This Web Page Is VRL Home Page assistance to education agencies, through them, to educators, service providers, parents. www.nasdse.org/blind_initiatives_guidelines.htm. The massachusetts http://www.mavisionlib.org/
Extractions: Massachusetts Vision Resources Library 3 Randolph Street ~ Baylies Lower Building ~ Canton, Ma 02021 Tel~ (800) 827-7772 Fax ~ (781) 575-9601 Who We Are~ The Massachusetts Vision Resources Library (VRL), established in 1964, is a center for the acquisition, maintenance and distribution of specialized instructional materials that are fundamental towards providing appropriate education and equal access to the general curriculum for visually impaired students. The VRL supports the Massachusetts Department of Educations commitment to provide a free and appropriate education by being an optional resource for school districts seeking to borrow materials on a per school year basis. It is ultimately the responsibility of the school district to provide any and all specialized materials deemed essential and included in the students IEP. Examples of items available for loan would be braille writers, tape recorders, slate and stylus, pre-braille and literacy kits, tactile tools, raised lined maps, braille and large type textbooks, standardized tests, assessment tools and materials available with Federal Quota Funds through the American Print House for the Blind. Any student resident in the Commonwealth with special educational needs in regard to vision, ages 3 to 22 (or to the age a high school diploma is attained, i.e. college students are not eligible) can be eligible for services.
Child Care - Overview - Massachusetts state agencies involved with early care and education. placement agencies (eg, foster care or adoption agencies). the website of the massachusetts Office of http://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/child_care_overview_massachusetts.htm
Extractions: Get WorkWORLD! www.workworld.org workworld@vcu.edu The Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) consolidates all aspects of childcare and residential services for children, including adoption agencies, to: Set and enforce health, safety, and educational standards for children and youth; Ensure quality childcare through consumer education and professional development and training; Create an integrated system for delivery of quality, accessible, and affordable child care services, birth through school age; Standardize eligibility requirements and intake procedures for families looking for subsidized child care; Prioritize access to state subsidized child care by targeting eligible low income families, authorized welfare-to-work participants, teen parents, and Department of Social Services family support consumers; and Coordinate childcare services with the Department of Education and other state agencies involved with early care and education. OCCS regulates, through licensing, all family childcare homes, group day care centers, and school age child care centers, as well as residential homes for children with special needs and child placement agencies (e.g., foster care or adoption agencies). OCCS also administers and purchases subsidized childcare for income eligible families, early learning services, special childcare services, and childcare resource and referral services. OCCS implements the Federal Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) allocated to each State to increase the availability, affordability, and quality of early childhood and school age care.
ICI Publications By Subject supports from Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies and their first year of a study of massachusetts high school who are receiving special education services http://www.communityinclusion.org/publications/indexb.html
Extractions: ordering info ICI ... WHAT WE DO PUBLICATIONS Education and Transition/Person-Centered Planning State Systems and Employment Employment Policy One-Stop Centers and WIA ... ordering information Many of our publications are available online in text format and/or PDF* versions. Education and Transition/Person-Centered Planning More Than Just a Job: Person-Centered Career Planning Sometimes counselors think that person-centered career planning has to involve a big meeting, or is only for people with the most significant disabilities. The first issue in the new ICI Professional Development Series lays out the principles of listening to job seekers to help them shape and achieve their career goals. More Than Just a Job - text version
Resources For Charter-Granting Agencies an electronic forum for chartergranting agencies. Colorado Department of education s web site contains their massachusetts Department of education s web site http://www.cacharterschools.org/resources_cga.html
Extractions: Resources for Charter-Granting Agencies Roles and Responsibilities of Charter-Granting Agencies In California, charter schools are approved and overseen by school districts, county offices of education, and the State Board of Education. These charter-granting agencies have four primary responsibilities: Charter petition review Developing operational relationships Oversight and monitoring Renewal Toolkits designed for Charter-Granting Agencies To help charter-granting agencies with their challenging task, the Charter Schools Development Center has developed the Charter-Granting Agencies' Tool Kit with sample documents gathered from across the country to help charter-granting agencies with this challenging task. Section one contains resources on how to review charter petitions, including sample charters, suggested charter evaluation criteria, sample charter review process, sample financial plans and business plan criteria, and pre-operations school start-up check lists. Section two includes sample documents related to the operational relationships with charter schools in such areas as funding arrangements, special education, facilities and administrative services.
Massachusetts Community Partnerships For Children along with school districts and local child care agencies. Learning Services The Commonwealth of massachusetts Department of education 350 Main http://www.nccic.org/ccpartnerships/profiles/masscom.htm
Extractions: Description Worried about finding a quality preschool program for your toddler? In Massachusetts, public schools, Head Start, and child care programs are partnering with other community stakeholders to coordinate preschool services for 3- and 4-year olds. Through Community Partnerships for Children (CPC), the state Department of Education distributes flexible grant funds to communities to coordinate preschool services across programs and raise the quality of and accessibility to services so that all children enter school eager to learn. There are currently 313 cities and towns participating in CPC across the state, serving a total of 18,500 children. Over half of the children receiving services under CPC-funded programs are from families with earnings below 50 percent of the state median income. Partners Massachusetts Department of Education, Early Learning Services Local public school districts Local Head Start agencies Licensed child care centers Family child care providers Community members include parents, members of the child care provider community, religious leaders, business leaders, and public school principals.
Research, Education & Action Women's Rights Network Links to UN agencies, US government agencies and NGOs. People s Decade of Human Rights education http//www Domestic ViolenceRelated Resources in massachusetts http://www.wcwonline.org/wrn/unlinks.html
Arts Education Partnership Home Page available for $19.95 plus shipping by calling the National Assembly of State Arts agencies (202) 347 Arts education Partnership One massachusetts Avenue, NW http://aep-arts.org/Publications&Resources.html
Extractions: About the Partnership What's New? Advocacy Resources Funding Opportunities ... Site Map The Arts Education Partnership is committed to increasing resources for quality education in and through the arts in schools, schools districts and partnering arts and cultural institutions. All AEP publications are available in .pdf format for your convenience. If you do not have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat, click here to download a free copy Hard copies of AEP publications and videos may be ordered from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Submit orders by mail or purchase online. All mail orders must include pre-payment by check or purchase order payable to CCSSO. To request copies, please provide your name, mailing address, phone number, publication title and quantity being ordered and mail your request with payment to: AEP Publications
Arts Education Partnership Home Page Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Assembly of State Arts agencies (NASAA) jointly Arts education Partnership One massachusetts Avenue, NW http://aep-arts.org/Funding.html
Extractions: About the Partnership What's New? Advocacy Resources Funding Opportunities ... Site Map A Partnership priority for collective action is to assist Partnership constituencies to secure federal and state funds to support arts education in schools, in after-school programs and at arts and cultural organizations. The Partnership distributes reports on the funding opportunities for arts education in federal legislation supporting elementary and secondary education. Federal Education Policy Statements:
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Extractions: Workers Services Business Services Online Services Economic Data ... Home Customer Service Contact Us Office Locator Site Map Feedback ... News Workers Services Unemployment Insurance UI Online Services Career Centers Job Search Services ... Questions Helpful Links Unemployment Insurance Job Services Training Looking for a job? Need training? Make a One-Stop Career Center your headquarters for all of your job-related activities. You can attend workshops, get career advice from experienced professionals, use career center resources, check out job listings, and learn about training and the state of the current job market.
Extractions: promotes the use of telecommunications to improve K-12 learning. Members represent state and local education agencies, nonprofits, companies and individuals who share our vision. Our goals are: Leadership Development, Advocacy, Coalition Building, and Emerging Technology. Education Development Center Center for Online Professional Education The Center for Online Professional Education COPE focuses on the use of technology, in conjunction with other means, to support ongoing communities of education professionals. Center projects focus on work with education leaders in the areas of online professional development, technology for teaching and learning, mathematics education, and cultural diversity. International Society for Technology in Education
Extractions: For individuals that attended the Medical Home Training Program at Boston Shriners Burns Hospital, we hope that you will use the information here to help put into practice what you learned, as well as encourage you to participate in other activities around the state. Click here for state funding opportunities.
Extractions: Fayetteville, AR 72702 Home Funding Opportunities NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces the availability of approximately $4.0 million for Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education. The purpose of this partnership agreement program is to deliver training and information in the management of production, marketing, and financial risk to U.S. agricultural producers. The program is to give priority to educating producers of crops not insurable with Federal crop insurance, specialty crops, and underserved commodities, including livestock and forage. A maximum of 40 partnership agreements will be funded, four each in ten designated RMA Regions. The maximum award for any agreement will be $150,000. Applications for this program are due July 8, 2004. Posted June 9, 2004
SchoolGrants Links - Federal Agencies NEGP is an independent executive branch agency of the States Served Connecticut, Maine, massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York Specialty Area Urban education. http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/fed_agencies.htm
Extractions: Index to Grant Opptys Sample Proposals ... Join the SchoolGrants Team! Links - Federal Agencies G et into the habit of regularly checking the various federal Web sites. These agencies frequently publish grant information as well as other useful data. If you know of links that should be included here, please let me know . If you encounter a "dead" link, I would appreciate it if you would let me know - please include the Web page on which you encountered the problem so I can find it to correct it. (Links on SchoolGrants always open in their own windows so you will always be able to return to your spot on this site.) Federal Agencies Regional Educational Laboratories Federal Agencies Department of Education Education Publications Related to ESEA Programs
RRFC Network funded to assist state education agencies in the systemic improvement of education programs, practices NERRC) Connecticut, Maine, massachusetts, New Hampshire http://www.dssc.org/frc/rrfc.htm
Extractions: The six Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) are specifically funded to assist state education agencies in the systemic improvement of education programs, practices, and policies that affect children and youth with disabilities. The RRCs help states and U.S. jurisdictions find integrated solutions for systemic reform, offering consultation, information services, technical assistance, training, and product development. The beneficiaries of the RRCs' work are children and youth with disabilities, and the families and professionals associated with them.
Extractions: ePodunk - Profiling more than 25,000 communities across America DATELINE APA A Weekly Digest of News about Planning and Communities ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Economic Development Administration part of the US Department of Commerce The links provided below are provided courtesy of the EDA website. EDUCATION Center for Advanced Public Safety Research (CAPSR) CAPSR is a part of the School of Public Safety and Professional Studies at the University of New Haven. It is operated by Chuck Genre and Greg Saville. At the Center we conduct research on new crime prevention methods and better ways to police communities. We have also explored safer ways to plan communities using action research. CAPSR provides consulting and training services in many areas including Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), the CIVITAS Model, conflict resolution skills, Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Criminal Justice, field training using PBL for Police Training of Officers, and crime mapping and analysis.
Listings Massachusetts: USA : Massachusetts : Education http//www.eiplp.org/ (Added Feb 02, 2004) massachusetts Department of education online services · agencies · elected officials News District/School http://listingsus.com/Massachusetts/Education/
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Disability Law Center Of Massachusetts International Association for Continuing Legal education (ACLEA A member of the massachusetts Network of Information over 50 disabilityrelated agencies www.mnip http://www.dlc-ma.org/
Extractions: The Disability Law Center About DLC Our Programs Contact Us Donate to DLC ... Accessibility DLC's Mission To provide legal advocacy on disability issues that promote the fundamental rights of all people with disabilities to participate fully and equally in the social and economic life of Massachusetts. DLC News Voters with Disabilities - We would like your feedback on polling place accessibility.
