Environmental Education Jeopardy

This game, based on 'Jeopardy', uses questions and answers about air quality and pollution; water conservation, quality, and testing; and waste and compost issues. Students divide into teams and pick questions from a set of cards which are color-coded by category and labeled with point values. A set of questions is provided. Educational levels: Primary elementary, Intermediate elementary, Middle school, High school

The Administration of Public Assistance

This Essay discusses the problems of implementation and administration of proposed welfare reforms. It gives a brief historical background on such reforms, describes the nature of their administration, discusses current and proposed reforms and the public perceptions of them, and compares welfare to other government expenditures. It concludes by recommending that social services be integrated at the local rather than federal level

Investigating Voting Rights in Missouri: An Assessment of Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act in Public Assistance Agencies

The number of citizens registered to vote by Missouri's public assistance agencies, a service required by the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and state law, has plummeted to one-tenth the number from 12 years ago. Visits to agency offices by Project Vote staff and Project Vote's analysis of demographic and voter registration data indicate that the decline in registration is a consequence of the failure to comply with federal and state law by the the Department of Social Services, Department of Health and Senior Services and Department of Labor.This report details the following findings: The number of voter registration applications coming from public assistance agencies across the state has dropped to one-tenth what it once was.While one county registered nearly 2,000 citizens in Department of Labor offices in 2005 and 2006, all but two other counties registered less than a hundred citizens over the same time period in the department's ofices, even in some of the most populous counties.Hundreds of thousands of Missourians remained unregistered during the decline in performance at public assistance agencies.Voter registration performance at public assistance agencies varies enormously from county to county, with some of the largest counties registering fewer citizens at public assistance agencies than much smaller counties.Participation in public assistance agency programs has not waned and thus does not explain why voter registration has declined at these agencies. The success of voter registration services at DMV offices ("motor voter") also does not explain the decline in voter registration at public assistance offices as some counties demonstrate by registering signiicant numbers in both DMV and public assistance agencies.Neither the timing nor geographic location of voter registration efforts by non-profit organizations and campaigns in the state explain the drop off in agency performance.Visits by Project Vote staff to agency sites in four counties in 2007 found numerous instances of non-compliance with the NVRA. We conclude that poor compliance and non-compliance with the National Voter Registration Act is evident in many agency offices throughout Missouri. We call upon Missouri to review NVRA performance in public assistance agencies and we make some general recommendations for improvement based on effective practices in other states

Teen Childbearing and Public Assistance in Georgia - Brief

This brief examines the link between teen births and welfare. FRC Brief 10

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Program, April 2013

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Progra

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Program, December 2010

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Progra

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Program, July 2011

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Progra

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Program, November 2012

A-1 - Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report Family Investment Progra