This paper describes the development and implementation of a county Youth Services Commission beginning with its inception, organizational structure, and subsequent role in facilitating county-wide programs for adolescents. As a branch of county government, with an independent staff, the Commission employed a subcommittee format to bring together…

This directory provides information about the more than 350 community level agencies offering citizenship services. It is designed for use by resident aliens, community activists, elected officials, and others interested in the citizenship process. The entries are listed alphabetically by State and each includes the agency's name and address,…

The report documents services available to persons with autism in West Virginia and recommends types of services needed. A survey is said to have revealed that only 99 persons with autism were served by statewide nonschool programs, in contrast with projections of 1,939 nonschool-age autistic individuals. Background information details the…

This document reports a revision study of the California Alcohol Services Reporting System (ASRS), a system which consists of a structure of definitions and categories of services, a budget form of planned alcohol services, instructions for the county plan, and the report of expenditures. The study problem is that the ASRS structure of…

A community services counseling project was provided through a program for assisting unemployed union and non-union workers. At least 25 local unions in Middlesex County, New Jersey, participated in the effort. Thirty unemployed workers were screened and given an intensive training course in personal skills development, the role of the union…

Survival in the arena of human services demands that today's program planner follow a pattern for change. (Editor)

The purpose of this article is to present data from an ongoing evaluation of a particular social work program to illustrate how organizing the research design to include promising variables can influence results -- in one case showing little effect, in the other, important findings. (Author)

A discussion of community uses of radio in Ireland. (HB)

A look at Moraine Valley Community College's data bank for systematically gathering, reporting and updating community socioeconomic data for occupational program planning and counseling. (Author)

This article concentrates on a methodological construct that includes concepts relating to the needs of society but which, in its totality as a process, impacts values and provides a means to describe behavior. (Author/RK)

Presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the Assoc. of American Medical Colleges (79th, Houston, Texas, Nov. 1, 1968).

Investigation supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant R-11-MH-0045(04) from the National Institute of Mental Health.