This booklet, which describes federal food assistance programs, is designed to help large families, families on small budgets, and elderly people on fixed incomes get more food for less money. The book is divided into four chapters: Kids, Women and Children, Families, and Senior Citizens. Each chapter describes in detail the food assistance…

Twenty-two elementary and secondary schools from throughout the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania region were selected by Project KARE (Knowledgeable Action to Restore our Environment) to receive grants for Local Action Programs (LAP) of environmental education during 1973-1974. This guide reviews these twenty-two programs including the…

Research studies for use in planning, administering, and improving the in-school, summer, and out-of-school programs of the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) were reviewed. Findings were analyzed from those studies that surveyed individual NYC projects or specific elements and those that attempted to develop and test ways to solve problems. Some…

"A Preschool Training Program" is Volume 6 in a series of 7 guides prepared by the Southeastern Education Laboratory to assist rural school districts, especially in the Southern States, in writing acceptable Title III proposals under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The document presents a planning proposal which was funded, along with…

The study of the economic benefits and costs of training courses in Michigan was intended as an evaluation of the impact of the federal training program on the national product, the disposable income of trainees, and the expenditures and receipts of the government. It was confined to the institutional, occupationally oriented courses conducted…

This booklet has been prepared as an aid in sorting out the long-term projects funded by the United States Office of Education. Sections are: (1) Regional Educational Laboratories, (2) Research and Development Centers, (3) Educational Policy Research Centers, (4) Regional Research Program: Small Project Research, (5) Research Coordinating Units…

Statistics concerning Indian education are published annually by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and are made available following the close of the school term which the statistics cover. In this annual report for 1970, after a brief historical account of the BIA role in Indian education, 28 pages of statistics are given on enrollment and…

The document is a summary report of the provisions of Title V, Economic Opportunity Act, and the organization and implementation of subsequent programs. The Act was designed to expand the opportunities for constructive work experience and needed training for persons who were unable to support or care for themselves or their families. The document…

Contents of this compendium of technical reports on 1969-1970 Los Angeles City School programs funded under ESEA Title 1 are organized by division. Division of Elementary Education programs include reading, mathematics, English as a second language, teacher-librarian, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, Follow Through, Intergroup Relations, Parent…

A description of the pre-school program for migrant children in the State of Washington was 1 of 34 papers prepared for the White House Conference on Children (December 1970). The project serves approximately 400 migrant children ranging in age from 1 month to 6 years in 9 day-care centers operated by an organization called Northwest Rural…

The document is designed to assist individuals seeking federal scholarships for professional training in the education of handicapped children. Information is provided defining handicapped children, the purposes of scholarships, types of scholarships available, and payment of tuition and fees. Also, details are given regarding who may receive a…

Contents of this report on a fictitiously named (Harold County) project, prepared as a guide in applying for Title III ESEA funding consideration, are in five parts. Part I projects basic ESEA statistical information, including budget, school enrollment, project participation, staff members engaged, personnel for administration and implementation…

Contents of this report on a followup of a fictitiously named (Harold County) model project, prepared as a guide in applying for Title III ESEA funding consideration, include the following topics: description of existing program; introduction to Follow Through proposal; special adaptations; objectives of the program; student composition;…

This manual is a guide to help individuals, community and state groups concerned with the problems of young children locate specific kinds of federal programs. Specific section headings of the manual are: Child Care and Early Childhood Education, Health, Medical, and Welfare Services, Individual Grants Programs, Training Programs, Food and…

The Manpower Administration maintains manpower programs and develops manpower plans and policy through its constituent bureaus or offices: Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Bureau of Work-Training Programs, Bureau of Employment Security, Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation and Research (since absorbed as the administrations staff), and…