This guide is designed to assist independent auditors in conducting audits of the operations of the Summer Food Service for Children. The summer program provides nutritional help to children who would otherwise be deprived of food assistance received at other times of the year under the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. During the…

Recommendations are made for the correction and collection of Veterans Administration overpayments of educational benefits. They include: improved compliance surveying; updates on overpayments balance reports to the states; identification of schools liable for overpayments; notification of veterans of their obligation to report training status…

The Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) program in Des Moines, Iowa, is analyzed in this report in light of its value for minorities, the economically disadvantaged, and people with little formal education. The history, purpose, organization, and administration of the program are outlined. Eligibility requirements for and availability of…

To implement the K-12 portion of the Career Education Incentive Act, an outline of some general strategies on which operational strategies can be based is needed. There are six strategies which will help us deliver the most effective career education program in the five-year time frame provided by this law. The following points summarize these…

This publication is a comprehensive record of testimony and exhibits presented to the Subcommitee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. House of Representatives during oversight hearings on all forms of Federal student financial assistance. The hearings were conducted on May 25, June 1, June 8, June 9, June…

This paper reports a medical evaluation of a federal program providing funds for special nutritious food supplements to low income pregnant and lactating women, infants, and children up to four years of age who are nutritional risks. Growth, dietary intake, and biochemical measures were obtained for study infants at the time of enrollment in the…

On August 1, 1972, the Subcommittee heard testimony on bill S. 3762 which would extend the program for health services for domestic agricultural migrant workers. The bill would extend the migrant health program for 5 years, with $100 million authorized for fiscal year 1973 and a $25 million increase for each of the following years. S. 3762…

The purpose of this paper is to specify the design for evaluating the second year Health Start Program. This design is used as the basis for the determination of the data to be collected and the comparisons that will be made using these data to provide information to answer the policy questions asked by the Office of Child Development (OCD). For…

In October 1970, the commission published its first of three across-the-board evaluations of the Federal Government's effort to end discrimination against American minorities. In February 1972 the commission chairman and the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) agreed that the commission would provide OMB with a summary of Federal…

This booklet examines the first 2 1/2 years of The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), designed by Congress to provide food and nutrition information for low-income pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children up to age 4. Problems with the implementation and functioning of the nutrition program are…

This study is a political analysis of federal interagency policy processes in a diffusion project involving a national educational laboratory, a state department of education, and nine local districts. Data were collected through ethnohistorical procedures over one and one-half years for summative evaluation reports of the project and the…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) adopted a coordinated approach called the "courseware team concept" to effectively merge content and video production expertise in television programing. To encourage involvement and participation by the entire staff in the production of a television series, a system was designed to avoid an…

Utilizing U.S. Census and other government data, the characteristics of rural areas with noncommuting populations were identified in terms of: (1) Population Trends (1970 regional population distribution, 1960-70 population change, 1970 age distribution of U.S. population, 1960-70 growth and decline of towns); (2) Income and Employment (1959-67…

The fourth annual edition summarizes the projects funded by the Office of Manpower Research and Development that were ongoing or completed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. In addition, reports and other significant publications received during the previous two fiscal years are listed. The 1974 volume includes a set of…

This briefing paper describes a new U.S. Office of Education program--the Educational Opportunity Center (EOC). The services available through this program include professional counseling, information on student financial aid and advice on academic and career possibilities. Authorized under the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Educational…