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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This document presents the record of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Demonstration Partnership Program (DPP), part of the Community Services Block Grant Act. The program offers community action agencies the opportunity to test new methods for reducing dependency and fostering self-sufficiency among the poor. Six agency representatives…
Descriptors: Community Action, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
Parents of missing children, juvenile division police officers, and members of citizen action groups provide testimony in a Senate hearing held to learn more about problems associated with the disappearance of a child from his or her family. Related publications, including a September, 1981 directory of missing persons, are appended after the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Action, Directories
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
Oversight hearings were conducted on April 23, 1981 in reference to social service block grants for the Community Services Administration, child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption programs, and Native American Programs Act. Testimonies for support of block grants advocated ability of States to decide how program resources can best be…
Descriptors: Adoption, American Indians, Block Grants, Child Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 2001
This report documents the proceedings of a two-day hearing held in Utah to begin a public dialogue on how professionals can work together to combat the dangers of substance abuse problems among adolescents. The introductory comments by the presiding chairman, Senator Orin Hatch, spell out the present problem in Utah. The senator points out how…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Community Action, Drug Education
Peer reviewedPeters, Laurence – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
Describes and explores the District Education Agent program, a community-based program proposed by the Subcommittee on Select Education of the U.S. House of Representatives, which is comparable to the agricultural extension service. Ways in which it might incorporate new technological capabilities are suggested. (12 references) (DB)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Action, Computer Networks, Educational Change
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
A hearing was held for the purpose of receiving testimony concerning the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990. The first panel provided testimony about: (1) the delivery of human services in northern Iowa that are funded through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and the need for continued block grant funding; (2) CSBG funding of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Community Action, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1986
A hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary concerning S. 1818, a bill to prevent sexual molestation of children in Indian country, provides a forum for witnesses and describes a child advocacy program. Three witnesses from Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, describe incidence and characteristics of sexual abuse on the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 1999
The Hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce was held January 27, 1999. It contains opening statements by the chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Ohio Senator Voinovich, Governor Ridge of the State of Pennsylvania, and the Committees' reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Appendices…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. – 1998
A House subcommittee hearing held in DeKalb, Illinois, received testimony on drug abuse problems among young people in small towns and rural areas. Personal experiences of drugs and their effects on young people were described in statements from the mother of a victim of drug-related violence, a former drug dealer, a former drug user and gang…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, College Students, Community Action
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1979
Proceedings are presented of hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Child and Human Development concerning proposed legislation (S. 239 and S. 374) to revise, improve, and extend certain provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. Testimony from administrators of current programs under the act and from public witnesses focuses on the…
Descriptors: Activities, Agencies, Agency Role, Budgets
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1986
The House Select Committee met to hear testimony of six witnesses from tribes in the Phoenix, Arizona area concerning the status of Native American children and their families. General topics were the nature of existing human service programs, adequacy of federal funding, and magnitude of health and welfare needs. Tom White of the Gila River…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
