This is an illustrated report on some findings of the Citizens Education Project (CEP), a 1979 survey of the employment situation of communities in five Maryland counties. The study was conducted by the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland, College Park and Eastern Shore, with funding from Extension Program 1890. The…

The former HEW (Health, Education, and Welfare) National Strategy for Youth Development Model proposed a community-based program to promote positive youth development and to prevent delinquency through a sequence of youth needs assessments, needs-targeted programs, and program impact evaluation. HEW Community Program Impact Scales data obtained…

This guide, developed to assist black community organizations in starting alcohol abuse prevention programs for black and urban youths, describes community action approaches developed for and tested by the black community in model community alcohol abuse prevention workshops in Chicago, Fort Lauderdale and Philadelphia. The material is organized…

Papers and reports are presented from a colloquy that was a culminating project of the European Council for Cultural Cooperation. In "Public Participation, Self Expression of Groups and Individuals," Paul Beaud discusses the concepts of community media and the new media. "The Evolution of the Great Communication Networks," by…

A six-month campaign to increase seat belt use in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, North Carolina centered around the idea of giving out economic incentives for seat belt wearing. The approach was to stop vehicles at random and give all belted vehicle occupants a small prize and a chance for a large cash prize. Precampaign activities involve collecting…

In May 1914, the largest community pageant production ever staged in the United States, "The Pageant and Masque of St. Louis," was presented in St. Louis's Forest Park. This production, involving over 7,500 participants, was presented not merely for the enjoyment it might bring to its participants and audiences, but also for what the…

Volume III, Section B of a six-volume final report (which covers the findings of a research project on policy and technology related to rehabilitation of disabled individuals) presents four papers which examine important rehabilitation-oriented issues. In the first paper, "Transportation Problems of Persons with Disabilities--The Federal Response"…

Efforts addressed at the pervasive school dropout problem in New York City received a boost in 1978 with the development of large scale, centrally initiated programs to reduce the number of high school dropouts. Based on the recommendations of two studies, the New York City Board of Education's Division of High Schools established outreach centers…

While utilization of senior centers has increased for the older population as a whole, participation rates have been low among the poor and minority elderly. The impact of the neighborhood senior center (NSC) on the black elderly was investigated in terms of disengagement potential, acceptability to others, commitment to become involved in senior…

This report provides basic facts about The Door, a multifaceted youth center in New York City, which serves 300-400 young people each day. The origins, early stages, guiding philosophy, activities, and organizational structure are described. Recommendations for initiating and operating multiservice youth projects based on the experience of The…

The resource guide for Ohio teachers provides information in incorporating arts in the curriculum for handicapped students to enhance learning in all areas and to introduce/extend appreciation of their own and others' artistic expressions. The guide is divided into six sections. Section I addresses creative use of language, music, dance/movement,…

Initiated in a large urban elementary school, a practicum was planned and executed to inform staff and parents about the provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), and to prepare them for the changes to occur as a program was indicated by: (1) the report of the visitation team (a parent advocate group), (2)…

This paper discusses community psychology programs which serve members of alternate cultures and are based on the premises that: (1) individuals may possess desirable behaviors that are suppressed by their environmental context; (2) conventional behavioristic methods are inadequate for assessment; and (3) an interdisciplinary approach is needed to…

The last decade has seen an increase in the number of organized pre-retirement planning programs. An exploratory model for examining such programs utilizes Warren's division of the community into five sectors to provide a conceptual community framework by which pre-retirement development can be analyzed. In the first sector,…