The study compared the effectiveness of the Washington State High Priority Infant Tracking Project in maintaining high risk infants in continuing health care, determining health and developmental outcomes, and surveying the use of community resources with other state tracking projects. The project identifies infants during the first 30 days of…

Recommendations resulting from the Council of Chief State School Officers' Education Data Improvement Project are summarized. This joint effort by the states and Federal government attempts to improve the quality and timeliness of data collected, analyzed, and reported by the United States Department of Education's Center for Statistics. The goals…

The manual contains policies and procedures assuring all Oklahoma handicapped children the right to a free, appropriate public education. The manual establishes minimum standards for program approval, minimum standards for the determination of pupil eligibility, and considerations which will lead to appropriate programming within the least…

An estimated 13 million acres of New York State have been taken out of production agriculture since the early 1900s. While most of this land has remained idle and returned to its natural growth, that part that is being rapidly converted to urban uses is of immediate concern. These changes inevitably affect the quality of life in rural areas,…

This document provides a glossary of terms related to children's services in California. The lists include such terms as alternative payment, Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program, Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program, income disregard, migrant child care, School Age Parenting and Infant Development (SAPID) Program,…

An overview is presented of select research performed under a project entitled "Education, Delinquency Prevention, and the Search for Youth Policy: An Historical Inquiry." This overview contains two discrete essays that synthesize the main findings of seven key writers in the field of juvenile delinquency between 1900 and 1930 and…

A proposal is presented for attracting, retaining, and motivating effective educators and increasing student performance in Arizona. Written by the Arizona Education Association, the proposal targets three areas crucial to effective education: (1) professional growth and evaluation; (2) school environment; and (3) compensation. Part one of this…

The Coordinated Approach to Investigations and Information-Sharing (CAIIS) Project conducted research to clarify roles and responsibilities for investigating child abuse and neglect in 24-hour facilities. The goal of the project was to develop, refine, and disseminate model guidelines for investigating institutional child abuse and neglect reports…

This project was implemented in 1982 as a result of legal action taken against the Texas Department of Human Resources (DHR) by clients of child protective services (CPS) who alleged that they were not given notice of all services available or of their right to a fair hearing. The goal of the project was to determine whether special fair-hearing…

This document discusses school-based health clinics and the valuable role they can play in meeting the health care needs of children. The barriers that prevent thousands of New York State's children from getting adequate preventive and primary care are discussed. The first chapter details key components of the basic comprehensive school-based…

This directory contains information on selected early childhood projects sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the U.S. Department of Education. Among the projects included are training grants under the Division for Personnel Preparation, research grants under the Division of Innovation and Development, research grants…

The Retirement Equity Act (REA) sets out requirements for joint and survivor annuity coverage for married individuals who participate in federally regulated retirement plans. REA-mandated provisions do not apply to state and local government retirement systems. Because state and local government employees constitute a significant part of the work…

The handbook is designed to explain to parents of handicapped children in Wisconsin their roles and responsibilities in special education procedures of identification, evaluation, and placement. Specific aspects of Wisconsin state law are explained as well as federal statutes (P.L. 94-142 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973). The…

The report of the Illinois commission on Children focuses on the need for developing a comprehensive service plan for emotionally disturbed (ED) children (birth through 21). Emphasis was placed on a continuum of services from prevention to treatment. Findings and recommendations are listed on seven topics (sample suptopics in parentheses):…

Based on information collected from a survey of selected state library agencies, this booklet describes the governance, funding, membership criteria, and services of library systems in Illinois, New York, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Connecticut. An overview of the development of multitype library systems and definitions of…