A speech to a community forum reviews the organization, functions, and programs of Community Progress, Inc. (CPI) in New Haven, Connecticut. CPI is concerned with raising the resources for a massive attack on poverty, with coordinating that effort, and with working cooperatively with like-minded community institutions. The major thrust of the…

Argues that community colleges and community mental health agencies have complementary roles to play in providing individuals with positive educational experiences that can be positive outlets for growth. Cites examples of courses to foster preventive mental health. (AYC)

The first annual Community Educational Services Assembly brought together 95 representatives of community organizations and educational institutions in the Cleveland area to identify the educational needs of their constituents and available resources for educational collaboration between community colleges and urban agencies. Presentations by…

Describes the Career Guidance Center at Thornton Community College (IL) and its cooperative relationship with the South Central Suburban Council on Aging, in providing options for the older job seeker through Operation TASK, Project Reentry, and Work Experience programs. (AYC)

A resource document for implementation of community coordination of child care (the 4C concept), this organizational guide is based on the experiences of 24 local programs in Michigan communities, 1969-75. Flexible models are presented, capable of accommodating to the uniqueness of each community. Functioning to maximize resources, a 4C Council is…

The second part of a three-part assessment of community education research needs, this report attempted to formulate research questions and identify research needs related to interagency partnerships in community education. It begins with a glossary and statement of the historical basis for interagency relationships. The types of agencies…

This manual presents background information and administrative techniques which are intended to strengthen youth programs and interorganization coordination with the Youth Development Program (YDP) and the Community Action Agency (CAA). The content is in four sections. The section on program definitions includes definitions, history, and…

This document contains descriptive reports of the cooperative activities of five institutional members of COMBASE, a consortium of 14 community colleges for the promotion and study of community-based postsecondary education. Following an overview and summary, reports from Florida Junior College at Jacksonville and Kellogg Community College…

The role of the library to collect, catalog, and dispense information has a new application in several communities around the country: providing the local citizens with information on governmental and social services vital to life in the community. At least a dozen new community information centers have been established in urban areas with various…

This journal, published quarterly by Project SHARE, a national clearinghouse for improving the management of human services, contains 150 abstracts of documents on subjects of concern to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The documents abstracted in this journal are included in the Project SHARE…