This report provides descriptive information on the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Program of the Office of Child Development (OCD) for Fiscal Year 1976. An overview describing the mission, function and long range goals of the OCD is included along with a discussion of the Research, Demonstration and Evaluation Program and its activities undertaken in support of the goals of the agency. Specific projects funded in Fiscal Year 1976 are then described within the context of these goal areas: (1) State Capacity Building; (2) Head Start; (3) Child Welfare; (4) Child Abuse and Neglect; (5) Day Care and (6) Child and Family Development. A section on the effects and use of television is included under the last goal area. A brief description of each project is included along with the principal investigator's name and address and the amount of funding received. (Author/MS)