ERIC Number: ED379413
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 121
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ISBN: ISBN-0-87868-566-9
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Young and Old Serving Together: Meeting Community Needs through Intergenerational Partnerships.
Scannell, Tess; Roberts, Angela
This document is designed to enlarge and expand the intergenerational community service mission and serve as a practical tool to anyone (including policymakers and program planning professionals) who wishes to learn about or start intergenerational community service programs (ICSPs). The following ICSP topics are discussed: rationale (building citizenship and understanding in a diverse society); best practices (guiding principles, components, myths); planning (assessing needs, engaging community partners, setting goals/objectives, selecting projects defining roles, developing a resource and funding base); implementing (recruitment, participant orientation and training, sample activities); sustaining (support, community visibility, dissemination, program evaluation); the state of the art (Delta Service Corps and Partners for Tomorrow); and tips from three ICSP experts (Billie Ann Myers, John Briscoe, and Lynn Thornton). Appended are the following: 97-item annotated bibliography; annotated list of 11 selected ICSP specialists; contact information for 17 featured programs; information about national/community service grants, the National Senior Volunteer Corps, Title V of the Older Americans Act, and selected multicultural organizations and organizations serving persons with disabilities; and exercise for building intergenerational understanding. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Needs, Community Programs, Educational Practices, Federal Legislation, Intergenerational Programs, Models, National Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, Older Adults, Partnerships in Education, Program Development, Program Implementation, Public Service, Resource Materials, School Community Relationship, Secondary Education, Service Learning, State of the Art Reviews, Volunteer Training, Volunteers
Generations United, c/o CWLA, 440 First Street, N.W., Suite 310, Washington, DC 20001 ($15).
Publication Type: Reports - General
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Language: English
Sponsor: Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Generations United, Washington, DC.
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