This is an examination of the first two years of this school and community project for abused and neglected children. The program was one of three federally funded demonstration projects designed to serve as a guideline for establishing child abuse and child neglect programs on a national scale. The purposes of the program were: early identification of children who manifested symptoms of abuse or neglect, evaluation of the most appropriate methods for prevention of child abuse or neglect, changing parental attitudes towards themselves and their methods of child rearing, and modifying negative behavior in the parent child relationship by working with the family. The program was staffed by a project coordinator, a full and part-time social work supervisor, two caseworkers, a family worker, and nine social work interns. Two hundred twenty-five children were referred to the program by community public agencies, school personnel, and the Bureau of Child Welfare (BCW). Children referred by the BCW were compared on the variables of age and family background to students referred by the community, schools, and public agencies (non-BCW). Program intervention was evaluated by means of two locally developed rating scales, the Socioemotional Rating Scale, which measures change from early to late program intervention for each child, and the Guardian Attitude Scale, which measures the caseworkers' perceptions of change in attitudes of parents or guardians. The results of these measures were analyzed for the BCW and non-BCW groups. The findings indicate that the families of the two groups did not differ in their initial attitude or final attitude, but a larger attitude change was observed for the BCW group. The program staff perceived a small change in attitude among the parents and guardians with whom they worked. The report concluded that the program is making a contribution to the alleviation of both child abuse and neglect through early identification and prevention. Data collection forms, materials distributed at workshops, parent questionnaires, the two rating scales used, and an annotated bibliography are included in the appendix. (Author/JP)