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Langhauser, Derek P. – Maine Community College System, 2017
Because The Maine Community College System (MCCS) is aware of that fact that student veterans and those veterans seeking to enroll in college have specific needs, each of the colleges in the MCCS system is working to develop and strengthen target responses to meet those needs. The Maine Community College System is therefore providing this report…
Descriptors: Veterans, State Legislation, Committees, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1996
This hearing transcript presents statements and testimony regarding effectiveness of the Healthy Start Demonstration Project to reduce U.S. infant mortality rates and authorization for funding to establish new sites and to enable exiting programs to act as mentors for and to disseminate information to new projects. Opening statements are presented…
Descriptors: Child Health, Demonstration Programs, Financial Support, Hearings
Schumacher, Rachel; Greenberg, Mark – Center for Law and Social Policy CLASP, 2004
In 2003, Congress was scheduled to reauthorize Head Start, a federal-to-local grant program for the provision of early childhood education and comprehensive services, including health, nutrition, parental involvement, social, and other services, for low-income preschool children and their families. This document provides section-by-section…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Grants, Preschool Children
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1993
This Head Start On-Site Program Review Instrument (OSPRI) is used to monitor and evaluate Head Start Programs to verify basic compliance with program standards. OSPRI contains Head Start Performance Standards, Performance Standards on Services to Children with Disabilities, and specific program regulations in the areas of recruitment,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria
Federal Register, 1998
This document provides final regulations that amend the Title 1 program, under Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for helping disadvantaged children meet high educational standards. These new regulations amend the schoolwide program requirements to allow a percentage of funds received by a local education agency (LEA) under Part…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This report discusses the services disadvantaged children need to prepare for school, the extent to which they receive these services from early childhood centers (defined as providing child development, parent, and health and nutrition services), and the reasons early childhood centers may not deliver all the services these children need. Chapter…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care Centers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families. – 1996
A hearing was held before the Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Labor and Human Relations to discuss possible solutions to the problem of juvenile crime. An opening statement by parents whose young child was murdered by an adolescent set the scene for the panel discussion that followed. James Fox, a professor of…
Descriptors: Church Role, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2000
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) focuses on integrating and streamlining services, requiring that most employment and training services, including those provided under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, be provided through the One-Stop Center System. States are implementing WIA, but not all will have all steps…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
North Carolina State Legislature, Raleigh. Joint Oversight Committee on Early Childhood Education and Development Initiatives. – 1994
This report describes the 1994 activities and recommendations of the committee charged with studying the budget, programs, and policies of North Carolina's 12 Smart Start early childhood education and development demonstration projects. Smart Start is a high quality early childhood education and family services initiative involving public and…
Descriptors: Committees, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Health Services
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1995
This memorandum of understanding among the Colorado Departments of Education, Public Health and Environment, Human Services, and Health Care Policy and Financing, describes how the agencies will work together in the implementation of Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The agreement covers: (1) a statement of common…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Danaher, Joan, Ed. – 2002
Part C Updates is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The intent of the compilation is to collect, in a convenient format, a variety of resources that meet the information needs of state and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordinators, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Minnesota State Legislature, St. Paul. – 1994
This report summarizes the work of Minnesota's Legislative Commission on Children, Youth, and Their Families (LCCYF). The commission was established in 1991 to study state policy and legislation affecting children and their families, and to make recommendations to promote the present and future well-being of these groups. The report begins with an…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1994
The Colorado legislature, through passage of the "Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act," declared that comprehensive health education is an essential element in public education in the state. The first half of this volume reprints Title 22, Article 25, "Colorado Comprehensive Health Education Act" from the Colorado…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Guidelines