21. 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/

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 Education’s 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 student’s 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. Student Eligibility~ 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.

22. Education Week: English-Language Learners - English, ESL, Language, Minority, Te A survey of state education agencies found that, in 2000 campaigns in Colorado and massachusetts with local in placing antibilingual education initiatives on http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=8

23. 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

Get WorkWORLD! www.workworld.org workworld@vcu.edu Child Care - Overview - Massachusetts 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.

24. 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

Publications by Subject by type new publications 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 (Institute Brief, 6pp., Oct. 2003, Vol. 12 No. 1, Order #IB16) 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 More Than Just a Job - pdf version (172K) Making Dreams a Reality: Using Personal Networks to Achieve Goals as You Prepare to Leave High School (Tools for Inclusion, 10pp., August 2002, Vol. 10 No. 2, Order #TO15)

25. 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

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.

26. 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

Massachusetts Community Partnerships for Children 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.

27. 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

Resources/Links Agencies Links to UN agencies, US government agencies and NGOs United Nations United Nations http://www.un.org United Nations Commission on the Status of Women http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw Inter-American Human Rights Digest Library (Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University) http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/humright/digest United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights http://www.unhchr.ch/html/hchr.htm United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) http://www.unifem.undp.org United Nations Conferences gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/11/unconfs/women U.S. Government U.S. State Department (Democracy, Human Rights and Labor) http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/ U.S. State Department (Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues) http://www.state.gov/g/wi/ The President's Interagency Council on Women http://secretary.state.gov/www/picw/index.html Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

28. International Adoption Agencies - Alliance For Children, Massachusetts - China A is a nonprofit international adoption agency based in urgent need of shelter, childcare, education, and medical Suite G-10 Wellesley, massachusetts 02481-3902 http://www.allforchildren.org/

Who We Are The Alliance for Children, Inc. is a non-profit international adoption agency based in Massachusetts, serving families throughout the USA. We have placed thousands of children from around the world in permanent adoptive homes. We are committed to assisting needy children both through the location of adoptive families, and through financial contributions and donations of clothing, supplies, and medicines. e Are... Licensed since 1974. Accredited by the COA Member of the Joint Council on International Children's Services Founder of the AFC Foundation charitable relief organization. Click on the photos above to read stories and poems about adoption, written by our adoptive families. Lost Items Someone left a green Old Navy, size 3T rain slicker and a little foam airplane at the Alliance picnic last week. These items are at the office. Let us know if they're yours! What's New? June 2004 Free adoption information meetings - June 9; Wellesley Hills, MA - June 22; New York, NY - July 14; Wellesley Hills, MA

29. 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

About the Partnership What's New? Advocacy Resources Funding Opportunities ... Site Map AEP Publications and Resources: 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 Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700

30. 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

About the Partnership What's New? Advocacy Resources Funding Opportunities ... Site Map Funding Opportunities: 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: No Subject Left Behind: A Guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB Act: is available in PDF format. If you do not have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat, click here to download a free copy. Tips for Securing Federal Funding: A National Endowment for the Arts online resource of Federal funding available for arts initiatives through national, regional, state and local funding programs. It includes funding for arts education. Information from U.S. Department of Education's Model Arts Dissemination grants will be announced in October 2003. For details about the U.S. Department of Education's Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grants program, visit the web site at

31. Division Of Career Services And Division Of Unemployment Assistance Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of education, the massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, and local community agencies and colleges. http://www.detma.org/WSCareercenters.htm

Workers Services Business Services Online Services Economic Data ... Home Customer Service Contact Us Office Locator Site Map Feedback ... News Boston JobNet 210 South St. Boston Career Link 1010 Harrison Ave. ... 99 Chauncy St. Metro Boston Cambridge Chelsea Marlborough Newton ... Norwood Woburn Northeast Mass Gloucester Haverhill Lawrence Lowell ... Salem Southeast Mass Attleboro Brockton Fall River Hyannis ... Taunton Wareham Central Mass Dudley Gardner Leominster Milford Worcester Western Mass Greenfield Holyoke North Adams Northampton ... Springfield Helpful Links Unemployment Insurance Job Services Training The Commonwealth's One-Stop Career Centers Meeting the Needs of Job Seekers and Businesses in Massachusetts An extraordinary variety of employment-related services for job seekers and businesses are available at the Commonwealth's network of One-Stop Career Centers. Services for job seekers include: Job search assistance and access to online job listings Career counseling Coaching on job search skills Workshops on a variety of job search strategies Access to resources including PCs, reference materials, resume building software, and economic data Networking groups Unemployment insurance walk-in services Services for employers include: Access to qualified applicants Applicant pre-screening Posting of jobs Assistance with small and large-scale recruitment activities Help planning job fairs Testing and assessment of job candidates Targeted mailings Rental of conference rooms Labor market information Information on training grants and tax credits Some Career Centers provide training - PC, word processing, for example - on-site at the center. Not all services are available at all career centers.

32. Division Of Career Services And Division Of Unemployment Assistance education/Training Here are resources if you want Use the massachusetts Career Information System (MassCIS) for other state and federal agencies that regulate http://www.detma.org/WSHome.htm

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 Services for Workers Unemployment Insurance Check out the two ways to file your claim by telephone or at a Walk-in Center. Learn about Extended Benefits . Read How UI Works DUA's guide for claimants. Examine the Medical Security Plan , health insurance coverage for UI claimants. UI Online Services If you are collecting unemployment insurance, you can sign for your benefits every week using WebCert. Get information on your benefit check. Print out a copy of your 1099G tax form for the past three years. One-Stop Career Centers 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. Job Search Services Find a job using Massachusetts JobQuest . Check out the schedule of workshops, job fairs, and other events sponsored by Massachusetts One-Stop Career Centers

33. Massachusetts Technology Leadership Consortium - Links To Local And National Org state and local education agencies, nonprofits, companies potential leaders in educational technology. massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association http://www.ma-tlc.org/resources_matlc/orgs.htm

Links to Local and National Organizations Note: When you click on the following links, a new browser window will open up. To come back to this page, simply close that new window. Consortium for School Networking CoSN http://www.cosn.org/ 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 http://www2.edc.org/COPE/ 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 http://www.iste.org/

34. American Academy Of Pediatrics National Center Of Medical Home Initiatives For C will work collaboratively with the massachusetts Society for in early childhood special education and early and assists all appropriate agencies in achieving http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/resources/state/massachusetts.html

Common Elements General Medical Home Info Accessibility Continuous, Comprehensive, Coordinated ... Search Medical Homes in Massachusetts This page is designed to keep you informed about events and activities happening in Massachusetts that will help improve access to medical homes for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). 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. Medical Home Initiatives This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs. States that are a part of the mentorship network will have a "Promise to the State" which outlines how they will achieve ensuring that all children have a medical home by 2010. This is based on the

35. Funding Opportunities: ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Serv and organizations, Federal agencies, national laboratories Delaware, Maine, Maryland, massachusetts, New Hampshire, New State Research, education, and Extension http://attra.ncat.org/management/financl.html

800-346-9140 (English) Home Site Map Who We Are Contact Us ... Master Publication List Enter your email above and click Go. Newsletter Archives ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service P.O. Box 3657 Fayetteville, AR 72702 Home Funding Opportunities Funding Opportunities NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader Commodity Partnerships for Risk Management Education 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

36. 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

Home What's New Services Vendors ... Bring Home the Bacon Listserv Grant Writing Grant Writing Tips Grant Opportunities 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 Federal Register Announcements Current Discretionary Grant Programs ... No Child Left Behind Legislation (H.R. 1) No Child Left Behind (ED Web Site) GrantsNet is the way to learn more about grants that are offered through HHS. You'll find funding opportunities, grant management information and other helpful resources on this site.

37. 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

RRFC Network About the FRC Conferences Federal Resources ... Publications RRFC Network Technical Assistance What's New Home The Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC) Network is comprised of the six Regional Resource Centers for Special Education and the FRC. listing of states by RRC What are the Regional Resource Centers? 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. Back to top Which RRC serves my state?

38. Planning Links - Massachusetts Chapter Of The American Planning Association brand new and offers online continuing education classes for 500 companies, consulting firms, government agencies, and non Environmental League of massachusetts. http://www.massapa.org/links.htm

Planning Links Chapter Websites Environmental Planning Legislation Demographic Data ... Water Quality CHAPTER WEBSITES Alabama Chapter California Chapter Colorado Chapter Connecticut Chapter ... 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. American Heritage Rivers - President's Council and Environmental Quality Rural Development - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Bureau of Census - U.S. Dept. of Commerce Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - U.S. Dept. of Energy ... Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission (NWPRPDC) 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.

39. 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/

Canada United Kingdom Listings USA Maps 38 visitors currently online Find more results: Major Areas Boston (534) Brockton (52) ... Massachusetts : Education Search Search whole world Complete Directory USA Wide Alabama Alaska American Somoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island Saskatchewan South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming All Categories In Education Only Animals/Pets Arts/Crafts Auto Guide Business Community Services Computers Education Employment Entertainment Events/Festivals Government Media Miscellaneous Professional Resource Industries Science/Humanities Shopping Society Sports/Recreation Travel General Businesses Community Colleges Grade Schools K12 Language ... Western Page 1 of 1 View with No Descriptions Preferences @View the complete list in Massachusetts Search4College.Com: Massachusetts Education

40. 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/

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 New DLC Employment Project Are you a person with a psychiatric disability? AND - Are you working in a sheltered workshop, but want better wages, or to enter the regular job market? - OR - Are you in a day program, but wish you could be working? If you answered yes to these questions and would like to share your experiences or seek advocacy, please contact us at 1-800-872-9992 or mail@dlc-ma.org Voters with Disabilities - We would like your feedback on polling place accessibility.

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