Describes the relationship between Mt. Hood Community College and the local chamber of commerce. Stresses that both groups are concerned with mobilizing resources toward educational, social, and economic improvement. Highlights resulting programs, including breakfast seminars, community leadership programs, international forum series, a cultural…

Looks at goals and rewards associated with community education and services. Points to areas where community colleges are vulnerable to criticism of self-interest at the community's expense: management efficiency, duplication of effort, mission, and productivity and accountability. Underscores the importance of cooperation between community…

Swimming pools are an essential community service, and aquatic facilities should be designed in ways which will provide adequate revenue and appropriate benefits for individuals of all ages and physical conditions. Suggestions are given on planning new aquatic centers which would be profitable, serve all types of needs, and attract people. (JN)

Presents a comparative analysis of the issue of the battered wife by contrasting historical and contemporary perspectives. Evidence shows that a significant effort has been taken at the local, state, and national level to curtail the prevalence of abuse and assist the victims. (Author)

Develops the concept of "coordinated service delivery" in relation to the public library and describes several successful library-agency liaisons, including the bicentennial project, Operation Independence. (JD)

The study compared the characteristics of individuals residing in either institutional or community settings in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and one regional center in California. The results show that the more severely mentally retarded persons, with their attendant handicaps and maladaptive behavior, are still likely to be found in an…

Describes a comprehensive program in New York City developed to coordinate efforts of several youth agencies and provide extensive social services to youth. (NRB)

Describes three currently operating programs in community services and continuing education: (1) the regional continuing education program for health professions at the Rockford School of Medicine; (2) the program for senior adults at Vernon Regional Junior College; and (3) North Shore Community College's program for handicapped adults. (JP)

A planning and evaluation model for outreach services is described which includes several elements: state or provincial limitations; college policies and priorities; financial and human resources; demographic indicators of community need; input from program advisory councils; community surveys and learner interest inventories; and program…

Relates how Pima Community College was selected to assess the health, education, and welfare needs of South Tucson, Arizona. Describes the use of an advisory committee; panels for health, education, and welfare; interviews with selected residents; and a survey of service agencies. Enumerates study findings and recommendations. (AYC)

Urges community services planners to focus programs on critical human needs, such as literacy, and to think of the community as an extended family, pooling its resources to meet its members' basic needs. Suggests that community services be viewed as a gift without immediate demand for reciprocity. (AYC)

Describes an investigation of the proportions of Dona Ana County, New Mexico, social service agencies that have translated into Spanish the forms needed by consumers during the contracting phase of the social service cycle. Describes six categories of social service agencies. Includes recommendations for bilingual agency staff and forms. (SB)

In the light of the uncertain benefits and the understated but escalating costs of public services, it is hardly irrational for taxpayers to attack the problem through the cost side. (Author)

Describes the various forms of career guidance that are being developed in urban settings to respond to the guidance needs of a diverse urban adult population. Community-based approaches exist in many settings but are largely uncoordinated and frequently do not systematically address the diverse needs found in pluralistic adult populations.…

Why do some clients use institutional services, while others, with comparable impairment, use community-based services? Results indicated that the institutional group was more likely to have had previous service contact, to have less support from family members or friends, and to be more impaired. (Author)