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Peer reviewedRavitz, Mel – Social Policy, 1988
Examines the effect of community development projects on Detroit (Michigan) over the past decade. Concludes that community development has failed to increase the number of jobs available and has contributed to neighborhood deterioration. (FMW)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Change, Community Development, Economic Development
Lakes, Richard D. – 1996
Presented in this book are studies of social projects for economically disadvantaged inner-city youth engaged in neighborhood revitalizations in low-income communities around the country. Children and teens are highlighted as they participate in nonschool initiatives to achieve economic and political self-determination coupled with personal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Services, Economic Development
Download full textHanna, Donald G. – 1993
A process description and preliminary evaluation are provided for the Weed and Seed initiative in Springfield (Illinois). This initiative involved local, state, and federal resources in projects that included (1) facility improvement, (2) drug prevention, (3) youth education and child care, (4) jobs and vocational training, (5) resident…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Community Programs, Crime Prevention, Day Care
Reardon, Kenneth M. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2005
This article describes the origins, evolution, and development of a comprehensive civic engagement program designed to encourage Ivy League students to pursue public service careers with nonprofits and municipal government organizations serving New York City's poorest children, families, and neighborhoods. The article offers a detailed description…
Descriptors: Leaders, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Neighborhoods
Sandmann, Lorilee R. – 1988
Rural and economic development efforts are inadequate responses to changing rural conditions. They fail because they are often top-down driven and few influential people are involved. Minnesota's Project Future is designed to help distressed communities take charge of their own direction. Developed on the principle of collective empowerment, this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Ratteray, Joan Davis – 1987
In this interview, Reverend Floyd H. Flake, member, United States House of Representatives and Founder of the Allen Christian School, discusses how the school was started, and outlines its focus, goals, and values. The school was begun because black students do not seem to perform as well when they are being taught with white students. Rev. Flake,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Change Agents
Jones, Judith Denton – 1987
This text presents the results of a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the development and activities of the Six School Complex, a group of schools in Northwest Washington, D.C. The Complex was organized in 1975 to cope with population shifts by increasing the number of neighborhood children attending public schools, to broaden and improve the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change
Shuttleworth, Dale E. – 1980
To provide a focus for citizens to identify needs and to mobilize resources to support a process for community development, the Toronto Board of Education initiated a number of policies and community-school programs during the 1970s. These policies and programs also provided an opportunity for the neighborhood school to actively participate in…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Development, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
ENGEL, SOPHIE; KERNOHAN, FRANCES K. – 1967
ORIGINALLY CONCERNED WITH THE EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN A DEPRESSED NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM CHANGED ITS FOCUS IN 1961 TO STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DEAL WITH ITS OWN PROBLEMS. DURING THE FIRST YEAR, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WAS IMPEDED BY STAFF TURNOVER AND RESISTANCE TO THE…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Community Recreation Programs
Marland, S. P., Jr. – 1972
City schools must infuse strength into the young which is equal to the malignant forces which threaten their young lives and future happiness. Effective comprehensive planning must begin with an honest estimate of the desired output. Title I and Model Cities are two parallel programs sponsored by the Federal Government which seek to give help to…
Descriptors: Community Change, Disadvantaged, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedLenz, Thomas J. – Social Policy, 1988
Argues that Neighborhood Development Organization (NDO) staffs and volunteers have a faulty understanding of the political economies of poor urban communities, and have adopted a free market orientation. Recommends an alternative "organizing-driven" model of community development. (FMW)
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Community Action, Community Development, Economic Development
Davis, Robert C.; Lurigio, Arthur J. – 1996
What is being done at a local level, in the neighborhood, to prevent and discourage small-time drug dealers is discussed. Partnerships of law enforcement and grassroots citizens' groups are working in many places to reduce the availability and impact of drugs in their communities. The book opens with a discussion of drug use and the urban…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Drug Abuse
Bruner, Charles – 1996
What is needed to help children succeed at high levels is already known, and that vision and commitment are essential to bring about reform efforts that research has already established as effective. Conditions that contribute to academic success and well being include nurturing and supportive families, economically and socially healthy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childhood Needs, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Vanecko, James J.; And Others – 1969
The first part of a two phase project, this was an evaluation of characteristics of community action agencies (CAAs) which make them more or less effective in influencing other institutions to be more responseive to the needs and demands of the poor. CAA board members, representatives of the poor and other segments of the community, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Action, Community Characteristics, Community Organizations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Banking and Currency. – 1976
This volume of hearings relates to (1) a bill to establish a national commission on neighborhoods; (2) a bill to establish a commission to investigate the factors contributing to the decline of urban neighborhoods and the factors necessary to neighborhood survival and revitalization, and for other purposes; and (3) a bill to establish the national…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
