After identifying the mosquito as the Venezuelan equine encephalitis vector, health officials worked with the community to eliminate mosquito breeding sites. By educating the public first, cooperation was received in opening drainage areas and stocking water collection areas with mosquito eating fish to interrupt the host-vector-recipient cycle.…

Healthy and successful cities are built out of blocks and neighborhoods. Cities are too large and varied to be regarded or run as uniform entities. Block associations are proposed to be one of the major tools that are available for stabilizing and maintaining urban neighborhoods in a fashion that is both inexpensive and responsive to the needs of…

There is a general agreement that participation in the political arena is not uniformly distributed across population groups. However, existing literature has failed to provide sufficient data on the efficacy of alternative models for predicting and explaining political participation among black citizens. Data reported in this study were obtained…

FOR 8 WEEKS IN THE SUMMER OF 1964, MORE THAN 2,000 NEGRO YOUNGSTERS, AVERAGING 15 YEARS OF AGE BUT RANGING FROM 6 TO 26 AND OLDER, WENT TO FREEDOM SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI. THE STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT BY TEACHERS WHO MET NO OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS. THEY ASSEMBLED IN CHURCH BASEMENTS OR ON THE STREETS. THEY CAME AND WENT WITHOUT ATTENDANCE RECORDS,…

PURPOSES ARE TO HELP ADMINISTRATORS PREPARE APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS UNDER THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT AND TO INDICATE NECESSARY STANDARDS TO ASSURE GOOD PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. ADMINISTRATORS PREPARING APPLICATIONS SHOULD BEGIN BY BRINGING TOGETHER THE APPROPRIATE VOLUNTARY AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN WELFARE, HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND…

LAY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WHICH MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, ARE ORGANIZED TO ADVISE AND COUNSEL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GUIDANCE OF STATE AND LOCAL BOARDS. THEY PROVIDE THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO…

THE NATURE AND PRINCIPAL AREAS OF INTERRACIAL CONFLICT ARE EXAMINED, WITH ATTENTION GIVEN TO CENTRAL AMERICANS, MEXICANS, JAPANESE, AND CHINESE. HOWEVER, FOCUS IS UPON NEGROES, COMPARATIVE NEWCOMERS TO THE BAY AREA, BECAUSE OF NATIONWIDE NEGRO-WHITE TENSIONS. THE FOCUS IS DICTATED, ALSO, BY THE POLITICAL MILITANCY OF BAY AREA NEGROES IN CONTRAST…

This guide was prepared to fill the need for literature on the formation and functions of citizen committees. It is designed for mayors, other public officials, and citizen leaders who are responsible for creating committees and for citizens who serve on committees. Types of citizen committees are defined and classified according to primary…

A model for the delivery of mental health services to people residing in small communities (less than 10,000 population) is presented. The model is the product of personal consultation experience over the past three years with a modestly staffed and financed but very successful mental health agency. Emphasis is placed on community action,…

Scheduled for January 5-10, 1969, in Newark, New Jersey, this national training program is designed for 27 trainers community action workers from Office of Economic Opportunity funded multipurpose and urban training centers. Program content and objectives have been outlined for the following sessions: introduction (1 1/2 hours); establishing a…

The Consortium for Area Planning and Development was established in 1967 to implement the basic purposes of Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Consortium's first seminar was held in May 1968 and was attended by 25 project leaders, local and state government officials, technical consultants, and representatives of various institutions…

By engaging students in community service projects, action learning uses resources of the real world to give students opportunities to participate in performing tasks and making decisions that confront societal problems. Such projects should be decided on after a study of the needs of the community. After a project is selected, all relevant…

Twenty elementary and secondary schools from throughout the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania region were selected from 44 applicant schools to receive grants for Local Action Programs of environmental education. Included in this booklet is a resume of each of these programs. Information specifies program name, school name and address, program…

Superintendants and school board members from many large cities in the country came to the Industry-Education Conference to talk across the table with executives from many of the nation's largest corporations. They spoke candidly about the troubles of urban school systems and about whether and how, and sometimes when and where, they might help…

This study tried to isolate some of the characteristics that account for the variation in community receptivity to federal aid programs. The communities selected for the study had a population of 25,000 or more and had been in existence prior to 1950. Community participation in the programs was measured by the absence or presence of communities in…