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Services, agencies, and resources for adoption and foster care—information for children and families, social workers, granters, etc. The Adoption History Project: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/ Amy Sample WardFindings
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Social, cultural, economic and political effects of aging. Click here to read more about aging from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging Amy Sample WardFindings
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Child care services, often in a private home; different from after-school programs. Click here for a timeline of child care history: http://www.associatedearlycareandeducation.org/about/history.html Amy Sample WardFindings
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In Oregon, state disability services are provided through Department of Human Services' Division of Seniors and People with Disabilities. This division combines portions of the ...Findings
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Private and public services to prevent or relieve neglect within a family. Click here for more information about domestic violence against men from Oregon Counseling: http://www.oregoncounseling.org/Handouts/DomesticViolenceMen.htm Amy Sample Ward Click here to read more ...Findings
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Immigration in the United States is determined by federal law and is a highly regulated and tightly controlled system designed to serve the national interest. ...History of Immigration Law in the U.S.
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Immigration Policy in the United States A Congressional Budget Office Paper February 2006 Good historical summary and ...Findings
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Support and services geared towards specific minority or ethnic communities, often associated with cultural, language, and standard of living support. Click here to read more about minority groups at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group Amy Sample WardFindings
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Private and public services to prevent or relieve neglect and/or abuse between individuals, families, etc. Click here to read about child abuse/neglect from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse Amy Sample WardFindings
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Initiatives and services providing skills training, support, and issue-based programs, especially to single parent homes or parents separated/imprisoned. Click here to read about all aspects of parenting at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenting Amy Sample WardFindings
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Programs and initiatives supporting youth, especially at-risk youth, both privately and publicly. Services generally provided by the government that help improve the youth's standard of living - http://youthink.worldbank.org/glossary.php Amy Sample WardFindings
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Adult and continuing education is intended for adults, usually above the age of traditional college years and may require enrollment in a college of university ... Click here for background information on continuing education from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuing_education#Continuing_education_generally Amy Sample WardFindings
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Programs can be school-funded and school-based or run by an affiliated/outside organization hosted at the school or an off-campus location. Many programs are year-round. Youth mentoring is the process of matching caring, concerned adults with young people who may be at risk. The adult is usually unrelated and works ...Findings
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Public or private education, usually informal, especially for ages 0-5. Click here for information on preschool in the US from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preschool#United_States Amy Sample Ward Click here for more information on early ...Findings
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Public policy issues and initiatives influencing the structure or alignment of education, specifically public schools, especially K-12. Click here to read about the challenges of education from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education#Challenges Amy Sample WardFindings
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Establishments and projects effecting education in K-12, especially in public sector. The history of public education in the United States is available from Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_education#History Amy Sample WardFindings
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Establishments and projects effecting education beyond high school, especially in public institutions. Click here to read more about the background and types of higher education from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education#Overview Amy Sample WardFindings
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Issues and initiatives around support, expansion and preservation of libraries and their services. Click here to read the history and management of libraries from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library#History Amy Sample WardFindings
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Information and resources about alternative education opportunities offering specific knowledge and often hands-on learning for specific vocations. Vocational education (or Vocational Education and Training (VET), also called Career and Technical Education (CTE)) prepares learners for careers that are based in manual or ...Findings
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The Oregonian In July, 2006, the Oregonian featured several articles on arts programs in Oregon including: Culture centers gasping for cash, No room for error ...Resources
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Instruction in any area of the arts, especially in public K-12 schools and grades. Click here to read about the history and approaches of art education from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_education#History Amy Sample WardFindings
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Choral music is an important part of the fine arts community in Oregon. Choral music is generally defined as music performed by an ensemble of singers. The term choir is usually used to denote and ensemble associated with ...Findings
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Opportunities for and resources to facilitated communications and media in communities and neighborhoods. Click here for public policy and legislation around community media from the Alliance for Community Media: http://www.alliancecm.org/index.php?page_id=23 Amy Sample WardFindings
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Field of performance art, spanning all ages and styles. Click here to read about the origins and history of dance from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance#Origins_and_history_of_dance Amy Sample WardFindings
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Organizations and initiatives aiding in the preservation of historic sites, buildings, etc. Click here to read about the history of historic preservation from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_preservation#History Amy Sample Ward Click here to read about the ...Findings
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Programs, outreach, and issues involved with all forms of literary arts: education, implementation, age groups, etc. Creative writing is a term used to distinguish certain imaginative or different types of writing from technical writing. The use of specificity of the term ...Findings
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Programs and support for art centers in communities, acting as multipurpose buildings for different projects, groups, and performances. Click here to read research highlights from Americans for the Arts: http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/facts Amy Sample WardFindings
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Information and resources for and about museums, community involvement, and patronage of museum facilities. Click here to read an overview and history of museums from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum#Overview Amy Sample WardFindings
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Programs and support for musical groups, including performance, facilities, education, and outreach. A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who gather to perform music. There are several denominations of ensembles according to their ...Findings
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Programs and support for musicians (singers, writers, composers, etc.) involved in the opera community. Click here to read about the history of opera from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera#History Amy Sample WardFindings
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The Symphony Orchestra section focuses on research and contacts related to symphony orchestra programming and sustainability in the face of aging and dwindling audiences. Click here for a history of the orchestra from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_orchestra#History_of_the_orchestra Phoebe O'LearyFindings
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The theater section focuses on research and contacts related to theater management, programming and sustainability. Glossary of theater or theatre terms can be found hereFindings
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Programs, outreach, and issues involved with all forms of visual arts: education, implementation, age groups, etc. Click here to read about different forms of visual art from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_arts Amy Sample WardFindings
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Information and resources about opportunities for and work related to media and communication geared toward youth populations. Youth-led media is any effort created, planned, implemented, and reflected upon by young people in the form of media, i.e. video, newspapers, websites, etc. - ...Findings
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Information on and work towards conservation of water, water pollution abatement, and clean water restoration. Click here to read about different strategies to water conservation from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_conservation Amy Sample WardFindings
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