Forty trainees, consultants, and resource persons attended the 3-day Institute held in Topeka, Kansas. Among the Institute's objectives were to: provide a basic orientation to the roles and functions of the aging services, programs, and the field of gerontology; examine aging services and benefits, both legislative and programmatic relating to Chicano communities; aid the Chicano community workers to develop skills and strategies that would result in a more effective utilization of aging resources, e.g., how to effectively follow-up on referrals in order to assure that services are being provided or to ascertain why they are not being provided; and document data on the Chicano elderly's needs in the State in order to set priorities for development of service programs which would be accessible to them. Four major areas of need were reflected--health, housing, retirement roles, and economic issues. Training was provided through lecture presentations by Institute staff, small group workshops, film and panel presentations, recording of proceedings, and evaluation. This report outlines the Institute's activities and gives four of the presentations--"Remarks on the Spanish Speaking Elderly and Programs for the Aged in Kansas"; "The Aged and the Political Process"; "The Role of the Aged in a Colonized Situation"; and "Strategies for Action". (NQ)