Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships: Success Stories

List of Contributors. Foreword; L.R. Sherrod. Foreword; J.C. Votruba. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships: A View of the Issues; T.R. Chibucos, R.M. Lerner. 2. Build It and They Will come ... The Birmingham Early Learning Center: Creating a Vision for the Future of Alabama's Children; M.R. Bradbard, et al. 3. The Bibb County Child Caring Foundation (BCCCF): A Story That Needs to be Shared; J.E. Esser-Stuart, et al. 4. Arizona State University and the Southwest Autism Research Center: Partners in Helping Children with Autism and their Families; R.A. Fabes, et al. 5. Child Care on Campus: A True Partnership Between an Academic Program and Vendor; R.K. Yang. 6. Partnering with the State Legislature: Connecticut's Family Impact Seminar; S.K. Wisensale. 7. Northern Delaware Early Head Start: An Interagency Approach to Supporting Children and Families; R.A. Hallam, et al. 8. Developing a Partnership Model to Enhance Literacy: Focusing on a Community's Future; A.K. Mullis. 9. Improving Rural Child Care: A Community-University Partnership; R.L. Mullis, A.S. Ghazvini. 10. A Partnership for Youth in Florida Cooperative Extension; D.F. Perkins, et al. 11. A Success Story of a Working Consortium: Project KICK; S. Rollin, et al. 12. Mental Health Issues in Criminal Court: Collaboration Among Broward County, Florida Courts, and Nova Southeastern University; L.E.A. Walker, R.F. Levant. 13. The Family Solutions Program: A Collaboration of the University of Georgia and the Athens/Clarke County Juvenile Court;W.H. Quinn. 14. An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure; J.J. Ney. 15. Facilitating Peaceable Schools; D.B. Gentry. 16. Certification by Learning on an Alternative Schedule (CLAS); L.P. Prater. 17. Improving Child Care Systems in Illinois and Georgia: Partnerships Between the Land-Grant Universities and State Agencies; J. Cato, et al. 18. Project Family: A Partnership Integrating Research with the Practice of Promoting Family and Youth Competencies; R. Spoth, V. Molgaard. 19. Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Collaborative Degree Program in Early Childhood Studies; S. Hymon-Parker. 20. Extending Head Start to Homeless Families: A University-Community Partnership; S.A. Koblinsky, E.A. Anderson. 21. The Goucher College-Choice Middle Schools Program Partnership; J.J. Mohraz, et al. 22. The Benefits of a Philanthropic-University-School Community Partnership: The Cambridge `Say Yes to Education' Story; T.L. Hurd, et al. 23. Revitalizing the Community Through Neighborhood and Institutional Partnerships; D. Lucy-Allen, J. Seydel. 24. Cameo Feature News: University and Community Partnership Disseminates Child Development Information; N. Martland, F. Rothbaum. 25. Developing an Extended Services School: A School-Community-University Partnership; M.E. Walsh, et al. 26. Family T.I.E.S. Family Support Program for Adolescent Mothers and Their Children: A Collaboration Between Mott Children's Health Center and Michigan State University; L. Bates, et al. 27. Checkpoints: Building Capacity to Enhance Program Impact Through Evaluation; H.E. Fitzger