In 1974, Pennsylvania began data collection on veteran-inmates of its eight correctional institutions to assist them in taking advantage of veterans' educational benefits. A detailed interagency chronology of the efforts of the State Education, Correction, and Military Affairs Departments and the Veterans Administration is contained in the report.…

This manual is designed to introduce extension workers to needs assessment theory and techniques in an applied context and to serve as a tool for planning and implementing county-level assessments of youths' needs for extension education (including 4-H programs). First, the following steps in the program planning process are explained: identify…