Status offenders are minors brought to the attention of courts because they are runaways, truants, or are considered ungovernable or incorrigible. This report assesses the costs and service impacts of deinstitutionalization of status offenders. The findings are based on case studies in 10 states. Included in this report are sections on the state…

The design of an evaluative study of a program for providing information and referral services (I&R) through a coordinated network of semi-autonomous I&R centers is described in this report. The program, implemented by the state of Wisconsin as a demonstration project from 1972-1974 was operated by the Division on Aging, Department of…

The overall objective of the Program for Alternative Careers in Education (PACE) is to develop an alternative model of teacher preparation that prepares individuals to function as educators in the widest possible variety of educational institutions including public and private human service institutions, social welfare agencies, communication…

There is a growing need for program evaluation in the human services field. Along with this is a need to assess environments in order to plan effective programs. Graduate programs are doing little to prepare students for this task. Instead of training students how to do evaluation, graduate programs stubbornly adhere to the experimental…

Faculty of the approximately 175 college programs that are preparing Mental Health or Human Service Technicians or Associates at the A.A. level have been acquiring experience in using a wide range of teaching materials. This document is an attempt to share this knowledge and make a listing of those teaching resources that have been found most…

This is a description of a training course for human services personel which covers a major function of comprehensive manpower development programs. Career Development and Community Resources is designed to expose the student experientially to: a systematic live/work planning process, procedures in helping individuals determine what they want to…

This monograph speaks to the basic problems confronting human services programs, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services. Specific concerns addressed are: (1) the need for more systematic program planning and evaluation; (2) an approach to effective planning and evaluation; (3) development of staff skills for use in the…

This paper presents a brief examination of the factors involved in planning for and providing services to people, especially children, in light of diminished public funding. It is suggested that new services be related to existing services and that a consolidated system of service delivery be developed. Emphasis is placed on reevaluating the…

Prepared under authority of the Economic Opportunity Act, this New Careers manual deals largely with specific personnel functions in which manpower project directors and staff members can work closely with government officials--state and local as well as Federal--to alter public service merit system requirements as they affect disadvantaged…

Forum 14 advocates the development of flexible policies for variant family forms and legislative programs which are responsive to family needs whether the family is a single parent, nuclear family, or some other form. Human service systems must be built around people; families should not be expected to fit into mass produced formal systems based…

Few actions of the next decade will be more pertinent to the welfare of America's children than what we do about two of the most basic determinants of the quality of life of our children and their families--distribution of income among families in and by our society and size of the family and of our society. In regard to these fundamental issues,…

ERIC abstracts on public relations in education are compiled that were announced in RIE through September 1969. The key terms used to compile this collection are "public relations,""publicize,""school community relationship," and "human services." The following information is presented for each document: Author, title, place of publication,…

The Rural Manpower Service as administered by the Tennessee Department of Employment Security provides placement services to rural employers and workers and assures that they receive "equity of access" to manpower services. It is also concerned with assuring that the Rural Development Act is being implemented in a manner designed to give…

This action research project examined the culture of a low-income white youth population in San Pablo, California, and attempted to assist certain youth with employment problems. From May 1, 1969 through August 31, 1970 approximately 100 unemployed youths between the ages of 14 and 24 were located and offered various individual and group social…

In an analysis of the public relations aspects of the position of administrative assistant as perceived by college and university presidents, questionnaires were mailed to 1102 college and university presidents. A cover letter instructed the presidents to fill out the questionnaire with reference to "a person deemed the administrative assistant on…