This paper points out that both formal and informal historical precedents in community mental health have emphasized citizen participation as an essential element of the system's success. It reviews citizen involvement procedures in use in one midwestern catchment area, and concludes that citizen representation appears to be inadequate, in…

This planning guide is designed to aid communities and service agencies in their choices for setting up transportation services for the elderly. Preliminary steps involve defining service objectives, and may also involve determining need; several alternative methods of predicting demand are discussed. Alternatives to actual service include the…

This workbook is designed to build or improve the basic planning skills needed by persons responsible for program planning in alcohol service agencies. An understanding of the generic planning process in the development or expansion of community alcoholism-realted services can be acquired through the use of this guide. The workbook attempts to…

The goal of this report is to describe the process by which new service practices in urban bureaucracies become routinized. The routinization process is studied by examining the life histories of six types of innovations: computer-assisted instruction; police computer systems; mobile intensive care units; closed circuit television systems; breath…

In these appendices different aspects of the case study approach to organizational change are covered. A comparison is made between on-site interviews and telephone interviews as methods of data collection. It is concluded that in spite of the great disparity in costs, the use of personal interviews is a necessary method for data collection.…

Various quantities and types of services are provided by public and private agencies for older developmentally disabled persons living in the Midwest. Of the 639 questionnaires mailed to public agencies, private agencies, consumer-oriented agencies, nursing homes, and educational institutions, 325 were returned for a response rate of 55%. Overall,…

AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN MOBILIZING COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR SUMMER ASSISTANCE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY PROGRAMS. APPROXIMATELY 100 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BASES OF THEIR STABILITY, MATURITY, ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, AND DEDICATION. THEY WERE PLACED IN SIX AREAS WHERE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION…

This record of the testimony presented to the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary concerns the problem of the juvenile status offender in Iowa. Running away, truancy, defiance of and refusal to submit to parental authority and promiscuity are defined and treated as status offenses. This problem is…

Delinquency reduction and reduction of the number of juveniles referred to the justice system were assessed for 14 diversion programs in Los Angeles County. A project versus nonproject comparison and a pre-post analysis with archival and other data gathered from 1972 through 1977 were used. Preliminary results indicated that the diversion projects…

Existing data are summarized and original data provided on minority participation rates in alternative services among the elderly. Data from several federally-funded programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, are presented. A group of 32 counties in the US, representing a universe of counties in which minorities constitute a large proportion of…

Los Angeles Unified School District special education and supportive services activities funded during 1967-68 under Title I/ESEA are evaluated in this volume. Special education components culminated in a nongraded educational assessment-service center. Supportive services components included health services, child welfare and attendance services,…

An introductory overview of community education in the community college provides a definition, and reviews the participants, activities, facilities, cooperative aspects, needs assessment and evaluation, funding, and organization and administration of such programs. The annotated bibliography of significant literature since 1965 which follows…

This fifth annual report is intended to provide an accurate and current compilation of enrollment data for the 22 institutions in the Washington community college system. Data are reported in 25 tables, many of which contain historical enrollment data which appeared in earlier reports, with comparable data added for the 1974-75 academic year.…

This document provides an evaluation of the progress Shasta College has made in carrying out task force recommendations for providing services for the older adult population in the college district. Specific actions taken to set up a program for the aging have included the appointment of a college coordinator to institute programs and services…

The purpose of this study was to discover the effect of the 45-15 pilot program on youth-oriented community services in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Questionnaires, telephone interviews, mail, and personal interviews were used to collect data from agencies such as parks and recreation, libraries, Little League, churches, scouting groups, music and…