The Bibliography identifies publications which can be helpful to the work of community collaboratives. It is organized according to the seven elements of the Community Collaborative Wellness Tool (Collaborative Decision-Making; Public Engagement; Parent, Consumer and Neighborhood Participation; Accountability for Results; Comprehensive Services, Supports and Opportunities; Financing and Resource Development and; Leadership/Professional Development and Capacity Building) and two key themes: Diversity and Building Connections to Community Development and Community Organizing.

For each document, information is provided on the publishing organization, contact information, prices and a short description. This will help you differentiate and understand the purpose of the publication and the topic it addresses.

If you have any additional information or publications that you think would be beneficial to share with other collaboratives across the nation, please mail a copy of the publication to the Together We Can Initiative, c/o the Institute for Educational Leadership, 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW #310, Washington D.C. 20036.

• Collaborative Decision-Making
• Public Engagement
• Parent, Consumer, and Neighborhood Participation
• Accountability for Results
• Comprehensive Services, Supports and Opportunities
• Finance and Resource Development
• Leadership/Professional Development and Capacity Building
• Diversity (Race, Language, Culture)
• Building Connections To Community Development & Community Organizing

I. COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING

A) GOVERNANCE

Developing Collaborative Community Governing Bodies: Implications for Federal Policy, Blank, Martin and Jacqueline Danzberger
This paper is an in-depth discussion of the complex development of collaborative groups, the key elements of collaborative community governing bodies, and how federal policy could nurture their development.

Institute for Educational Leadership. ($6.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 822-8405)

Perspectives on Devolution, Kingsley, Thomas G.
This article examines the implications of devolution from federal to state to local communities, and gives a comparison with similar efforts in other communities. American Planning Association Journal. 1996, pgs. 419-426 (To order call (312) 431-9100)

"Who Makes Decisions? Involving the Community in Governance": in Drawing Strengths From Diversity, Chang, Hedy Nai-Lin and Denise De La Rosa Salazar
This chapter in Drawing Strengths from Diversity explores the role of parents and residents in collaborative governance. There is a particular emphasis on the role of ethnic and racial minorities.

California Tomorrow. ($21.00 Prepaid - To order call (415) 441-7631)

Legislating Devolution, Bruner, Charles
This explores the challenges that states and communities face as power and authority devolve to the local level. It identifies key issues that states must address, e.g., accountability, capacity- building, in the devolution process. Child and Family Policy Center. ($4.00 prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

Toward New Forms of Local Governance: A Progress Report from the Field, Brunson, Phyllis
A review of different forms of local governance. Center for the Study of Social Policy. ($5.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 371-1565)

Systems Reform and Local Government: Improving Outcomes for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods, Potapchuk, William, Jarle Crocker, William Schechter, Jr.
This paper looks at institutional and cultural barriers to effective collaboration in communities. It talks about systems reform and local government as well as sustainable communities and vital local economies. Program for Community Problem Solving (To order call (2020 783-2961)

B) COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES

Together We Can: A Guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Human Services, Blank, Martin and Atelia Melaville
A comprehensive framework on the stages and milestone of a collaborative approach to systems reform. It has been widely disseminated and used as a tool for changing the ways systems are organized to support children, youth, and families. U.S. Government Printing Office. April 1993, 732 North Capital Street and H Street, NW Washington, DC 20401. (For free copies call (202) 219-2129)

Communities Working Collaboratively For a Change, Himmelman, Arthur T.
This monograph describes how to help transform power relationships within and among large public, private, and nonprofit institutions and community and neighborhood based organizations. It distinguishes collaborative "betterment" from collaborative "empowerment." Himmelman Consulting Group. 1992. (For a free copy call (612) 824-5507)

Collaboration: What Makes It Work, Mattessich, Paul and Barbara R. Monsey
This monograph includes a working definition of collaboration, summaries of the major research findings on collaboration, detailed descriptions of 19 key elements of collaboration, principles, and an extensive bibliography. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. 1992. (For copies at $14.00 each call (800) 274-6024)

Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining and Enjoying the Journey, Winer, Michael and Karen Ray
This handbook offers practical steps to consider when building a collaborative endeavor--establishing trust, confirming your vision, resolving conflicts, and confirming organizational roles. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. 1994. (Call (800) 274-6024 to order a copy at $28.00)

How To Make Meetings Work, Doyle and David Straus
This book describes a proven method for making collaborative meetings productive, focusing on helping team members work together to generate ideas and solve problems. Jove Books. 1976. ($10.00 Prepaid - To order call (212) 951-8800)

Putting the Pieces Together: Comprehensive School-linked Strategies for Children and Families
This book describes how to put together school-linked services with a particular emphasis on the role of schools. Child and Family Program. May 1996, pgs. 98 (Free - To order call (503) 275-9487)

C) TRAINING RESOURCES

Preparing Collaborative Leaders: A Facilitator's Guide, Russell, Wendy R.
The guide referenced below offers a training road map for the challenges facing every collaborative effort and each collaborative leader. It includes detailed training modules on key challenges in the collaborative process, including e.g., community assessment, team building, leading change, power and politics, and much more... Institute For Educational Leadership. 1994. ($95.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 822-8405)

The Team Handbook, Scholtes, Peter, Brian Joiner and Barbara Streibel. Second Edition
This book offers specific techniques and tools for building teams in collaborative settings. Joiner Associates. June 1996, pgs. 256 ($39.00 Prepaid - To order call (800) 669-8326)

D) CASE STUDIES

Building New Futures for At-Risk Youth: Findings from a Five Year, Multi-Site Evaluation, Farrow, Frank
This document provides an eyewitness account of how five cities worked to improve the chances of the most vulnerable children and youth. The goal is to extend the state of knowledge about how communities can mobilize themselves in new ways to support children and youth. Center for the Study of Social Policy. May 1995. ($12.50 Prepaid - To order call (202) 371- 1565)

Creating and Nurturing Collaboration in Communities, Blank, Martin and Jacqueline Danzberger
The monograph captures the experience of five cities working for collaborative change at the neighborhood and community levels including: the Local Investment Commission in Kansas City, the Early Childhood Collaborative in Washington, D.C., Ochua-Mission View Coalition in South Tucson, Arizona, the Flint Roundtable in Flint, Michigan, and the Collaborative Leaders Council in Fort Worth, Texas. Institute for Educational Leadership. 1996, pgs. 80 ($15.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 822- 8405)

Excitement in Eight Schools - Schools, Families, and Students Get Stronger When Parents and Teachers Take Collaboration into Their Own Hands, Hollifield, John
This newsletter summarizes eight stories of effective collaboration among students, parents and teachers. Other useful materials and student and parent involvement are available from the center.

Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning. September 1995. Number 6, Johns Hopkins University (To order call 410-516-8800)

Principles to Link by: Moving from Principles to Practice: A Resource Guide
This paper uses a set of principles of comprehensive, community-based services defined by a coalition of national organizations to analyze three recognized initiatives including the Local Investment Commission in Kansas City and the Beacon Schools in New York. American Association of Pediatrics. 35 pages. ($3.00 Prepaid - To order call 202-347-8600)

Steps Along an Uncertain Path: State Initiatives Promoting Comprehensive, Community-Based Reform, Bruner, Charles, Deborah Both and Carolyn Marzke
This document profiles the efforts of a number of state initiatives promoting systems reform at the state and community levels.

National Center for Service Integration. March 1996, pgs. 51 ($4.00 Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Lessons in Neighborhood Transformation, Kubisch, Anne
This article explains the aspiration of the Comprehensive Community Initiatives to foster a fundamental transformation of poor neighborhoods and the circumstances of individuals who live there. They look for comprehensive change to include social, educational, economic, physical, and cultural transformation focusing on community building.

Shelterforce. Vol. XVIII, Number I. Jan./Feb. 1996 ($5.00 - To order call (201) 678-0014

E) BIBLIOGRAPHY

Building the Collaborative Community: A Selective Bibliography of Community Development: Collaborative Approaches To Healthy Communities, Potapchuk, William R. and Caroline Polk
This piece is a list of books and publications pertaining to Healthy Start.

Program for Community Problem Solving and National Institute for Dispute Resolution, National Civic League. Dec. 1993, pgs. 30 ($10.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 783-2961)

A) PROFILES OF CHILD WELL-BEING (COMMUNITY PROFILES)

KIDS COUNT County Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-Being
The KIDS COUNT Book provides statistical information on child well-being in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Each state also has a KIDS COUNT grantee which publishes a similar analysis of child well-being for local jurisdictions within the state. Call the Casey Foundation to find out who the grantee is in your state. The Annie E. Casey Foundation. 1995 (To order call (410) 223-2890)

City KIDS COUNT: Data on the Well-Being of Children in Large Cities
A new addition to the KIDS COUNT family, this document offers a statistical picture of the challenges facing children in America's cities. The Annie E. Casey Foundation. 1997 (To order call (410) 223-2890)

A Community Report Card about the Quality of Life for Children and Families in Owensboro and Davies County
This is a useful example of a community report card.

Kentucky Human Development Council. 1995 (To order call (502) 685-5107)

City of Seattle: City Profiles of Child and Family Well-Being, Summary for Seattle. This is an example of a statistical profile to educate the public about children.

Washington KIDS COUNT. Spokane and Tacoma, 1995 (To order call (206) 685-7613)

Report on Poverty Supports Community Building Efforts in Denver, DiGiacomo Peck, Diane
This article describes how a community intermediary prepared the citizens of its community for the issuance of a report on poverty. That process laid the foundation for community action.

National Community Building Network. Community Vision, Vol I., No. 2. (To order call (510) 893-2404)

B) LOCAL SITE VISITS

Children's Defense Fund's Child Watch Strategy
A program which exposes community leaders to programs which serve children and families by conducting on-site visits. Child Watch. (For information call (202) 662-3588)

C) DIALOGUE WITH THE PUBLIC

How Public Opinion Really Works, Yankelovich, Daniel
This article presents an excellent framework for understanding how public opinion is formed and changed. Fortune Magazine. October 1992 (Check your library for copies)

Eight Principles for Success in a Policy Dialogue and Gaining Constructive Input from Citizens
These papers describe basic principles and strategies for engaging the public in productive dialogue.

The Harwood Report. Number 2, 1994 (To order call (301) 656-3669)

Checklist for Public Will Initiatives, excerpted from Public Will: Its Connection to Public Policy and Philanthropy, Jones, Sarah E.
This checklist will help collaboratives to design their efforts so that the public is interested and committed to your work. The Union Institute. Center for Public Policy, 1993, Final Report of the Forum on Public/Private Social Concern ($15.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 496-1630)

Communicating with the Public About Education Reform
How do you organize and build grassroots support for education reform that builds public involvement? Sexton, Robert F. et al.

In a democracy, how do you build public participation in education reform and simultaneously deal with active participation by those who oppose these efforts? Swenson, Scott B. National Governors' Association. 1994 ($18.00 - To order call (301) 498-3738)

Organizing Your First Forum/Study Circle
This publication talks about forming your own forum/study circle, how to begin and what to do. National Issues Forums Guidebook. 1994 (To order call (800) 433-7834)

Great Expectations: How American Voters View Children's Issues
This paper includes very recent polling data on the attitudes of Americans toward children's issues. Coalition for America's Children. ($10.00 - To order call (202) 638-5770)

D) COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES

Strategic Media: Designing a Public Interest Campaign
This document describes how to run a public interest campaign. It describes specific steps and tactics in the campaign design and implementation process. Communications Consortium Media Center. Strategic Communication for Nonprofits Series, 1991 ($7.00 Prepaid - To order call (212) 965-0180)

Media Advocacy: Reframing Public Debate, Pertschuk, Michael and Philip Wilbur
This monograph is important for all collaboratives working to build stronger relations with the media and influence media coverage of child and family issues. Benton Foundation. Strategic Communication for Nonprofits Series, 1991($7.00 Prepaid - To order call (212) 965-0180)

Facts on whose Side Are You On
This material describes different aspects of an ongoing media campaign for children. Benton Foundation. Campaign for Children (To order call (212) 965-0180)

A Communications Strategy for Revitalization - Communications as Engagement
This monograph looks at media and communications strategies for engaging and revitalizing communities using communications as a mobilization strategy. The Millennium Report to the Rockefeller Foundation. April 1995 (To order call (202) 872- 8800)

E) INFLUENCING LEGISLATION

State Legislative Leaders: Keys to Effective Legislation for Children and Families
This document is based on a survey of state legislative leaders. It offers important clues on what to do and not to do to inform and educate children and families. State Legislative Leaders Foundation, 1995 (To order call 508-771-3821)

F) LOCAL EXAMPLES

Community Awareness Strategy of Young Families at Risk (YFAR), Louisville, Kentucky
This is an example of one community's public awareness strategy. For more information about YFAR, (call Jefferson County Human Services 502-574-6718)

Commission LINC
A bi-weekly newsletter of the Local Investment Commission. Local Investment Commission (To order call (816) 889-5050 or check the web page at www.linc.org)

G) OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES

1) The Study Circles Resource Center
A clearinghouse for information on how to organize study circles in general, and in particular issue areas. (203) 928-2616.

2) The Harwood Group
4915 St. Elmo Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 656-3669
A public issues research and consulting firm that works with public officials, media, foundations, communities, civic groups and corporations to better understand public problems and to address them in sustainable, effective ways.

3) The Kettering Foundation
200 Commons Roads
Dayton, OH 45459
(513) 434-7300
Promotes civic dialogue. Works in areas of governance, education and science. Sponsors National Issues Forums and publishes a quarterly journal.

4) Institute for Educational Leadership
1001 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 310 20036
(202) 822-8405
Technical Assistance in organizing public dialogue and engaging citizens around public Washington DC education and what citizens want from their schools.

5) The Public Agenda Foundation
6 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
(202) 686-6610
Research and education organization that conducts surveys to discern the public's view on complex policy issues. Ultimate goal is to enhance public role in policy process, help public better understand issues, and help public leaders to better understand public's viewpoint.

A) PARENT PARTICIPATION

Empowering Parents is Mining Diamonds in the Rough, Bowman, Ted
This brief paper details a series of steps for involving parents in many different forums. Other articles in this document are also very useful.

Family Resource Coalition. Parents Leading the Way, Report Vol.15, #2, Summer 1996, pgs. 27-28 (To order call (312) 341-0900)

A New Generation of Evidence: The Family Is Critical to Student Achievement Henderson, A.T. and N. Berla
This document provides a strong rationale for increasing parent involvement in order to enhance student performance.

National Committee for Citizens in Education. 1994 ($14.95 Prepaid - To order call (703) 359- 8973)

Home/School/Community Involvement, Decker, L. E. and V.A. Decker
This book overviews strategies for increasing parental participation and involvement in education. American Association of School Administrators. 1988 ($15.55 - To order call (301) 617-7802)

Preparing Teachers To Involve Parents: A National Survey of Teacher Education Programs, Shartrand, A., H. Kreider and M. Erickson-Warfield
This paper offers a discussion of professional development considerations in parent involvement. Harvard Family Research Project. (To order copies call (617) 495-9108)

Essential Allies
This is a useful guide involving parents in service delivery planning and implementation. Institute for Family-Centered Care. (To order a copy call (301) 652-0281)

B) NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT

Successful Neighborhood Self-Help: Some Lessons Learned
This paper provides practical tips about organizing community residents for neighborhood improvement activities. Rainbow Research, Inc. ($10.00 Prepaid - To order call (612) 824-0724)

Toward Government's Role as Catalyst: Building Social Capital in Disinvested Communities, Bruner, Charles
This paper is a good introductory discussion of these natural and voluntary networks of support, along with a number of bibliographic references and examples of programmatic efforts to incorporate them.

The Child and Family Policy Center. ($4.00 Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

Community Foundations & Neighborhoods Small Grants Program, Partner
This newsletter describes several neighborhood participation programs--how they are organized and what they accomplish.

The Newsletter for the C.S. Mott Foundation. Winter 1988 (To order copies call the Mott Foundation at (810) 238-5651)

Joining Schools and Families in Community Change: A Context for Student Learning and Development, Heckman, P.E. and J.M. Peacock
This is a description of a neighborhood-based program that seeks to increase low-income parents' involvement in schools by organizing parents and emphasizing the schools' responsibilities to connect to parents. Located in New Schools, New Communities. Vol. 12, No. 1, Fall 1995, pages. 46 - 51. (Check your library for a copy)

C) COMMUNITY CAPACITY

Building Communities From the Inside Out, Kretzmann, John and John McKnight
This publication looks at the basic building of an asset-based approach to community development. This is an excellent resource for shifting people from problem/deficit oriented approaches to strengths or asset-based strategies. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research. Neighborhood Innovations Network ( To order call (708) 491-3518 or 1800-397-2282)

A Guide to Mapping Local Business Assets and Mobilizing Local Business Capacities, Kretzmann, John and John McKnight
Describes how to tab business as a resource for community building. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1996 (To order call 1(800) 397-2282)

A Guide To Mapping Consumer Expenditures And Mobilizing Consumer Expenditure Capacities, Kretzmann, John and John McKnight
Describes how to use what consumers spend as an asset for community economic development. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute. Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1996 (To order call 1(800) 397-2282)

Connecting Government & Neighborhoods
An excellent overview of innovative strategies to connect neighborhoods and government, excellent to share with citizens. National Civic League & the Alliance for National Renewal. (To order call 1(800) 223-6004)

D) COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America, Fisher, Robert
This book provides a comprehensive review of neighborhood organizing from 1886 through the 1980s, including an analysis of the potentials and prospects for organizing in the future. Twayne Publishers. New York: 1994 (To order call (212) 654-8700)

E) ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202 or call (800) USA-LEARN.

The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, Box 39, 1201 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 or call (202) 822-8405.

A) GENERAL FRAMEWORKS FOR MOVING TO RESULT-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY

Making a Difference, Young, Nancy, Sid Gardner, Coraya Coley, Lisbeth Schorr, and Charles Bruner
This monograph addresses the issue of moving toward outcome-based accountability. It includes the theoretical underpinnings for such an approach, a rationale and "minimalist list" of outcomes for immediate use, and a strategy for application to comprehensive service reforms. Child and Family Policy Center. National Center for Service Integration. Resource Brief #7 ($4.00 Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

Getting Results: A Guide for Government Accountability, Brizius, Jack and Michael Campbell
This guide describes how government can move from a system of measuring inputs to one based on results. Council of Governors' Policy Advisors. ($17.95 Prepaid - To order call (202) 624-5386)

Defining the Prize: From Agreed-Upon Outcomes to Results-Based Accountability, Bruner, Charles
This paper suggests how collaboratives can move a definition of outcomes to a system of accountability. It addresses the challenges with which collaboratives must grapple in this process. Child and Family Policy Center. ($6.00 Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

B) DEFINING OUTCOMES AT THE COMMUNITY (AGGREGATE) LEVEL

Criteria for Indicators of Well-Being, Moore, Kristin
This paper can help collaboratives select indicators of child well-being that they wish to pursue. Paper prepared for the conference "Indicators for Children's Well-Being," November, 1994 Child Trends (To order call (202) 362-5580)

Finding the Data: A Start-Up List of Outcome Measures with Annotations, Watson, Sarah
This is a good source of assistance on how to locate data related to key outcomes.

Improved Outcomes for Children Project and the Center for the Study of Social Policy. ($5.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 371-1565)

Governing for Results: Using Benchmarks To Define and Measure Progress Toward Strategic Priorities, Oregon Progress Board
This document describes the planning process which individual counties in Oregon are using to agree on specific indicators related to the Oregon benchmarks and to define a strategic direction for local action. Oregon Progress Board. July 21, 1994. ($2.00 - To order call (503) 986-0032)

Ways to Grow Evaluation, Bruner, Charles
This paper describes an approach to evaluating the impact of comprehensive reforms set forth in the Bruner article in Making a Difference. Child and Family Policy Center. Occasional Paper 17: 1995 ($6.00 Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

C) MEASURING PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Focusing on Program Outcomes: A Guide for United Ways and Summary Guide
The United Way of America is promoting a strong thrust toward program outcomes and accountability. These two papers describe the approach the local United Ways and United Way agencies are taking. They will be useful to community collaboratives as well. Sales Service America. 1996, pgs. 56 (Free - To order call (800) 772-0008)

D) THEORY-BASED APPROACHES

Nothing as Practical as Good Theory: Exploring Theory-Based Approaches to Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives, Weiss, Carol, James Connell, Anne Kubisch, and Lisbeth Schorr (eds.)
This volume is a compilation of articles on new strategies for evaluating comprehensive community initiatives. The noted article argues the importance of being clear about what people expect will change in comprehensive strategies.

Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families, The Aspen Institute, Publications Office, P.O. Box 222, 109 Houghton Lab Lane, Queenstown, MD 21658 ($12.00 - Write to order)

E) APPROACHES TO EVALUATION

The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services
This free newsletter provides continuing information on how to evaluate comprehensive child and family strategies. Harvard Family Research Project. (To order call (617) 495-9108)

A) PRINCIPLES OF SERVICE DELIVERY

Do No Harm: Policy Options that Meet Human Needs, McKnight, John
This article presents the author's views and assesses the negative effects of the existing human services system. McKnight describes why that system must change in order to "do no harm." Social Policy. Summer 1989, p. 5 - 14. (Check your library for copies)

The Implications of an Asset Orientation for Urban Change Strategies, Paper II. Building Strong Communities: Strategies for Urban Change, Ramirez, Blandina Cardenas
This article implies an analysis of the human assets--individual, family, and community--that exist in every community with urban settings. The Annie E. Casey, Ford and Rockefeller Foundations. Community Building 1992 (For copies call (410) 547-6600)

Attributes of Effective Services for Young Children: A Brief Survey of Current Knowledge and Its Implications for Program and Policy Development in Effective Services for Young Children: Report of a Workshop, Schorr, Lisbeth B.
This article describes strategies to improve services for young children with a focus on what is known about attributes of services that seem to be effective in changing outcomes for children who have not been well served. National Academy Press. 1991 (For copies call the National Research Council at (202) 334- 1935)

Characteristics and Features of Community-Based Family Support Programs, Dunst, Carl
This monograph presents examples of family support principles and checklists for assessing family support programs, policies and practices. Family Resource Coalition. Best Practices Project, Commissioned Paper II, 1995 (To order call (312) 341-0900 Ext. 108)

Beyond the Buzzwords: Key Principles in Effective Frontline Practice, Kinney, Jill and Kethy Strand and Marge Hagerup and Charles Bruner
This monograph illustrates how similar basic principles of effective front line service delivery are emerging across all segments of the human service system. It is a useful tool for illustrating how people in health, child welfare, mental health, school-linked services and other fields are moving toward common ground. National Center for Service Integration. Tools for Systems Reform , Jan. 1995 ($4.00 - To order call the Child and Family Policy Center (515) 280-9027)

Guidelines for Family Support Practice
This document synthesizes what we know about effective family support into a set of guidelines of significant value to front line workers, administrators and policymakers. Family Resource Coalition. 1996 (To order call (312) 341-9361)

B) DEFINING SERVICES, SUPPORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Improving Results for Children, Youth and Families: A Comprehensive Guide to Ideas and Help: "Where the Tube Hits the Road: Providing Services, Supports and Opportunities that Improve the Lives of Children, Youth, and Families", Pittman, Karen and Michele Cahill
This article offers different concepts of services, supports and opportunities. Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. Vol. I (For copies call (202) 884-8404)

Children, Families and Communities: A New Approach to Social Services, Wynn, Joan. et al.
This report describes a new way of thinking about supporting children and families through "primary services." Primary services are what all families need -- libraries, recreation centers, cultural experiences, youth organizations, etc. The Chapin Hall Center for Children. The University of Chicago, 1994 ($8.00 Prepaid - To order call (773) 753-5900)

Children, Families and Communities: Early Lessons from a New Approach to Social Services, Wynn, Joan R., Sheilla M. Merry and Patricia G. Berg
This monograph offers a big picture analysis of the early stages of comprehensive community-based initiatives in eight Chicago neighborhoods. Its particularly useful in describing the challenges of work at the neighborhood level. The American Youth Policy Forum. 1994 ($5.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 775-9731)

C) STRATEGIC PLANNING

A Guide to Community-based Collaborative Strategic Planning, Chynoweth, Judith K.
This guide is a very useful "how to" on collaborative planning. It includes basic tools for stakeholder analysis, choosing desired outcomes and implementation planning. Council of Governors' Policy Advisors. 1994 ($15.95 - To order call (202) 624-5386)

A Guide for Planning - Making Strategic Use of the Family Preservation and Support Services Program
Originally designed to support early implementation of the Family Preservation and Support Program, this guide contains many useful suggestions relevant to any collaborative endeavor. Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) & Children's Defense Fund (CDF). Oct. 1994 (To order call CSSP (202) 371-1565 or CDF (202) 628-8787)

An Overview of Services for Children & Youth in Pima County, Arizona
This paper is an excellent example of an inventory of funding for human services in a single county. The We Care Coalition. The Community Planning Project of Information & Referral Services, April 22, 1996 (To order call (602) 323-1303)

Charting a Course: Assessing a Community's Strengths and Needs, Bruner, Charles
This monograph explains the basic strategies and steps in the process of conducting a community assessment. National Center for Service Integration, Jan. 1995 (To order call (212) 927-9162 Resource Brief #21993)

D) SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGIES

1) 0-3 Living and Testing the Collaborative Process: A Case Study of Community Based Services Integration, View, Virginia A. and Kim J. Amos
This document includes case studies of different collaborative efforts to meet the needs of very young children. Zero to Three. 1994 (For copies contact the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs (202) 638-1144)

Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children
This document describes the challenges facing children 0-3, and outlines the strategies for meeting their needs. It has played a pivotal role in promoting public attention to this vulnerable group of children. The Report of the Carnegie Task Force on Meeting the Needs of Young Children. Carnegie Corporation of New York, April 1994 ($10.00 - To order call (212) 371-3200)

A Guest in My Home - A Guide to Home Visiting Partnerships that Strengthen Families and Communities, Hoover, Terry Davis and Faye Johnson, and Connie Wells and Carol Graham, and Marcie Biddleman
This guide describes a detailed plan for organizing a collaborative approach to home visiting services. Florida Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services. Family Health Services, Sept 1996 (To order call (904) 488-2834 X110)

A Community-Driven Approach to Infant Mortality Reduction
This is one of a series of papers based on the experience of the federal Healthy Start Program which is designed to reduce infant mortality. Healthy Start is a collaborative endeavor at the neighborhood level that teaches important lessons about consumer participation, the role of outreach workers, and other important issues. National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health. The Healthy Start Initiative, National Maternal & Child Health Clearinghouse, 1996 (To order call (703) 821-8955)

2) YOUNG CHILDREN

Community Mobilization: Strategies to Support Young Children and Their Families, Dombro, Laura, Nina O'Donnell, Ellen Galinsky, Sarah Melcher, and Amy Farber
This guide describes a wide array of strategies which communities are pursuing to mobilize resources on behalf of young children. It includes efforts to: mobilize the business community, generate public support and early care and education, build linkages across agencies and many related strategies. Families and Work Institute. 1996 (To order call (212) 465-2044)

Financing Child Care In The United States - An Illustrative Catalog of Current Strategies
This is a compendium of the country's most innovative public- and private-sector strategies for financing child care services, with in-depth profiles and analyses of nearly 50 projects. The Pew Charitable Trusts ( To order call (215) 575-4802)

Head Start - Child Care Partnership, Poersch, Oxedine Nicole and Helen Blank
This is extremely valuable guide to building stronger partnerships between Head Start and Child Care programs. It contains numerous examples of working partnerships. Children's Defence Fund. 1996 ($6.00 - To order call (202) 628-8787 ask for publications)

Children in Social Peril: A Community Vision for Preserving Family Care of African American Children and Youths, Brissett-Chapman, Sheryl and Mareasa Issacs-Shockley
This publication examines: Summit issues and challenges, The African American Community of the Future, Strategies ad Recommendations and Implications for Culturally Attuned Leadership. Child Welfare League of America (To order call (202) 638-2952)

3) YOUTH

Prevention or Pork? A Hard-Headed Look at Youth-Oriented Anti-Crime Programs, Mendel, Richard A.
This monograph provides a survey of what is known about the effectiveness of youth crime prevention programs, what works and what does not. It is helpful in preparing and designing prevention strategies and explaining why prevention works for the public. American Youth Policy Forum. 1995 ($5.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 775-9731)

An Oakland Blueprint for Youth Development, Urban Strategies
This is an excellent example of one community's blueprint for dealing with youth issues. The blueprint identifies problems and assets, desired outcomes and potential strategies to achieve those outcomes. The Urban Strategies Council with the Youth Development Initiative Working Group. Call To Action Council, June 1996 (To order call (510) 893-2404)

Youth Development: A Primer, Fleming, Wanda E. and Elaine Johnson
This brief discusses youth development through: identifying youth development and positive outcomes, opportunities and supports, healthy communities, and accomplishments. Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. 1996 (To order call (202) 884-8267)

4) FATHERS

Georgia Academy Journal: Putting Fathers into Families, Smith, Ralph
This article discusses the importance of not overlooking fathers in the development of family support programs. Georgia Academy for Children and Families. Winter 1993/1994 (To order call (404) 527- 7394)

World Without Work Causes and Consequences of Black Male Joblessness
This paper explains the problem of Black Male Unemployment and suggests various strategies for dealing with this important challenge. Center for the Study of Social Policy & Philadelphia Children's Network. Dec. 1994 (To order call (202) 371-1565)

Young Unwed Fathers, Achatz, Mary and Crystal MacAllum
This report summarizes the learning from a series of demonstration projects intended to reengage young unwed fathers with their children and assist the father's in improving the education and employment status. Public/Private Ventures, Spring 1994 (To order call (215) 557-4400) For further resources contact National Institute for the Advancement of Responsible Fatherhood (202) 293-4420

5) SUPPORTING PARENTS WORKING

Making the Shoe Fit: Creating a Work-Prep System for a Large and Diverse Welfare Population, Herr, Toby, Suzanne Wagner, and Robert Halpern
This paper is based on the experience of Project Match, a long-term initiative to support the transition from welfare to work for parents in Chicago. It describes the range of alternative approaches which policymakers and practitioners need to set in place in order to enable parents to enter and remain in the labor force. Project Match. (To order call (312) 755-2250)

Building the Ladder: Strategies for Economic Independence-Oriented Welfare Reform
This monograph describes strategies to enhance the economic independence of welfare participants, including individual development accounts and micro-enterprise development, among others. Corporation for Enterprise Development. (To order call 202-408-9788)

After AFDC: Welfare with Work Choices and Challenges for States
This research paper analyzes the results of various welfare to work strategies programs over the past decade or so. It discuss the tensions between competing policy objectives and describes what works relative to employer incentives, job search assistance, education and training, child care and other related topics. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. ($12.00 - To order call (212) 532-3200)

Implementing Welfareb Reform: Solutions to the Substance Abuse Problem, Young, Nancy, Sidney Gardner

Work First: How to Implement an Employment-Focused Approach to Welfare Reform
This "how-to" guide will help collaboratives put together effective employment strategies in the context on the new welfare reform legislation. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. (To order call (212) 532-3200)

6) HEALTH

An Introduction to Medicaid Managed Care: A Technical Assistance paper for The Children's Initiative: Making Systems Work Beyond A Healthy Start: A Roundtable on Collaboration and Sustainability, Rosenbaum, Sara and Roger Schwartz
This paper provides a valuable description of the basics of managed care. This is essential information for every collaborative working to ensure the delivery of quality health services to children and families. The Center for Assessment and Policy Development. Bala Cynwd, PA (To order call (610) 664-4540)

Managed Care and Children and Family Services, Drissel, Anne
This guide presents a broad overview of managed care concepts and suggests some of the myriad of challenges it raises for CFSS administrators and advocates. It outlines how a systemic review of the service system could be conducted and identifies some key issues to be considered and questions that need exploration, encouraging planners to recognize differences in applicability between health systems and other human services. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, (Copies are free, To order call (410) 547-6600)

Managed Care: Challenges for Children and Family Services, Scallet, J.D., Cindy Brach and Elizabeth Steel
This report provides a bridge from the sectors where managed care is relatively advanced to those where managed care is relatively advanced to those where managed care is beginning to make inroads. This paper includes: trends, cross-cutting issues, is Managed Care the way to go? Deciding whether to embark, public responsibility in Managed Care, designing managed care alternatives, the role of risk-sharing arrangements. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, (Copies are free, To order call (410) 547-6600)

7) CONFIDENTIALITY

Confidentiality and Collaboration: Information Sharing in Interagency Efforts
This monograph address the basic questions that collaboratives and individual agencies must ask and answer concerning confidentiality and how to share information in a manner which respects the rights of families. Education Commission of the States. Jan. 1992 (To order call (303) 299-3692)

8) SCHOOL LINKED SERVICES

The City Beacon Newsletter
This newsletter describes an important school-based initiatives that works through community-based organizations. Beacon Schools: Fund for the City of New York. (To order call (212) 925-6675)

A Unique Partnership, The Story of a Community School, Koerner, Edgar
This is the story of the relationship between the Children's Aid Society and the New York City Public Schools which is now operating in four schools in New York City. Children's Aid Society. National Institute for Community Schools. Sept. 1993 (To order call (212) 569-2880)

The Community Half of Community Education - Part I
This edition of the Community Education Journal describes a series of new approaches to recreating the relationship between communities and their schools. Community Education Journal. Vol. XXIII Nos. 1/2 Fall 1995/Winter 1996 (To order call (703) 359-8973)

School Community Collaboration: A Vehicle for Reform, Toward Collaboration: Youth Development, Youth Programs and School Reform, Cahill, Michele
This is a very useful synthesis of different strategy approaches to youth development and school reform. Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. 1996 ($5.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 884-8266)

9) COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES (INTEGRATED SERVICES)

The Center for Family Life and the Sunset Park Community, Sheffer, Ether
This monograph offers an in-depth picture of a comprehensive family center in Brooklyn. It exemplifies the vision of services where no one ever says "it's not my job." Foundation for Child Development. April 1992 (To order call (212) 697-3150) Surdna Foundation, (212) 730-0030

Systems Change at the Neighborhood Level: Creating Better Futures for Children, Youth, and Families
Describes how neighborhoods are organizing planning and decision making structures to improve child and family well-being. Center for the Study of Social Policy. (To order call (202) 371-1565)

PATCH: Its Origin, Basic Concepts, and Links to Contemporary Public Health Policy, Kreuter, Marshall W.
This article describes the Patch Program -- an initiative that creates teams of workers from the child protective services, mental health, public health and law enforcement systems to work intensively with families at the neighborhood level. This is a very good example of how interagency collaboration at the neighborhood level can create effective services and support for children and families. The Family Resource Center (To receive information on PATCH, call (319) 398-3300)

10) INFORMAL SUPPORTS

Redefining Self-Self: Policy and Practice, Riessman, Frank and David Carroll
This book describes the self-help world and explores how public policies can support the effective development of self-help and mutual aid groups and strategies Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco: 1995 (To order call (212) 224-1174)

A) FINANCING

Getting to the Bottom Line: State and Community Strategies for Financing Comprehensive Community Service Systems, Farrow, Frank and Charles Bruner
This is a useful document to introduce important concepts of financing and comprehensive reform efforts. It does not explicitly discuss "managed care" or "service systems," which are emerging as new financing strategies. National Center for Service Integration. Resource Brief 4 ($4.00 Prepaid - To order call (212) 927-9162)

Compendium of Comprehensive, Community-Based Initiatives: A Look at Costs, Benefits, and Financing Strategies, Hayes, Cheryl et al.
The compendium reviews 50 comprehensive, community-based initiatives which offer promising models for community change. They are documented to enable policy makers or community developers to draw well-informed conclusions about the costs, benefits and financing strategies related to each initiative. The Finance Project. July 1995. ($7.50 Prepaid - To order call (202) 628-4200)

B) RESULTS-BASED BUDGETING

A Strategy Map for Results-Based Budgeting - Moving From Theory to Practice, Friedman, Mark
This is an excellent overview of the issues outcome-based budgeting generally, connecting financial and programmatic functions, and moving to multi-year funding. The Finance Project. Sept 1996 ($7.50 Prepaid - To order call (202) 628-4200)

Deciding for Investment: Getting Returns on Tax Dollars. Brizius, Jack and the Design Team
This publication looks at logical model/planning scenarios for establishing a "results- based budgeting" system. Alliance for Redesigning Government. 1994 ($20.00 Prepaid - To order call (301) 617-7801)

Outcome Funding: A New Approach to Targeted Grant-making, Williams, Harold
This publication considers alternatives to make funding and grant decisions that employ a more outcome-based approach. Rensselaerville Institute. 1991 (For copies contact the Rensselaerville Institute at (518) 276- 6000)

C) RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Investment-Based Budgeting--The Principles of Converting from a Remediation Response to a Prevention/Investment Budget, Bruner, Charles, and Steve Scott
This monograph gives insight on the logic of using return-on-investment (ROI) modelling to move from a "remediation-response" to a "prevention-investment" approach to budgeting. Child and Family Policy Center. Occasional Paper 12, 1994 (Prepaid - To order call (515) 280- 9027)

Allegheny County Study: Potential Returns on Investment from a Comprehensive, Family Centered Approach in High-Risk Neighborhoods, Bruner, Charles, Steve Scott, and Martha Steketee
This paper studies the application of ROI modelling to a specific place and involves giving family support services to families with very young children. Child and Family Policy Center. 1995 ($10.00 Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits, Greenwood, Peter, Karyn Model, C. Peter Rydell, and James Chiesa
This monograph assesses the cost-effectiveness of different crime prevention strategies that involve early intervention in the lives of people at risk of pursuing a criminal career. Analyzing research on effective practices and modelling approaches for their cost- effectiveness is also included. Rand Corporation. Santa Monica, CA: 1996 (To order call (310) 451-7002)

D) BLOCK GRANTS

Rethinking Block Grants: Toward Improved Intergovernmental Financing for Education and Other Children's Services, Hayes, Cheryl
This paper discusses the history of block grants. The Finance Project. 1995 ($7.50 Prepaid - To order call (202) 628-4200)

A) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Staff Development in Support of an Integrated, Responsive Service System for Children and Families: Models and Strategies for the Alameda County Interagency Children's Policy Council, Jameson, Wendy and Susan Lubeck
This monograph discusses the problems with typical staff development programs, principles for how to improve those programs, and effective strategies for conducting and evaluating them. Urban Strategies Council. 1994 (To order call (510) 893-2404)

LINC Professional Development Plan: A Comprehensive Investment Plan To Enhance Personal and Professional Growth and To Build Capacity To Respond to Organizational and Community Needs
This paper offers a good professional development plan from a community collaborative. Kansas City, Missouri, Local Investment Commission. (LINK) (To order call (816) 889-5050)

Professional Attitudes, Judgment and Confidentiality: Tensions in School-linked Services, Greater than the Sum: Professionals in a Comprehensive Services Model, Manley-Casimir, Michael E., Mary T. Hall, and Rebekah A. Levin
This book has an excellent discussion of the tensions between professionals working to improve conditions for children, youth and families, and the challenges of helping them work together. ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education. 1994 (Prepaid - To order call (202) 293-2450)

Frontline Family Workers -- The Role of the Family Development Specialist, Bruner, Charles
This is an excellent overview of how frontline practice with families most change. Child and Family Policy Center Tools for Systems Reform. Jan. 1995 (Prepaid - To order call (515) 280-9027)

Proceedings National Conference on Interprofessional Education and Training, Brandon, Richard and Linda Meuter
This paper describes efforts to change the manner in which universities prepare people to work with families. A useful overview of the challenges in changing how institutions of higher education do their work. University of Washington. Human Services Policy Center, Training for Interprofessional Collaboration Project, 1995 (To order call (206) 685-7612)

B) NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Hampton Neighborhood College, Description of the Neighborhood College in the City of Hampton, Blackburn, Dave
This is an excellent example of a neighborhood resident/community leadership development plan. The Neighborhood Office. (For information call (757) 727-6460)

Blueprint for Volunteer Diversity
This publication outlines the proactive leadership development program, Blueprint for Volunteer Diversity. It is a vehicle to help ensure that decision-making bodies are composed of people who reflect the diverse populations of their communities. Blueprint for Volunteer Diversity, United Way of the Inland Valleys (To order call (909) 697- 4700)

C) BUILDING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

Building Community Leadership, Studies Program of Independent Sector, Gardner, John
This is an excellent overview of the challenges and the "how's" that face community leaders. Independent Sector. ($10.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 223-8100)

The Path of Most Resistance: Reflections on Lessons Learned from New Futures
The Casey Foundation reflects on its experience with the ground breaking New Futures initiative. The foundation's lessons about the comprehensive collaboration change processes are equally relevant for states, communities, and agency leaders. The Annie E. Casey Foundation. 1996 (Free - To request call (800) 222-1099)

Transforming Politics, Crislip, David
This article describes four principles that leaders must focus on for improving public confidence in our institutions: focus on tangible results, engaging diverse stakeholders, building a civic culture, and involve citizens at large. Institute for Educational Leadership. ($6.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 822-8405)

D) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT (GENERAL)

Directory: Leadership Training Resources
This directory contains listings of organizations across the country which provide leadership training. Institute for Educational Leadership. 1995 ($10.00 Prepaid - To order call (202) 822-8405)

Leader to Leader, Drucker, Peter, Jim Collins, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Steven Kerr, and John W. Gardner
This is a new journal on leadership in the public sector and non-profit arenas. The articles will help existing leaders think and act in new ways. Drucker Foundation and Jossey-Bass Publishers. (For more information call (212) 224-1174)

The Leader's New Work: Building Learning Organizations, Senge, Peter M.
This is a quick and cogent piece on Peter Senge's approach to change through the five discipline's of systems: thinking, building shared vision, mental models, personal mastering and team learning. Sloan Management Review. Reprint Series, Vol. 32, No. 1, Fall 1990 (Check your library for copies)

A) DIVERSITY IN SYSTEMS REFORM AND COMMUNITIES

Drawing Strength from Diversity, Effective Services for Children, Youth and Families, Chang, Hedy
This monograph offers readers a basic overview of the connection between issues of racism, language and culture, and efforts to reform and improve services to children and families. Its central premise is that reforms will not be successful unless attention to diversity is paid throughout all aspects of the reform effort. The monograph provides examples of how issues of diversity emerge in terms of community assessment, innovations in service delivery, community governance, evaluation and financing. California Tomorrow. ($21.00 - To order call (415) 441-7631)

Facing Racial and Cultural Conflict: Tools for Rebuilding Communities
This monograph discusses how to use conflict resolution strategies to address racial conflicts. Program for Community Problem Solving. ($20.00 - To order call (202) 783-2961)

Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity, Thomas, David and Robin
Ely This article addresses diversity in the workplace, looking at the business world and the positive effects diversity offers. Harvard Business Review. September-October 1996 (To order call (800) 545-7685)

B) WORKING WITH DIVERSE FAMILIES

Culture and Family Centered Practice
This brief explains how the specific history, values and traditions of different ethnic/racial groups relate to family centered practice. The Family Resource Coalition. Fall/Winter 1995-1996, Volume 14, Number 3 & 4. (To get more information please fax (312) 341-9361.)

Services To Minority Populations: What Does it Mean To Be a Culturally Competent Professional?
This article examines the implications of diversity for the knowledge and skills of professionals working with children, youth and families. Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health. Focal Point Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4, Summer 1988 (To order call (503) 725-4040)

Diverse Children for a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits, Greenwood, Peter, Karyn Model, C. Peter Rydell, and James Chiesa
This monograph assesses the cost-effectiveness of different crime prevention strategies that involve early crime prevention strategies that involve early intervention in the lives of people at risk of pursuing a criminal career, analyzing research on effective practices and modelling approaches for their cost-effectiveness. Rand Corporation. Santa Monica, CA, 1996 ($15.00 - To order call (310) 451-7002)

Guidelines for Family Support Practices: Working With Diverse Families (Chapter IV)
This chapter provides well-researched proactive guidelines for working with diverse families. The Family Resources Coalition. 1996 (To order call (312) 341-0900)

Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Instrument
This workbook can assist agencies in identifying the strengths and weaknesses in its response to culturally diverse staff and client populations. It will enable the agency to develop action steps for specific management and service delivery changes to reach cultural competence. Child Welfare League of America. 1993 (To order call (800) 407-6273)

Perspectives on Servicing African American Children, Youth and Families, Jackson, Sondra and Sheryl Brisset Chapman
This is a valuable resource for working with African American families. Child Welfare Journal, Volume LXXVI #1, Child Welfare League of America, January/February 1997 (To order call (800) 407-2673)

These two documents offer excellent ideas and strategies for working together with Latino families

a) Empowerment and Latinos, Family Resource Coalition Report, Fall/Winter, Volume 13, No. II & IV (312) 341-0900

b) Supporting Latino Families: Lessons from Exemplary Programs, Shartrand, Angela, Harvard Family Research Project, Vol. I&II, 1996 (To order call (617) 496-4304)

Cultural Competence in Working with the Latino Population, Tello, Jerry
This article addresses bicultural competence through a framework, bicultural awareness, sensitivity, integration, and agencies. Copies can be obtained from Jerry Tello at (818) 333-5033

C) DIVERSITY AND SCHOOLS

Lessons Learned: Supporting Diversity in Schools Through Family and Community Involvement (SDS): A Synthesis of Lessons From a Community and Its Schools
This report looks at the lessons learned about diversity from schools/community partnerships. It suggests that diversity in schools is measured by how students are treated in the classrooms and hallways. Children's success in schools requires involvement of parents, community members, students, school staff, and development of a vision for racial equity and cultural pluralism in schools. Supporting Diversity in Schools. (To order call (612) 224-5463)

D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVALUATION

Culturally Competent Evaluation of Outcomes in Systems of Care for Children's Mental Health
This paper looks at defining cultural competence as the ability to serve individuals of diverse cultural backgrounds. This implies valuing cultural diversity, understanding how it impacts normal functioning and problems during disease/disorder, and adapting service delivery systems to meet the needs of culturally diverse children and their families. Technical Assistance Center for Evaluation. TA Brief Volume 2, Number 2 1996 (To order call (617) 232-8390 X 2139)

The Implications of diversity for Technical Assistance, Chang, Hedy, Cecilia Leong, Elena Pell and Ted Scott Femenella
This paper is a synthesis of information about the implications of diversity or how technical assistance is developed and delivered, and by whom. It will provoke much needed dialogue among the road range of individuals and groups seeking to improve the lives of children, families and their communities. California Tomorrow. Working Paper, Fall 1996 (To order call (415) 441-7631)

"An Outside Lens: Lessons Learned from Technical Assistance," California Perspectives, Leong, Cecilia
This article looks at the technical assistance work and documentation featured in this article about what was learned while tying to assist collaboratives working in communities grappling with hard, often contentious issues connected to race and culture as well as language. California Tomorrow, Winter 1997, Volume 5. To order, call 415-441-7631.

A) OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD

Building Community: Exploring New Relationships Across Service Systems Reform, Community Organizing and Community Economic Development, Bruner, Charlie and Parachini, Larry
This forthcoming paper analyzes the history, culture and strategy of three important strategies: service systems reform, community economic development and community organizing. It is an excellent primer for people who understand these different fields and explore ways to build connections. Child & Family Policy Center (To order call (515) 280-9027)

Corrective Capitalism: The Rise of America's Community Development Corporations, Peirce, Neal R. and Carol F. Steinbach
This is an excellent paper on the history, mission and changing role of community development corporations. Ford Foundation. Office of Reports, July 1987 (To order call (212) 573-4961)

Building Bridges: Community Development Corporations and the World of Employment Training, Harrison, Bennett et al.
This paper describes the role that CDCs are playing in creating job training and employment opportunities. Ford Foundation. Office of Reports, Jan. 1995 (To order call 212-573-4961)

B) COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING INITIATIVES

Stories of Renewal: Community Building and the Future of Urban America, Joan Walsh
This paper captures the principles and strategies of the new generation of community builders by analyzing the experiences in five initiatives: The Atlanta Project, Oakland's Urban Strategies Council, Chathem-Savannah Youth Futures Authority, the Comprehensive Community Revitalization Program in the South Bronx, and Baltimore Community Building Partnership Sandtown-Winchester. Written by a journalist, this is a very readable and stimulating monograph. It deals straightforwardly with the issue of race in community building. Rockefeller Foundation. January 1997 (To order call (212) 869-8500)

A Report on Foundations' Support of Comprehensive Neighborhood Based Community-Empowerment Initiatives, Eisen, Arlene
This paper explores the various ways foundations have defined and operationalized community empowerment, neighborhood based programming, and comprehensive systems approaches. The New York Community Trust. March, 1992 (To order call 212-686-0010)

Key Issue Papers on Community Building
This paper describes how innovative United Way's are promoting community building in their communities. United Ways' Community Capacity-Building Stories. 1995 (To order call (703) 836-7100)

Rebuilding Inner-City Communities: A New Approach to the Nations Urban Crisis
This statement by a leading business organization, argues that community building strategies that engage neighborhoods with public and private institutions, are essential to revitalization in inner-cities. Committee for Economic Development. 1995 (To order call (212) 688-2063)

Renewing Community
This brief article provides excellent examples of community renewal strategies. It is written for general audiences. National Civic League & the Alliance for National Renewal. July 1995 (To order call (800) 223- 6004)

Investing in Community: Lessons and Implications of the Comprehensive Community Revitalization Program, Sviridoff, Mitchell and William Ryan
This paper builds on the experience of Comprehensive Community Revitalization Programs in the South Bronx involving five community development corporations and the Surdna foundation. Extrapolates from his experience to principles and strategies of community building. Surdna Foundation (To order call (212) 730-0030)

C) EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Employment Strategies for Urban Communities: How to Connect Low-income Neighborhoods with Good Jobs
This synthesis of demonstration initiatives describes how to create jobs in the inner-city and connect people. It includes transportation strategies, establishment of new businesses using human services dollars, urban health care facilities, economic development opportunities and others. The Center for Neighborhood Technology. Neighborhood Works (To order call (312) 278-4800)

Human Services: An Economic Development Opportunity. A Manual for Economic-Based Enterprises, Rhodenbaugh, Thomas
This publication contains literature concerning the essential role of the human services industry in creating economic development opportunities. National Congress for Community Economic Development. ($18.00 - To order call (202) 234- 5009)

The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City, Porter, Michael
This article argues that inner-city neighborhoods are excellent potential sites for economic development and job creation. The Harvard Business Review. May/June 1995 ($5.00 - To order (800) 545-7685 or for permission to quote or reprint on a one-time basis)

Promoting Job Opportunities
Describes how to promote job opportunities in low income communities. Rainbow Research Publications (To order call (612) 824-0724)

Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States, Halperin, Robert
This book offers a critical analysis of neighborhood anti-poverty initiatives, particularly from the 1960's onward. Columbia University Press. New York 1995 (To order call (212) 666-1000)

Jobs and the Urban Poor: Privately Initiated Sectoral Strategies, Clark, Peggy, Steve Dawson, Amy Kays, Frieda Molina and Rick Surpin
This paper is written in an initial attempt to define "sectoral employment development" as a distinct community-based model for employing the urban poor. The authors intend to accomplish four tasks: propose a definition for "sectoral employment development", describe the defining characteristics of sectoral development, identify thematic issues, and propose recommendations. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Copies are free, To order call (810) 766-1766)

Community Renewal of Family Economic Security: The Emerging Role of California's Family Support Programs in Community Economic Development, Stokley, Jan
This publication: explores the emerging role of family support programs in community economic development, resident or participant empowerment as the key to program effectiveness, parental employment, participant interest and support as the most important asset, development and sustain a focus on the local economic opportunities, resources and community markets that effect family welfare. National Economic Development and Law Center, October 1996 (To order call (510) 251-2600)

D) GOING TO SCALE

Realizing a Vision for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods: An Alternative to Other Modest Proposals, Bruner, Charles, Douglas Nelson, and Johnson
This monograph argues that the problems our children face, particularly those in disinvested neighborhoods are worsening. It argues that reform at all levels must work together to implement a new vision that links grassroots participation with significant public sector investments or redeployments to create essential services, supports, and opportunities. National Center for Service Integration. Otis, 1996 (To order call (515) 280-9027)

The Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family Initiative: Moving Toward Implementation: An Interim Report, Chaskin, Robert, Mark Joseph
The Neighborhood and Family Initiative is a community development initiative sponsored by the Ford Foundation and launched in four cities. It attempts to create the circumstances under which a working model for neighborhood-based, integrated development can be generated. This report attempts to understand the impact and implications of the central principles and the governing structure of the Neighborhood Family Initiative, reflecting the principles and drawing from the particular experience of participant sites as evidence of general trends and lessons. The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, 1995 (To order call (773) 753-5940)