Reports a survey of three poverty areas in an industrial city of northern Indiana in which data were obtained from black residents regarding: (1) their perceptions of local leadership; and, (2) their activities in voluntary organizations. (JM)

Experience in Minnesota with an experimental university-based technical information program has revealed the extent of the needs of small industrial libraries and has demonstrated how assistance practically applied contributes to growth of new and small firms. (Author)

Originally intended especially for the working class, Folk Schools have developed themselves into State supported institutions offering their services to all population groups. Article discusses historical background, character and tasks of the institution as well as future plans. (RB)

Cooperation of public and private agencies in new system of multiservice centers is discussed as a partial solution to urgent child welfare needs. (NH)

A group experience with neighborhood workers in a black, ghetto community action program, with a white psychiatrist as group leader focuses on the definition of the task of consultation, derivation of mutually agreed upon goals, evolution of the group, and issues dealt with during the experience. (Author)

Suggests that the most important aspect of successful school desegregation in Seattle was the quality of the political process. Identifies main participants and their organizations which comprise the public decision-making system. Discusses these in light of the political values which characterize Seattle's political culture. (Author/GC)

Examines the principles of social-learning theory and their application to community practice. Two diverse case examples to illustrate behavioral modeling in social action and the use of behavioral goals as criteria for evaluating outcomes of community intervention are presented. Other possible applications of social learning are also suggested.…

Agencies which accept a responsibility for sharing in the training process need to be prepared to make the necessary adjustments to their programing and internal organization, but above all, they need to prepare themselves effectively for adequate placement evaluation. (CT)

To illustrate what happens when a partisan political organization becomes involved in nonpartisan educational politics, this case focuses on the intervention of an urban unit of the California Democratic Council in a referendum for the establishment of a community college and the election of its board members. (Author/SJL)

Presents a simple public choice model for analyzing the benefits that parents confer on society by providing day care for their children and that public provision of care confers on parents. The collective demand for government day care center spaces is estimated using 1973 data from North Carolina. (Author/KC)

Why are child welfare agencies more hospitable to assessment than family service agencies? What are the implications for other fields of practice? These and other issues are discussed, along with a useful formula for studying practice principles. To illustrate this formula, agency-based demonstration programs are described. (Author)

The article describes and evaluates a model school/community project providing assessment and supportive services for mainstreamed visually handicapped children. (PHR)