol B. – 1990
This report was compiled by the Appalachian Educational Laboratory (AEL) to provide information on child care services in the AEL Region. An initial overview addresses the topics of: (1) what child care is; (2) child care and early education; (3) state involvement in child care and early education; (4) the purpose of this report; (5) sources of…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Day Care
Maryland Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) Committee, Baltimore. – 1974
This document represents the first phase of Maryland's comprehensive child development plan. It includes: (1) statistical information on Maryland's children and their families, including population and demographic trends, income, health and social services and out-of-home care programs, (2) a definition of comprehensive child care and child…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Comprehensive Programs, Coordination
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1959
This bulletin outlines the programs submitted by 50 States and Territories for the second year of the Library Services Act. These programs reflect the planning and development which has been taking place across the Nation in the extension and improvement of public library service in rural areas. In the first year, fiscal 1957 (July 1, 1956,…
Descriptors: Educational History, Federal Legislation, State Legislation, Program Descriptions
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