Local job banks, computer aided man-job matching systems, are the spearhead of the multiphased Federal program to improve the functioning of the labor market information system. As evaluated here, the program may eventually achieve this objective but the evidence concerning the first phase is not encouraging. (DS)

The off-reservation American Indian has been conspicuously ignored by contemporary health services delivery systems. As a constituent of neither federally nor locally administered programs many of his health needs have been ignored. This is particularly apparent in the management of alcoholism problems. (Author/FF)

In this paper, population changes of 2 Southwestern American Indian tribes, the Navajos and the Hopis, are compared and it is suggested that the differences are accounted for both by Federal policy as it has effected each reservation's loss or acquisition land and, to a lesser degree, by the living arrangements of each tribe. (Author/KM)

Lists the more significant federal assistance programs relating to penal and correctional reform which may serve as a guide for environmental health specialists who are beginning to assume much broader responsibilities in institutional environmental quality. (JR)

Knowledge of the basic elements of environmental design could perhaps add new dimensions to the services that social workers provide to their clients. A proposal is made that might open up new roles for social workers. (Authors)

Based on an intensive study of Federal aid to elementary and secondary education from 1965-1968, discusses the current fiscal context of public education, patterns of federal aid, state decision-making for the distribution of federal aid, the dynamics of intergovernmental relations, and the nature of the administrative agencies which disburse…

Summarizes Congressional debate and legislative action on federal aid to education in 1971-1972 which established authorization programs through fiscal year 1975, and describes each of the ten Titles of the Act, including Title I - Higher Education, Title II - Vocational Education, Title VII - Emergency School Aid Act, Title VIII - General…

An analysis of the President's budget message to the Congress and the provisions of the budget itself which sees the policy therein expressed as the by-product of a view of society and of the proper role of government that is incompatible with the implementation of the precious rights won by minorities in recent years. (Author/JM)

Predicts a bleak future of universal, high-quality, non-discriminatory day care. Excerpted from Child Welfare Leagues's Study of the Expansion of Day Care in the United States: Final Report'' published by the Child Welfare League of America, Inc. in 1972. (DS)

In this excerpt from their book, the authors describe the federal government's involvement in Vocational Education. (Editor)

Describes small-scale volunteer program developed at Barnett Shoals School, Clarke County, Georgia. (DS)

Special Urban Issue. Discusses trends and factors involved in urban crises. Cites interrelationships between urban and rural areas, and urges comprehensive planning in urban projects. (DS)

Drawing attention to the important distinction between macro- and micro-employment policy, traces and analyzes the evolution of American employment public policy. (JM)

Study assesses impact of job training on individuals and institutions. (Editor)