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Phelps, William R. – 1973
The principal objective of this project was to respond immediately to the sudden and drastic increase in the need for vocational rehabilitation services precipitated by a major flood disaster. The focus was on delivering vocational rehabilitation services to eligible handicapped individuals in the disaster area. In addition, the project was…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Emergency Programs, Human Services, Rehabilitation Programs
Geizer, Bernard P., Ed. – 1983
The report presents the results of an evaluation of New York's 13 Alcoholism Treatment Centers (ATCs). The goals of the evaluation were to review the role of the ATCs in relation to other alcoholism treatment facilities, to assess their effectiveness and efficiency, and to determine how much money is collected for service provided to patients.…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Participant Characteristics, Program Costs, Program Descriptions
Download full textTexas Planning Council for Development Disabilities, Austin. – 1997
This 1998-2000 State Plan for the Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities presents the Council's future goals and objectives to enable people with developmental disabilities to be fully included in their communities and exercise control over their own lives. Section 1 provides information on the Developmental Disabilities and Bill of…
Descriptors: Definitions, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Reagles, Kenneth W., Ed.; Crystal, Ralph M., Ed. – 1981
This monograph contains presentations from a training program that was designed to link state vocational rehabilitation agency personnel with the current technology of program evaluation in rehabilitation settings. Part One discusses a model program evaluation unit in state rehabilitation agencies, state agency program evaluation units from the…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedLewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1992
Current practices of most state vocational rehabilitation programs concerning the use and reporting of benefit-cost results are reviewed, and problematic issues are identified. Empirical data from Minnesota illustrate alternative ways of reporting evaluation results relating to efficiency. The recommended accounting framework provides relevant and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Evaluation Methods
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Six pages of text highlighting the Federal-State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled persons in the fiscal years of 1967-71 accompany 32 tables of statistical data. The publication furnishes answers related to the personal and program-associated characteristics of persons rehabilitated under the program. Information for individual…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Mental Retardation, National Surveys, Participant Characteristics
Peer reviewedAmerican Annals of the Deaf, 1991
Supportive and rehabilitative programs for the deaf are listed, along with contact data, in sections for (1) governmental programs and services (81 offices listed); (2) regional and local programs (282 listed with codes for services provided); (3) national professional organizations and centers (71 listed); and (4) key figures in deaf and deaf…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Deafness, Federal Programs
Ohio State Dept. of Public Welfare, Columbus. Bureau of Services for the Blind. – 1968
The Ohio comprehensive statewide study of vocational rehabilitation is reported. Attention is given to the study's philosophy and development as well as to Ohio's rehabilitation needs, program potential, variables affecting programs, and criteria for establishing priorities. Recommendations reviewed regard the state's Rehabilitation Services…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
Institute for the Crippled and Disabled, New York, NY. Research Utilization Lab. – 1973
The report of a national conference to present material for training public assistance and vocational rehabilitation staffs in cooperative efforts to enable disabled recipients of public assistance to become self-supporting is divided into two main parts. The first part deals with Public Assistance/Vocational Rehabilitation (PA/VR) policies and…
Descriptors: Caseworkers, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs, Counselor Training
Montana Div. of Vocational Rehabilitation, Helena. – 1968
A report of vocational rehabilitation planning is introduced by the history and principles of rehabilitation, a discussion of legal provisions, sources of funds, planning objectives, and project population and organization. Demographic information, statewide recommendations, and descriptions of state institutions and agencies are included along…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Demography, Exceptional Child Services, Financial Support
Texas Planning Council for Development Disabilities, Austin. – 1998
This Texas report focuses on the partnerships the Texas Council is creating with people, businesses, and organizations in the community to work toward greater access and accommodations for people with disabilities throughout local communities. Individual partnerships are described that represent cooperation with health and human services agencies,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas State Commission for the Blind, Austin. – 1998
This Legislative Appropriation Request (LAR) requests a total of $46,325,825 for the Texas Commission for the Blind for Fiscal Year 2000 and $46,934,426 for Fiscal Year 2001. Funds are designed to meet three major goals: (1) assist Texans who are blind or visually impaired in achieving independent living goals by providing a program of developing…
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Change Strategies, Children
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
Four hearings were held during 1979 by the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education (NACVE) to determine the status of vocational education in correctional institutions. Testimony from 106 witnesses from 27 states led to the overall conclusion that the current level and quality of correctional vocational education is not adequate to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Finance
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1983
The New York State Board of Regents conducted a formal review of the long-range goals and policy directions for vocational rehabilitative services to disabled youth and adults in New York. The first phase of the review consisted of an examination of major pieces of vocational and special education legislation, current federal and state economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs
