The first of seven chapters in this guide for users of the Chapter 1 Information Management Program (CHIMP) provides an introduction to the program, which was designed to help school districts maintain data and produce reports used in the evaluation of Chapter 1 programs. It is noted that these reports are useful for meeting state and federal reporting requirements, and the types of reports are listed. They cover: student participation counts, annual evaluation achievement information; sustained effect studies, list of students not showing progress for two years, aggregate gains by school, and Chapter 1 staff and full time equivalents. Hardware requirements, instructions for software installation, and instructions for updating an existing CHIMP system are also provided. The remaining chapters include: (1) Getting Started with CHIMP (README file, initial set-up, and getting organized); (2) An Overview of CHIMP (main menu, student information, district information, reports, utilities); (3) Adding and Editing Data (district information, student information); (4) Reports (pull-down menu, pull-down menu with subcategory, selection criteria screens for personal information, student services, test results); (5) Utilities (change program name, delete marked records, change birth field format, reconstruct index files, delete old records, change ID/index, merge files, import ASCII files, restore backup files, delete all records, filter student files, global edits, append service records, printer setup, display addresses); and (6) Technical Information (using CHIMP with multiple school districts, expanded memory, extended memory, trouble shooting, validity checks, technical specifications). Management data entry forms and sample reports are appended. (DB)