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Peer reviewedPogrund, R.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
The Joint Action Committee of Organizations of and Serving the Visually Handicapped is a coalition of 24 California consumer, parent, and professional organizations; agencies; and product distributors. This article highlights coalition accomplishments in the areas of information dissemination, public policy influence, and public education and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blindness, Consumer Education, Cooperative Programs
Download full textAdministration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1990
In 1989-90, Full Circle Program's Family Consulting Services (FCS) staff provided family reunification services to 50 children and their families in San Francisco and Marin counties. Staff members developed individualized treatment strategies for each family, acting as advocates for the needs of the child. These services included medical and…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Biological Parents, Children, Family Counseling
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
Hearings are presented on the proliferation of interstate guarantee arrangements in the area of student loans, and the effect of such arrangements on student access to loan capital. Topics include: the desirability of establishing territorial monopolies for student loan guarantee agencies, the views of the Higher Education Assistance Foundation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Agency Role, Banking
Greenblatt, Sadelle T. – 1988
Little Brothers--Friends of the Elderly is a non-profit, non-sectarian federation of agencies devoted to meeting the needs of the elderly poor, those poor not merely in worldly goods, but in love. The organization examined how it might more effectively spread its services and assure the establishment throughout the United States of programs with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Needs Assessment, Nonprofit Organizations, Older Adults
Rusnell, Dale; Phillips, Chris – 1984
This report provides information to be used as the basis for developing training programs related to human services work in the private sector. It describes occupational tasks performed by human services workers in non-government agencies, outlines the range of tasks undertaken, and suggests specific skills required by these workers. The report…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Blackwell, Jacqueline; Leeper, Sarah H. – 1979
In order to determine the effect of day care center sponsorship on children's development, the authors examined the ways in which programs, objects and materials, and teacher/child interactions affected the preoperational behavior of 4-year-old black children in publicly and privately supported day care centers. A total of 120 4-year-olds (30 from…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
National Committee for Adoption, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
This document is offered as a legislative model to the states for consideration when addressing the controversy over "opening adoption records." It is the result of an intensive review of existing legislation and approaches concerning "open records" and the creation of adoption "registries." Title I of the model act includes general provisions,…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Biological Parents, Confidentiality
Piefer, Alan – 1979
The history of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is traced. Three eras are described: 1905 to 1930, a period of initial creativity and influence; 1930 to 1966, a period of gradual decline, leading eventually to loss of independence and virtual extinction; and 1966 to 1979, a period of revitalization. Originally, CFAT…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Consultation Programs, Educational Development, Educational History
Katzki, Kate – 1978
A symposium addressing the needs of uprooted migrant and refugee children and the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in meeting those needs took place at Wingspread, Racine, Wisconsin in November, 1978. Uprooted children are those migrant and refugee children who have lost their identity as the result of being forced, for socioeconomic,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Conferences, Cultural Isolation
Kassebaum, Gene; And Others – 1978
To describe and analyze the use of private organizations for supervision, training, or assistance of persons referred from criminal justice agencies was the purpose of this study. Procedures were divided into three parts: a review of relevant existing published data and, to the extent possible, ongoing studies; a survey of a national sample of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Services, Contracts, Correctional Rehabilitation
SHAW, E.C. – 1967
IN RURAL INDIA, MOBILE LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO LITERACY EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TIN TRUNK LIBRARY, A COLLECTION OF 15 TO 50 BOOKS IN A BOX, IS FLEXIBLE AND ECONOMICAL. HOWEVER, IT IS USED PRIMARILY BY FRIENDS OF THE PERSON IN WHOSE HOUSE THE TRUNK IS PLACED. THE LIBRARIAN OF THE MARKET MOBILE LIBRARY BRINGS BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Expenditures, Library Extension, Library Facilities
Institutional Library Consultants, Carson City, NV. – 1979
The role of the institutional library consultant is explored in these proceedings of a workshop examining consultant work with administrators of various agencies, funding sources for institutional library service programs, management, and such aspects of library service areas in institutions as architecture, design, utilization of space,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Community Organizations, Conference Reports
PIFER, ALAN – 1967
ORGANIZED TO MEET URGENT NATIONAL NEEDS, PROVIDE INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT, AND OFFER FRESH SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS, THE QUASI NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IS DEFINED AS A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION OR INSTITUTION LODGED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF SOCIETY BUT FINANCED LARGELY OR ENTIRELY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, RESPONSIBLE TO ITS OWN BOARD OF…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Organizations, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Mottl, Tahi Lani – 1976
This report evaluates the performance of three private agencies on the school desegregation process in Boston. The Citywide Educational Coalition organized and stimulated parents to publish a newsletter. Freedom House provided the only fully equipped information center which specifically supported black parents, students and agencies by answering…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Support, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Lieberman, Myron – 1975
Federal collective bargaining legislation for public employees could create confrontations between federal government and state-local governments. Political promises can be foiled by bargaining outcomes, therefore states with bargaining rights should be exempted from the federal law. Equity between public and private employees is another problem…
Descriptors: Accountability, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
