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Buck, Beverly; Baker, Robin – Colorado Children's Campaign, 2013
The "Colorado Children's Budget" presents and analyzes investments and spending trends during the past five state fiscal years on services that benefit children. The "Children's Budget" focuses mainly on state investment and spending, with some analysis of federal investments and spending to provide broader context of state…
Descriptors: Budgets, Expenditures, Trend Analysis, Children
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document provides witnesses' testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing held in Los Angeles, California to examine the problems of the homeless and to suggest ways to alleviate some of the problems of the homeless. Opening statements are included by Representatives Augustus Hawkins, Edward Roybal, and Matthew Martinez.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Government Role, Hearings, Homeless People
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Perlman, Baron; Hartman, E. Alan – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1985
Examines 109 rural community level public sector mental health systems involving 314 administrators. Focuses discussion on whether those who manage/work in rural service delivery systems are interested in/utilize data in their own systems to solve managerial concerns. Includes system, state, and federal level policy recommendations. (NEC)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Delivery Systems, Information Utilization, Mental Health
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Woy, J. Richard; Dellario, Donald J. – Administration in Mental Health, 1985
Compares and contrasts characteristics of the mental health system and the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) service system; examines environmental, intraorganizational, and interorganizational variables as they pertain to potential for linkages between mental health and VR providers; and discusses implications for improved integration of treatment…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs
Moore, Kristin Anderson; Murphey, David; Emig, Carol; Hamilton, Kathleen; Hadley, Alena; Sidorowicz, Katie – Child Trends, 2009
President Obama has proposed creation of up to 20 "Promise Neighborhoods" in communities experiencing poverty, crime, and low student achievement. Promise Neighborhoods would engage children and parents within a defined geographic area in a multifaceted strategy to meet several goals: good physical and mental health for every child, enrollment in…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Crime, At Risk Persons
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Isaacs, Mareasa R. – 1986
This report includes the background papers developed for an invitational workshop on mental health program development for minority youth and their families, and a summary of the recommendations made and actions to be taken. Section I presents an overall framework and an overview of the issues that were explored in greater depth at the workshop.…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Community Programs, Family Involvement, Federal Programs
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Wagenfeld, Morton O.; And Others – Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 1988
Analyzes the 1983 distribution of inpatient mental health facilities and estimated inpatient beds for all 3,137 U.S. counties categorized on an 18-position urbanization scale. Finds services available in only 13 percent of all nonmetro counties and in virtually none of the most rural, nonadjacent, nonmetro counties. Contains 30 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Health Facilities, Health Services, Mental Health Programs
Lystad, Mary, Ed. – 1985
This monograph was developed to provide mental health and other service delivery workers with an overview of conceptual, programmatic, and educational developments in mental health services to disaster victims over the past 10 years. It was written primarily for national policymakers, administrators, and service providers of disaster relief…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Emergency Programs, Human Services
Romaniuk, Jean G.; Arling, Greg – 1984
Practical reasons to consider standards for gerontology are presented in this perspective on developing gerontological curriculum. The creation of a statewide task force in Virginia to provide guidelines for the organization and evaluation of gerontology programs in higher education is described. Assumptions which underscored task force activities…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Services, Curriculum Development, Educational Gerontology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1987
This document presents witnesses' testimonies and related materials from the Congressional hearing called to consider how the federal government can better meet the health needs of the homeless. Opening statements are included from Congressmen Henry Waxman, Ron Wyden, and Gerry Sikorski. Witnesses providing testimony include Robert Gallagher and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Health Needs
Scott, Kathryn D. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1992
This study examined the impact of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) on the mental health status of the Los Angeles Epidemiologic Catchment Area. A history of CSA was found to significantly increase an individual's odds of developing eight psychiatric disorders in adulthood. CSA's effect on the community level was also found to be substantial.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Health Services, Epidemiology, Incidence
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2011
"Kids Count in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Colorado Children's Campaign, which provides the best available state- and county-level data to measure and track the education, health and general well-being of the state's children. "Kids Count in Colorado!" informs policy debates and community discussions, serving as…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Child Care, Child Health, Economic Factors
Moses-Zirkes, Susan; Hurley, Christine M.; Wrobel, Gordon D. – 1997
Providing mental health services to children and youth has long been a tremendous challenge for communities. Numerous reports and studies demonstrate that children in Minnesota and across the nation struggle with a variety of unmet mental health needs. As a result, children are placed at great risk for failure in education, in the work force, and…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health Programs, Public Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. – 1987
This document contains witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine drug abuse in the workplace, how the public and private sectors are dealing with this problem, and the issue of urine testing. Opening statements are included from Representatives Charles Rangel, Benjamin Gilman, Frank Guarini Mel…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Employee Assistance Programs, Employment Problems, Hearings
Rose, Laura – 1986
This report, written for the Wisconsin State Legislative Council's Special Committee on Mental Health Issues, describes mental health services in Wisconsin. Part I summarizes the state and county organizational structures and responsibilities for mental health services and provides an introductory summary of funding sources for those services.…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Services, County Programs, Financial Support
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