Collaboration Resources
Print Materials
Bruner, C. and Chavez, M. (1998). Getting to the grassroots: Neighborhood organizing and Mobilization. St. Paul, MN: Child and Family Policy Center, Center for the Study of Social Policy and Family Resource Coalition of America, National Center for Service Integration Clearinghouse. Guidebook 6 in A Matter of Commitment: Community Collaboration Guidebook Series. This guidebook addresses neighborhood and consumer participation and involvement in constructing those services and supports and other conditions required to ensure sound futures for children and communities.
The National Network for Collaboration. (1995). Collaboration Framework: Addressing Community Capacity. The Collaboration Framework is designed to support collaboration among universities and community-based programs to marshall faculty and program resources to directly respond to the economic, social, and human stresses faced by children, youth, and families. Access the complete document online at: http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco/collab/framework.html
Together We Can. (2000). Improving results for children, youth, families, and neighborhoods: A rationale for the community collaborative wellness tool. The Wellness Tool is designed to (1) strengthen the capacity of community-based collaborative efforts that seek to change how public, private, and community institutions work together to support children, youth, and families, and (2) build bridges between these efforts and the community development and community organizing arenas to strengthen their efforts to create healthy communities. Available online: http://www.togetherwecan.org/ccwtrationale-s.html.
Iowa Forum for Children and Families in collaboration with the Iowa Empowerment Board. (1999). Community empowerment board toolkit. Des Moines, IA: Child and Family Policy Center. This guide provides information for community initiatives on collecting information, developing community ownership, establishing effective collaboratives, and using outcomes to develop strategies and measure progress.
Mattessich, P. W., Murray-Close, M., and Monsey, B. R. (2001). Collaboration: What makes it work: A review of research literature on factors influencing successful collaboration. 2nd Edition. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. This literature review summarizes existing research literature on factors that influence the success of collaborations and reports the results so that people who want to initiate or enhance a collaborative effort can benefit from the experience of others. This edition also includes the Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory.
Melaville, A. I., Blank, M. J., and Asayesh, G. (1993). Together we can: A guide for crafting a profamily system of education and human services. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. This book was developed to help communities improve coordination of education and health and human services for at-risk children and families. A five-stage collaborative process is outlined with case studies describing the personal experiences of study group members.
The National Association of Community Action Agencies. (1998). National Study on Collaboration. Washington, DC: Fazzi Associates, Inc. The National Association of Community Action Agencies collaborated with the federal Office of Community Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Fazzi Associates to conduct a national study on collaboration. The purpose of this study was to identify strategies that contribute to successful collaboration.
Weiss, E., Miller, R., and Lasker, R. (2001). Findings from the national study of partnership functioning: Report the partnerships that participated. New York, NY: New York Academy of Medicine. The National Study of Partnership Functioning was undertaken in the Summer of 2000 to: (1) assess the validity and reliability of the measures of partnership synergy and partnership functioning developed for this study; (2) test the main hypothesis that synergy is directly related to the following six dimensions of partnership functioning: leadership, administration and management, partnership efficiency, non-financial resources, challenges with partner involvement, and challenges related to the community; (3) collect more in-depth information about the strengths and weaknesses of the partnerships in the study areas; and (4) collect additional descriptive data in order to gain a broader understanding of the perspectives and experiences of people in partnerships.
Winer, M. and Ray, K. (1994). Collaboration handbook: Creating, sustaining, and enjoying the journey. St. Paul, MN: Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. This guide focuses on how to get a collaboration going, define the desired results, determine roles, create an action plan, and evaluate the results. The handbook includes a case study, worksheets, and special sidebars with helpful tips such as what to do at your first meeting.
Training
CSAP’s Northeast CAPT has developed a training on collaboration as an effective prevention strategy. This training is part of a series of trainings in development, with videos, that will build practitioners’ capacity to incorporate each of the seven prevention strategies into their efforts. For more information on upcoming events, contact the CAPT at (888) EDC-CAPT.
Organizations and Websites
Center for the Advancement
of Collaborative Strategies in Health,
Division in Public Health
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue, Room 452
New York, NY 10029-5293
Tel: (212) 822-7250
Fax: (212) 426-6796
E-mail: pubhealth@nyam.org
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