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Barry, Frank – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1995
Addresses the feasibility of establishing standards that would guide communities in protecting the environments of children and families. Recommends an environmental assessment tool that evaluates child well-being, compares community averages in terms of high-risk factors, includes longitudinal assessments of child well-being, examines community…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Community Resources, Community Role
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1987
This report describes a preliminary methodology by which distressed communities may be identified using school districts as the basic unit for the presentation of data. Distress consists of a concentration of the following types of need: (1) economic; (2) social; and (3) educational. Distress was measured by an index that determined a district's…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Needs, Community Problems, Community Study
