NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 376 to 390 of 488 results Save | Export
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1991
The plan describes a continuing effort in Illinois to improve access to education and school success for homeless children and youth. The Illinois plan was revised to meet the requirements of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1987 by reforming the original document into sections that highlight the major requirements of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, Children, Educationally Disadvantaged
Rafferty, Yvonne – 1990
Homeless children confront abject poverty and experience a constellation of risks that are having a devastating impact on their well-being. This paper reviews research linking homelessness among children to hunger and poor nutrition, health problems and lack of health and mental health care, developmental delays, psychological problems, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Childhood Needs, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Rafferty, Yvonne; Rollins, Norma – 1990
This paper identifies the educational problems confronting homeless children, describes the Federal response to these problems, and discusses challenges for the 1990s. Although homeless children want to go to school more often than their permanently housed peers, they typically confront significant obstacles to access because of local enrollment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged Youth
Lowe, Eugene T. – 2002
To assess the status of hunger and homelessness in U.S. cities during 2002, 25 major cities completed surveys regarding demand for emergency food assistance and emergency shelter and capacity of local agencies to meet the demand; causes of hunger and homelessness and demographics of populations experiencing these problems; exemplary programs or…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Emergency Shelters, Federal Aid
Hutz, Claudio S.; And Others – 1995
This paper describes the ethical and methodological problems associated with studying prosocial moral reasoning of street children and children of low and high SES living with their families, and problems associated with studying sexual attitudes and behavior of street children and their knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases, especially AIDS.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Fujii, Mary Lavender – California Agriculture, 1994
Research conducted by the Hunger Task Force in Contra Costa County (California) revealed a significant increase in the number of families, especially with young children, who live in poverty and who are going hungry. A food stamp outreach program, a countywide school breakfast program, and food distribution programs have been initiated. (LP)
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Child Health, Children, County Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Miliotis, Donna; Sesma, Arturo, Jr.; Masten, Ann S. – Early Education and Development, 1999
Investigated parenting as a protective process for school success in African-American 6- to 11-year olds from homeless families. Found that close parent/child relationships and high parent involvement in the child's education were associated with academic achievement and positive school behavior. Parent intellectual functioning, educational level,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Children, Elementary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
le Roux, Johann; Smith, Cheryl Sylvia – Adolescence, 1998
Research has shown that no treatment program designed for street children can succeed unless the community is prepared to respect, protect, and provide opportunities for them. Investigates why the general public, and those charged with enforcing the law, often treat street children with scorn and hostility. (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Community Involvement
Behrman, Sara – Library Administration & Management, 1994
Discussion of intellectual freedom, access to information, and public library administration focuses on three main areas: (1) access to minors; (2) access to library services by the poor, including library card registration policies that require a permanent address; and (3) charging fines and fees. Information equality and access to Internet are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescents, Children, Computer Networks
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hanssen, Einar – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Studied Sri Lankan street children using network interviews, life career interviews, and participant observation. Found that physical and psychological care not supplied by families is replaced within street children groups, and that children exhibit a three-stage process from self-identity as children who live at home to identification as street…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs
Anderson, Leslie M.; And Others – 1995
The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 authorizes the U.S. Department of Education to review state plans submitted under the Act to evaluate whether they adequately address the problems of homeless children and youth relating to access to education and placement. Policy Studies Associates conducted a study of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
International Catholic Child Bureau, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1995
Governments have traditionally left the plight of street children and working children, who by some counts number over 100 million, to individuals and nongovernmental organizations, including many religious organizations. As a result, there are a multitude of small, uncoordinated, but highly effective projects throughout the world concentrated in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Labor, Children, Developing Nations
Shane, Paul G. – 1996
This book aims to present what is known about homeless children and to let the stories of some homeless families make their situations clear. The first part of the book covers the background and social, educational, and health issues of homeless children, with a discussion of causes. Part 2 presents some stories of homeless youth and families,…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Welfare, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1991
This handbook is a reference for sponsors of food service programs for children during school vacation periods. It is not applicable to academic year operations. Issues relating to planning a food service program are discussed. These include sponsor eligibility, the determination of the need of recipient children, requirements of kinds and amounts…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Children, Civil Rights, Federal Aid
Norum, Karen E. – 1996
America is called the "Land of Opportunity." Popular stories help to develop and perpetuate a mental model that says anyone can make anything of themselves. Education is promoted as the great equalizer; it is believed that anyone can go to high school in the United States, and even to college if they try hard enough. This mental model is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Children, Dropouts
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  22  |  23  |  24  |  25  |  26  |  27  |  28  |  29  |  30  |  ...  |  33