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This subseries contains all of the tapes separated in the paper index as tapes 200-299, the note reads "This series contains all the tapes done previous to July 1978. I have re-catalogued them, and added more information that was needed" Although there are supposed to be tapes 200-299, there are only tapes 200-234.

See also box-folder 7-7 for paper index.

The "Final Report of the Goal-Setting Study Social Services Manpower Project", by Rick William and Nils Kuusisto, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 5 June 1980 is a report which had the primary purpose of developing an overall sense of the economic conditions and policy trends which have shaped the social services delivery through the 1970's, and which will determine directions and conditions for social policy development in the Atlantic Region for the 1980's.

Joan Cummings assisted in the creation of this report, and data from this project was used in other of her reports.

This subseries contains materials for the fifth report of a series of reports from "The Atlantic Social Services Project: Research Report IV" which were sponsored by the Maritime School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The principal investigator on this, and all reports in this series, is Joan E. Cummings.

This subseries contains materials related to the report "Social Service Needs and Gaps in the Atlantic Region: A Client Perspective". This report was based on a survey of clients who were receiving social services form one of the four provincial social service departments, and was carried out in 1980. The report summarizes the client groups, and of how they defined their important needs, social service gaps and general satisfaction with the services received.

Subseries contains drafts and final reports for The Atlantic Social Services Project: Research Report IV, "Trends in Public Expenditure on the Social Services in Atlantic Canada: 1970-1986", sponsored by the Maritime School of Social Work, Halifax, Nova Scotia, the principal investigator is Joan E. Cummings.

The purpose of the report was to understand the evolving context of social work practice in the Atlantic Region. specifically analyzing trends in social service expenditures to see how the system has been responding to the pressures it is under.

This subseries contains materials related to "The Atlantic Social Service Workforce: A Profile: Research Report I", this is the first of a series of reports from "The Atlantic Social Services Project: Research Report I" which were sponsored by the Maritime School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The principal investigator on this, and all reports in this series, is Joan E. Cummings.

The report is based on results from employee questionnaires which were mailed out in January to March 1978 to Atlantic social services employees. The goal of the survey was to gauge the level of compensation, education and financial resources available to social workers throughout the region

There appears to be several reports listed as "research report II", item 5-12 has one cover page, "The Educational Needs, Interests and Plans of Atlantic Social Service Employees: Research Report II", with an additional cover page, "The Atlantic Social Services Project: Research Report II". This subseries contains materials related to the second series of reports from "The Atlantic Social Services Project: Research Report II" which were sponsored by the Maritime School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The principal investigator on this, and all reports in this series, is Joan E. Cummings. The three reports labelled as research report II are related as they use the same data gathered from a series of surveys.

This report was based on two separate surveys of formal education programs within the region in 1977, the first was directed at students which the second was aimed at faculty. The report is a summary of the trends discovered from the data of these surveys.

This report is based on a survey which was used to obtain basic descriptive information from social service workers, was the second of four related ones being carried our by the Atlantic Social Services Project. Its specific focus was on the developing an overview of the social services work force within the Region, and of the work they were doing. This was to explore the relationship between educational preparation for and practice of social service work in the context of client needs, worker priorities and changing economic and social policy directions within the Region.

There appears to be several reports listed as "research report II", item 5-8 has a cover page, "The Atlantic Social Services Project, The Atlantic Social Services Work Force: A Profile: Research Report II".

"The Educational Needs Interest and Plans of Atlantic Social Service Employees: Research Report II", this report analysed the role of Atlantic social service employees, and what knowledge requirements were necessary for social service work. This information was amassed in the spring and summer of 1978, and was essentially the follow up of an earlier survey. The report was the result of this information.

There appears to be several reports listed as "research report II", one cover page, "The Educational Needs Interest and Plans of Atlantic Social Service Employees: Research Report II", the second cover page, "The Atlantic Social Services Project: Research Report II". Joan E. Cummings is listed as primary investigator. All of the research report II appear to be related as they rely on the same data gathered from a series of surveys.