This vocational program guide is intended to assist the organization, operation, and evaluation of a program in home and family management in school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. The following topics are covered: program content (job duties of homemakers and curriculum framework and student performance standards); facilities (design criteria, suggested equipment and supplies, and safety); program implementation (student learning guide and student organization participation); professional considerations (teacher certification, professional organizations, and organizations providing support services); and instructional resources (sources of print and audiovisual materials and software, state-adopted instructional materials for the years 1988 through 1994, and teacher-recommended materials). A sample student learning guide is appended. A Career Merit Achievement Plan (Career MAP) for use in recording the progress of students enrolled in a home and family management program is packaged with the program guide. Included in the Career MAP are a list of relevant job titles, overview of the MAP and directions for using it, guidelines for rating student performance standards, and charts detailing the various subcompetencies of the home and family management skills and work environment readiness skills covered in the program. (MN)