An Ohio State University medical student spends a month working with a New York Appalachian child development project (Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Developmental Services, Inc.). (FF)

A photo essay on the outreach extension of Coosa Valley's child development program, operated by the Cartersville center, is given. (FF)

The Carterville and Calhoun centers are representative of the 6 local child development programs in rural northwest Georgia. The day care centers are for the children of working mothers. The outreach program provides workers who go into the homes to help nonworking mothers improve their child-rearing skills. (FF)

Appalachian applicants are wanted for a nationwide program to help capable though disadvantaged students train for legal careers. (Author)

In Hale County, Alabama, a strong spirit of community collaboration led to the development of a family resource center that provides preschool education, a drug prevention program, center-based and mobile health services, general equivalency diploma (GED) classes, outreach services, and a youth leadership program in which outstanding high school…

REAL Enterprises, Inc. (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) is an academic program that helps students learn the basics of starting and nurturing a new business. West Virginia is 1 of 17 states offering the program with the goal of preparing youth to take advantage of economic opportunities in their own communities. (LP)