Discusses a study conducted to determine and describe the status of, and need for, family planning information and communications in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program as perceived by program aides. (SB)

Findings are discussed in the light of social-learning theory. (Authors)

Describes the failure to raise adequate school revenues through equitable means and the inability to allocate resources in an effective and equitable manner. (Author)

A group of independent schools developed summer remedial and enrichment programs for disadvantaged urban youth which were conducted with the cooperation of the communities, public schools and State Department of Education. Funding was through Title I and Title III, poverty agencies, and individual contributions. (JB)

Describes a heavy construction equipment operation and maintenance program conducted in the Appalachia region of eastern Kentucky. (GB)

An unusual poverty immersion program that teaches what can't be taught in a classroom. (Editor)

Taken from a paper delivered at the Durham meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in September 1970 proposing a new selection procedure, training program, employment, and research projects for university graduate science students. (IR)

An analysis of the selection and training processes and methods used to integrate the nonprofessional into the agency structure shows that such methods generally result in a loss of the valued skills. The author discusses methods for maintaining these skills and concludes that compartmentalization is a viable short run approach. (Author)

In support of a balanced Federal aid program. (IR)

It is concluded that a substantial portion of the AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) sons' socioeconomic and academic underachievement can only be explained in terms of a relative constriction in opportunities. The Constriction itself is based on the economic status of the origin family. (Author)

Debates the issue of voluntary artificial insemination among single women who depend on public assistance. Ooms argues that eligibility for welfare should be based on court defined criteria rather than on moral judgments, while Steinfels suggests that the welfare of the child is most important in any consideration. (Author/AOS)

This Children's Defense Fund report summarizes findings of a national survey, which indicate detrimental effects of Federal budget cuts in health care funds on economically disadvantaged mothers and children. Suggests that health funds for mothers and children are more important than defense expenditures and tax cuts for the non-needy. (MJL)

Summarizes strategies for helping low income Black families to cope in society and improve their quality of life in the 1980s. Emphasizes the role of Black colleges in this effort. (MJL)