The State employment service in Louisville specializes in finding jobs for people over 60 through its Retired Workers Job Service Center. (BP)

This is a summary of the 'Child Welfare League of America's' semiannual report on adoptions. Data, collected from 49 voluntary agencies over a period of 4 years include demographic variables of adopted children and of approved homes. (GO)

In 1953, a Project for the Integration of New Immigrants from Eastern Europe was organized at the request of the Ford Foundation within the framework of the Welfare and Health Council of New York City. The purpose was to make available to highly educated refugees from Soviet-dominated countries and their families community services which would…

This book contains the history of and commentary upon adult education in New Zealand, describing the ways in which social developments and institutions based on foreign models are modified by indigenous traditions and needs. The growth of the national adult education organizations took place under heavy influence from the Workers Education…

This prototype of a guide for educational change agents focuses on the roles and tactics of personnel employed in nonprofit educational research and development organizations and in state and intermediate education agencies. Included is a compilation of reports from recent users of three classes of tactics: information, demonstration, and field…

The study empirically examined the value of interorganizational relations to voluntary associations; the data are from questionnaires sent to rape crisis centers in the United States. Interorganizational cooperation was studied in its relationship to structural variations and organizational effectiveness. No relationship was found between…

In the Brotherhood Crusade, a black mutual aid, self-help organization, Los Angeles blacks joined together to effect independence within the professions and the social service delivery systems, rejecting incorporation into the United Way, the major L.A. fund-raising organization. This article presents findings of a study of Crusade participants.…

Syracuse University in Onondaga County (New York), although a nonprofit institution supported by taxes, employs over 10,000 community residents and generates approximately $126 million in personal income, belying its image of a tax burden. (KM)

Discusses the new problems faced by voluntary agencies as patterns of financial support change. Decreasing general contributions, limitations of United Way campaigns, and aspects of purchase of service are considered. (DP)

The role of religious, business, political, labor, and women's organizations is discussed, as is the Ceylonese adaptation of the Indian Sarvodaya Movement. (SP)

The article describes the products and services of the Telephone Pioneer of America, a voluntary group of telephone company employees who devise equipment for handicapped children. (RD)

The lack of effective research constituency has led to a negative image of educational research. Educators and researchers must get involved in public policy development in order to expand educational research. (MF)

An interagency collaborative project trains those who supervise and advise volunteers in community organizations to assist volunteers in career development and life planning. (SK)

Training for staff and volunteers in nonprofit organizations varies widely in quality, validity, and relevance. Learning is frequently equated with courses, and 42% of voluntary organizations have no formal training budget. The voluntary sector's human resource investment appear to be in only some of the people, some of the time. (SK)