When taxation is based on ability to pay and programs are targeted at a minimum service level, every state with any population that requires the service must participate. States and localities receive grants only because groups and individuals are to be treated equally. The role of the recipient government is the provision of the minimum…

Competition among the many public services for tax supported funding is a major concern for metropolitan public libraries seeking financial support. The absence of the library is an integrated component of the public educational structure or as a general service agency in the mainstream of government has historically placed the library at a…

THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECT WERE (1) TO MAKE A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PERTINENT LITERATURE OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION, (2) DEVELOP, AND TEST INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE A CONTEMPLATED MAJOR STUDY OF THE EXPECTATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE ROLES OF STATE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AND THE INFLUENCE WHICH THESE…

The comprehensive data on state general expenditure that are presented in this report include not only current operation spending but also any applicable amounts for assistance and subsidies, capital outlay, and intergovernmental expenditure. The report also provides distributions of state expenditure in terms of the kinds of spending involved.…

This annual report presents an overview and brief descriptions of the activities of the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for fiscal year 1972. The narrative section touches on the research and exemplary projects monitored, conferences held, career education projects, and other concerns. The appendix contains an annotated listing of all…

The impacted aid program has been controversial since its inception. The Congress has broadened the coverage of the program periodically to the point where it now reaches school districts accounting for half of all public elementary and secondary school enrollment in the United States. In the fiscal 1969 budget, the Administration requested and…

Presented in this report is an extensive evaluation of three library projects located in Chicago, Peoria, and the suburban Chicago area. All the projects reviewed have strong and weak points. Generally, the strong elements are a vigorous commitment to the people served, emphasis on inexpensive paperback books and collections of books stressing…

This publication contains the formal papers and the summaries of informal discussions from a "Knowledge Utilization Conference on the Use of Volunteers in Vocational Rehabilitation and Public Welfare Agencies." The conference took place June 4-6, 1972, in the Washington, D.C. area. It was sponsored by the International Association of…

The author presents a strong case against public funding of private schools while reviewing the inequities brought about by the privatization of social services. (MD)

The two principal federal funding streams available to states for provision of child care services are the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant structure. Noting that funds from both of these can be used for child care and early education initiatives, this report summarizes what…

The Seamless Summer Food Waiver is a federal initiative to help school food authorities reach a larger number of hungry children in low-income areas during the summer months, by reducing paperwork and administrative burdens associated with operating the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). This issue brief describes the SFSP and the impact of the…

Although the 1996 federal welfare reform law exhorts states to reduce teen and out-of-wedlock births, preliminary field research has found few links between welfare reform and pregnancy prevention, and the ones that do exist are often tenuous, hard to believe, and difficult to assess. States have established new and stronger connections between…

This report presents data on federal government aid to state and local governments by state and U.S. Outlying Area. Coverage is restricted to federal government expenditures for grants and other financial assistance to state and local governments for which data are available by state and outlying area. For fiscal year 2003 (October 1, 2002, to…