The Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL)
Martin Blank
Director, Community Collaboration
1001 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 310
Washington DC 20036
Voice: 202-822-8405
Fax: 202-872-4050
blankm@iel.org
With its roots in the education community, the Institute for Educational Leadership has extensive leadership development and facilitation experience, a broad ranging network of leaders and programs nation-wide, and access to policy makers at the national and state level. Martin Blank, the managing partner of TWC, has over 20 years experience building effective collaborative structures and strategies at the neighborhood, city, county and state levels. He is the co-author of Together We Can: A Guide to Creating a Pro-Family System of Education and Human Services.
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Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) Publications
Bringing Tomorrow Into Focus: Demographic Insights for the Future, Harold L. Hodgkinson
This brief paper is for the diverse individuals in business, government and non-profit organizations -- policy makers as well as practitioners - who want to see how the present leads into future. Almost any strategic planning activity will benefit from a consideration of the eight trends which form the basis of this paper. 1996. Price $15.00
Hispanic Americans: A Look Back, A Look Ahead, Harold L. Hodgkinson and Janice Hamilton Outtz
This new report details the rapidly growing size of the Hispanic American population and its implications both the Hispanic Americans and for the nation as a whole. Data on such factors as the diversity of the Hispanic American population, demographic changes, population growth rates, family changes, income and employment are included in the report. 1996. Price $15.00.
A Demographic Look At Tomorrow, Harold L. Hodgkinson
Using recent data from the 1990 census, the author provides a terse but comprehensive look at what the U.S. population will look like in the years to come. He examines national trends and their relation to changes in regions and states and looks at "the most obvious inequities between the inner city and the surrounding suburbs." 1992. Price $12.00
CDP Demographics for DecisionMakers Newsletter, Janice Hamilton Outtz
This quarterly newsletter identifies demographic trends that make evident the need for collaboration among diverse organizations in both the public and private sectors. Price $250 annually to organizations or $75 to individuals
The Same Client: The Demographics of Education and Service Delivery Systems, Harold L. Hodgkinson
Educators at all levels need to begin to become familiar with other service providers at their level, as they are serving the same children and families as clients. This report calls for collaboration between organizations providing services in the areas of education, transportation, health, housing, and corrections. 1989. Price $12.00
The Demographics of American Families, Janice Hamilton Outtz
"Families aren't what they used to be, but they are still families." Most Americans live in some type of "family" living arrangements. Ozzie and Harriet, The Waltons, and the Cleavers in Leave it to Beaver, have been replaced by The Cosbys, Murphy Brown, and The Tanner's in Full House. A new report from the Institute for Educational Leadership's Center for Demographic Policy, says that "families are diverse." The report, written by the associate director, Janice Hamilton Outtz, was sponsored by the Milken Institute for Job and Capital Formation. 1993 • 24 pp. • Price $12.00
The Demographics of American Indians: One Percent of the People; Fifty Percent of the Diversity, by Harold L. Hodgkinson, Janice Hamilton Outtz and Anita M. Obarakpor
This book takes an extraordinary look at the American Indian population. It examines this population of 1.7 million by tribes and number of reservations. It also examines this increasing population in terms of health, education and job possibilities. Profiles of American Indians in the top ten states as well as American Indians in the ten largest tribes are presented. Comparisons are made between American Indians and other minority groups on a number of indicators. 1990. 30 pp. Price $12.00
The Invisible Poor: Rural Youth In America, Harold L. Hodgkinson with the assistance of Anita Massey Obarakpor
This comprehensive report tells us what is known about rural populations in the United States and discusses a variety of issues such as family structure, job availability, education and health care, that are relevant to rural youth poverty. The main point of the report is to stress that "rural poverty is not urban poverty in a rural setting." It has a different face than that of urban poverty and it is harder to escape. 1994 • 25 pp. • Price $12.00
Against Their Wills: Children Born Affected, by Harold L. Hodgkinson and Janice Hamilton Outtz
Damaged by the drugs their mothers took during pregnancy, hundreds of thousands of children are making up a generation of American children and it is costing millions of dollars to help them. The authors of a new report on children born affected by drugs, particularly crack cocaine, tell us "what is known and not known" about this growing population. 1993 • 20 pp. • Price $10.00
Immigration To America: The Asian Experience, Harold L. Hodgkinson with Anita Massey Obarakpor
This report gives both the context of America's immigration policies and practices as it has related to Asian Americans. It also provides a demographic portrait which examines the diversity of Asian Americans. 1994 32 pp. Price $12.00
Shattering Stereotypes: A Demographic Look At The Facts About Children In The United States, Janice Hamilton Outtz
This new report examines a few of the commonly held stereotypes and myths about children in the United States. Janice Hamilton Outtz, Co-Director of the Center for Demographic Policy, presents a comprehensive look at what the facts are surrounding children issues. According to Hamilton Outtz, "we talk a lot about children growing up in the United States in the nineties and how different things are today than they were 20 years or even 10 years ago. What we actually know about children--how they live, where they live and the conditions under which they live--is very different for each one of us." This report was commissioned by Metropolitan Life Foundation. 1994 52 pp. Price $12.00
State and Regional Demographic Profiles, Harold L. Hodgkinson
Dr. Hodgkinson has written reports at the state, region and county level which focus on demographic trends confronting state and local-level policy makers. These reports include analyses of population, race, family structure, labor force and employment factors. The reports are $7.00 each and are available for the following states and\or regions:
STATE and REGIONAL REPORTS
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Southern California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Fairfax County, VA
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana Students At Risk: A Focus on Three
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Minnesota Counties
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Michigan: Emphasis on Detroit
- S. Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wyoming
THE POLICY EXCHANGE
Simulation Hearing on Obtaining Federal and State Assistance Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, March 27, 1995
This official record documents an unconventional hands-on hearing conducted by the IEL Policy Exchange for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. During the hearing, Congress members took on the roles of a low-income working family from San Diego. As the Hernandez family, they applied for a range of assistance programs--from AFDC to WIC, Medicaid, School Lunch, California Children Services, Housing, Head Start and the Earned Income Credit. The hearing record includes opening remarks from subcommittee chairman Peter Hoekstra, the statement of IEL Policy Exchange Director Margaret Dunkle explaining the exercise and its history, and comments of participants during a post-exercise debriefing. 1995. Price $5.00
Dollars and Sense: Diverse Perspectives on Block Grants and the Personal Responsibility Act
In commentaries by eleven authors, Dollars and Sense brings sharp and often controversial insights to the public discussion of block granting programs affecting children and families. Dollars and Sense is produced jointly by the IEL Policy Exchange, the American Youth Policy Forum and the Finance Project. 1995. Price $5.00
Solving the Maze of Federal Programs for Children and Families, Margaret Dunkle
Solving the Maze of Federal Programs for Children and Families synthesizes the thought provoking discussion at two Policy Exchange seminars for bi-partisan Congressional staff responsible for programs affecting children and families. Capitol Hill veterans offer their candid observations about the symptoms of fragmented programs, why coordinated services are so rare, what legislative provisions would promote collaboration, and what the Congress and the Clinton Administration can do. 1993. Price $10.00
Linking Schools with Health & Social Services--Perspectives from Thomas Payzant on San Diego's New Beginnings, Margaret Dunkle
Linking Schools with Health & Social Services summarizes ideas from a Policy Exchange seminar that featured Thomas Payzant, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. This report describes New Beginnings, a successful school-based collaborative effort for children and families involving both public and private agencies. Linking Schools addresses topics such as key principles of New Beginnings, barriers to success, and policy implications for the federal role in assuring effective services for children and families. 1994 Price $10.00
Federal Policy and Community Connections--A Conversation with Donald Fraser, Kathleen Sylvester
This report is an account of an IEL Policy Exchange seminar with Donald Fraser, formerly a member of Congress, Mayor of Minneapolis and President of the National League of Cities, and currently working for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Seminar discussion addressed the challenge of moving beyond a programmatic social service response to meeting the needs of children and families to developing policies that foster community support and connections with broader institutions. 1994. Price $10.00
Who Controls Major Federal Programs for Children and Families--Rube Goldberg Revisited, Margaret Dunkle
This publication describes the fragmentation among the largest ($100 million or more) federal programs for children and families, illustrating how responsibility for these programs is spread among more than 90 separate federal entities. Rube Goldberg Revisited outlines the convoluted but important relationships among the Congressional committees and Executive Branch departments responsible for these programs and offers some suggestions for improvement. The report includes two 11" x 17" color posters illustrating these confusing relationships. A set is $20.00. Set of two posters only is $7.00.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
School Lessons/Work Lessons: Recruiting & Sustaining Employer Involvement in School-to-Work Programs
Included in the report is a set of recommendations for local, state, and federal system implementors as well as for employer organizations. These cover a range of issues, from learning plans to oversight functions, from curriculum to workplace regulation. 1994. Price $12.00
Rural Brain Drain: Challenges to the States The report focuses on workforce development issues in four states and identifies common issues across the states and provides recommendations about new forms of governance. 1995. Price $8.00
SKILL STANDARDS IN THE U.S. & ABROAD
The authors have compiled a resource that you can use as you create, revise, or evaluate the need for standards. 1993.
Volume I: An Overview of Skill Standards Systems in Education and Industry $15.00
Volume II: Education Driven Skill Standards Systems in the United States $15.00
Volume III: Industry Driven Skill Standards Systems in the United States $15.00
Volume IV: Skill Standards Systems in Selected Countries $15.00
Save $5.00; Complete Set (Four Volumes), $55.00
GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP
Governing Public Schools: New Times, New Requirements, Jacqueline P. Danzberger, Michael W. Kirst and Michael D. Usdan
This new report provides a comprehensive examination of the state of school governance today including the first data from a national assessment of how local school boards view their own effectiveness. The report suggests new expectations and roles for school boards and maps out state and local actions that can spark governance reforms. 1992. Price $15.00
School Boards: Strengthening Grass Roots Leadership
This report examines the current political, social and economic factors influencing the governance and management of local boards of education and their school systems. 1986. Price $8.00
Images of Education: The Mass Media's Version of America's Schools, George R. Kaplan
At a time of tension for America's schools, how well are the news media covering education's story? Are we getting a fair reckoning of what is going on in our schools? One of the country's most irreverent education writers breaks important new ground in this probing and entertaining look at how the print and electronic media c/over America's schools. Foreword by Fred W. Friendly. 1992. Price $14.00
Who Runs Our Schools?, George R. Kaplan
A veteran analyst of the politics of education, Mr. Kaplan asserts that the men and women who run the nation's schools may no longer be up to the job. This book provides concrete recommendations for tackling this and other major problems that beset education's top policymakers and elected officials. 1989. Price $12.00
COLLABORATION AND EFFECTIVE SERVICES
Preparing Collaborative Leaders--A Facilitator's Guide
This new manual zeroes in on the challenges facing every collaborative project and each collaborative leader and offers a road map for each step of the way. The 15 modules, from Charting the Course to Selling Change--bound in a handy loose leaf notebook--give you the "WHAT" and the "HOW" of designing and implementing a full, comprehensive leadership development program. Just turn to the topics and issues that interest you, or to the areas that your colleagues need to master. 1994. Price $95.00
Targeting Youth: The Sourcebook for Federal Policies and Programs
The Sourcebook is an unprecedented review of the federal bureaucracy. The report reveals in one place the principal federal policies, programs, projects, demonstrations, research and evaluations that target America's youth. 1993. Price $15.00
Bridging the Gap: An Education Primer for Health Professionals and Bridging the Gap: A Health Care Primer for Education Professionals, National Health and Education Consortium
This two-part primer describes the health and education systems and how professionals from both fields can work with each other. 1992. Price $12.00
The following monographs were published by the IEL-facilitated Education and Human Services Consortium and are available through IEL.
New Partnerships: Education's Stake in the Family Support Act of 1988
This first statement from the IEL-facilitated Education and Human Services Consortium explores the potential for collaboration among education and welfare agencies in the implementation of the Family Support Act. It provides an overview of this landmark Act and the opportunities it offers for the education and welfare communities to address common concerns. 1988. Price $5.00
Serving Children and Families Effectively: How the Past Can Help Chart the Future, Peter B. Edelman and Beryl A. Radin
This monograph puts today's efforts to create more comprehensive and coordinated child and family-serving systems in a thirty-year context of related endeavors. 1991. Price $5.00
Thinking Collaboratively: Ten Questions and Answers to Help Policy Makers Improve Children's Services, Charles Bruner
This publication provides ten questions and answers on collaboration ranging from understanding what problems collaboration can solve to knowing when it's working. Includes a series of checklists to help policymakers increase the likelihood that local collaboratives will serve as genuine catalysts for reform. 1991. Price $5.00
What It Takes: Structuring Interagency Partnerships to Connect Children and Families with Comprehensive Services, Atelia I. Melaville with Martin J. Blank
This publication describes the elements of high quality services delivery, distinguishes between cooperative and collaborative strategies to provide services, and examines a dozen examples of local efforts to illustrate the key factors that lead to effective collaboration and help overcome the most common barriers to change. 1991. Price $5.00
Shipping and Handling: No charge for prepaid, Billed Orders: $2.00 shipping for the first book and $1.00 for each additional book up to $5.00.
Orders can be faxed to (202) 872-4050 pr mailed to: Publications, IEL, 1001 Connecticut Ave, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036
California Tomorrow
Hedy Chang
Co-Director
Fort Mason Center
Building B
San Francisco, CA 94123
Voice: 415-441-7631
Fax: 415-775-4529
Email: 7474.20.2431@compuserv.com
California Tomorrow has expertise in diversity issues and their implications for services and supports for children and families, and a proven track record for providing training and technical assistance to local collaboratives in California. Co-Director, Hedy Chang, provides technical assistance to communities to help them develop comprehensive, integrated programs and policies for ethnically and linguistically diverse children, youth and families. Her publications include Drawing Strength From Diversity: Effective Services for Children, Youth and Families.
California Tomorrow Publications
- Drawing Strengths from Diversity: $21.00
- California Perspectives, Vol. 5 An Analogy from California Tomorrow: $15.00
- California Perspectives, Vol. 4 Special Issue: Community Canons: $17.00
- California Perspectives, Vol. 3: $15.00
- California Perspectives, Vol. 2: $12.00
- The Unfinished Journey: Restructuring Schools in a Diverse Society: $27.00
- Fighting Fragmentation: Collaborative Efforts to Serve Children and Families in California's Counties: $12.00
- Embracing Diversity: Teachers' Voices From California Classrooms: $20.00
- Newcomer Programs: $15.00
- Affirming Children's Roots: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Early Care and Education: $17.00
- The Schools We Need Now: How Parents, Families and Communities Can Change Schools: $12.00
- Looking In, Looking Out: Redefining Child Care and Early Education in a Diverse
Society: $27.00
- Crossing The Schoolhouse Border: Immigrant Students in The California Public
Schools: $16.00
- Bridges: Promising Programs for The Education of Immigrant Children: $17.00
The Child and Family Policy Center
Charles Bruner
Executive Director
Fleming Building, Suite 1021
218 Sixth Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
ph: 515-280-9027
fax: 515-244-8997
Email: HN2228@Handsnet.org
The Child and Family Policy Center has substantial knowledge of cross-system service delivery issues and experience with systems reform work nationally, particularly in Iowa. A former state legislator, Charles Bruner, the Center's Executive Director, has written widely on public policy approaches to developing more comprehensive, community-based responses to children, family and neighborhood needs. Among his publications is Thinking Collaboratively.
The Child and Family Policy Center Publications
Thinking Collaboratively: Ten Questions and Answers to Help Policy Makers Improve Children's Services, Education and Human Services Consortium: William T. Grant Foundation. April 1991. Price: $3.00
A Collaboration Exercise -- Role-Playing to Better Appreciate the Need for Family-Centered Services, Exercise prepared for collaboration workshop. November 1991. Price: $3.00
Is Change from Above Possible? State-Level Strategies for Supporting Street-Level Services, 1991. Price: $3.00
Toward Outcome-Based Accountability: Readings on Constructing Cost-of-Failure / Return on Investment Analyses of Prevention Initiatives, 1993. Price: $10.00
Federal Policy and Comprehensive Services: A Perspective from Cutting-Edge Initiatives, Charles Bruner and Ken Seeley. 1993. Price: $3.00
Moving from Art to Craft: Conversations with Technical Assistance Providers on Building Capacity to Assist Comprehensive Cross-System Reforms, Karon Perlowski, Stephen Scott. 1994. Price: $3.00
Background Paper: Allegheny County Study: Potential Returns on Investment from a Comprehensive Family Center Approach in High-Risk Neighborhoods, Charles Bruner. 1996. Price: $10.00
Occasional Papers on Comprehensive, Community-Based Service Systems 1993-1997, available for $2 each
- Notes on the Role of Outcomes in Selling Service System Reforms
- Going to Scale -- Challenges in Service Design
- Co-Location, Common Intake, and Single Point of Entry: Are They the Best Answers to Service Fragmentation?
- Management Information Systems and Client Tracking: High Tech / Low Tech and What Frontline Workers Need to Know
- Developing Comprehensive Services in Early Childhood: Is Service Integration the Right Answer?
- Collaboration, Referral and Continuity of Support
- Recognizing the Strengths of the Current System as a Prelude to Reform
- Toward Improved Outcomes for Children and Families: A Framework for Measuring the Potential of Comprehensive Service Strategies
- School-Linked Services and the Way Teachers Teach
- New Principles of Effective Practice -- Implications for Service Configuration and Outcome Accountability
- Investment-Based Budgeting -- The Principles in Converting from a Remediation Response to a Prevention / Investment Budget
- Education and Parenting: A Note on National Data
- Family Support and Systems Reform: What Is the Promise and How Can We Keep It?
- Systems Reform and Outcome Accountability: A Conceptual Framework
- Disinvested Communities in Comprehensive Services: Linking Family, Community, and Economic Assistance
- Toward Defining Government's Role as Catalyst: Building Social Capital in Disinvested Communities
- Way to Grow: Implementing an Outcome-Based Approach to Evaluating a Family Support Program
- Beyond a Collaborative Model: Moving to a Holistic Approach to Systems Reform
- Steps Along an Uncertain Path; Rethinking Approaches to Governance and Decision-Making in Systems Reform
- Thoughts on Statistical and Substantive Significance -- Are We Selling Limited Programmatic Efforts Short?
- Legislating Devolution: Developing State Statutory Frameworks to Support Community-Based Service Systems
- Building Capacity: Current Strategies for Constructing a State-Based Infrastructure Supporting Community-Based Reforms Child Welfare and Family Preservation Services
Developing Comprehensive, Family-Centered Child Welfare Systems -- Emerging State Strategies, (with Dick Flintrop) 1991. Price: $3.00
The Geography of Foster Care in Cedar Rapids and Linn County: Implications for Public Policy, 1992. Price: $3.00
Family Preservation as Gatekeeper: A Formative Evaluation of the Scott County, Iowa, Experience, Martha Aldridge. 1993. Price: $3.00
Family Preservation Services in Iowa: A Legislator's Perspective, Working Paper V of the Center for the Study of Social Policy's Family Preservation Paper Series. December 1988. Price: $3.00
The Effects on Concentrated Child Poverty on Child Welfare Policy and Practice -- Implications from Chicago Kids Count Data and Interviews with Foster Children, Charles Bruner, Stephen Scott. 1994. Price: $3.00
Family Preservation Services or Placement: How to Decide, Stephen Scott with Charles Bruner, Jill Hastings and Karon Perlowski. 1994. Price: $5.00
Family Preservation in Iowa -- Issues of Concern. Price: $5.00
Serving Severely At-Risk Youth: A School / Child Welfare Partnership -- The Second-Year Evaluation of the Polk County School / Community Partnership, Megan Berryhill, with Charles Bruner and Karon Perlowski. 1993. Price: $5.00
Supporting Effective Citizen Involvement in Child Protective Services: A Guide for State and Local Officials, Stephen Scott and Charles Bruner. 1996. Price: $4.00
Family Support Service Strategies
Family Support and Education: A Holistic Approach to School Readiness, (with Judy Carter) Women's Network Policy Brief. 1991. Price: $3.00
Frontline Family Workers -- The Role of the Family Development Specialist, Monograph prepared for the Center for Assessment and Policy Development. August 1991. Price: $3.00
Making Welfare Work: A Family Approach, Charles Bruner and Megan Berryhill, with Mark Lambert. 1992. Price: $3.00
Self-Directed Growth -- A New Assessment Process Using "HELP" Cards -- User's Manual, Jill Kinney and Charles Bruner. 1993. Price:$3.00 Health Care Reform
Going to Scale: Lessons from Five Exemplary State Initiatives to Improve Infant and Child Health, 1993. Price: $5.00
Improving Infant and Child Health: Case Studies of Exemplary State Initiatives, 1993. Price: $10.00
Improving Maternal and Child Health: A Legislator's Guide, 1990. Price: $3.00
Slicing the Health Care Pie: A Legislator's View of State Health Care Allocation Choices, 1987. Price: $3.00
Health Data Commissions and Medical Treatment Effectiveness Research: Implications for State Policy Makers, 1990. Price: $3.00
Iowa Kids Count
The Iowa Kids Count Initiative is funded by a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which also supports a national Kids Count data book tracking rends in child well-being across the fifty states. Iowa was one of the first eight state projects funded, and 1997 marks the seventh year of the Iowa Kids Count Initiative. The Iowa Kids Count Initiative is administered by the Child and Family Policy Center, with a steering committee composed of representatives from the Iowa State University Extension Service, the Iowa State Library, the Commission on Children, Youth and Families, and the Iowa Department of Human Services.
Iowa Kids Count Publications, available for $1.50 each
- World-Class Futures. 1991. (1980 and 1990 data)
- Challenging Trends. 1992. (1990-1991 data)
- Reinventing Common Sense. 1993. (1992 data)
- Family Matters. 1994. (1993 data)
- Baselines and Benchmarks. 1996. (1995 data)
- Where Iowa's Children Rate. 1992.
- Blueprint for Iowa's Young Children (packet). 1994. Includes the Iowa Kids Count Quarterly Report, brochure and two fact sheets, and the Blueprint for Iowa's Young: Implementation Directions for the Framework Paper -- Investing in Families, Prevention, and School Readiness
National Center for Service Integration (NCSI)
The National Center for Service Integration (NCSI), established in 1991 with grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and private foundations, was a collaboration of six organizations - Mathtech, Inc., Child and Family Policy Center, the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University, National Governor's Association, Policy Studies Associates, Inc., and the bush Center on Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University. NCSI's mission is to stimulate and actively support service integration efforts across the county by serving as an information clearinghouse for documents, programs and organizations.
The operating philosophy of NCSI, consistent with its mission, is to collaborate with and complement, rather than attempt to replace other clearinghouses, consortia, and institutions working in similar and related activities. Although no sharp limitations regarding target groups or services are appropriate, NCSI's initial focus of attention is on the integration of educational, health, and other social services directed to children and families.
In June 1995, the Child and Family Policy Center assumed responsibility for disseminating the publications produced by NCSI. Although federal funding for NCSI has ended, NCSI will continue to produce occasional publications and resource briefs on issues communities and states face in developing more comprehensive, community-based service systems.
NCSI Publications, available for $4 each
Working Papers:
- Beyond the Buzzwords: Key Principles in Effective Frontline Practice. Jill Kinney, Kathy Strand, Marge Hagerup, Charles Bruner. 1994.
- Steps Along an Uncertain Path: State Initiatives Promoting Comprehensive, Community-Based Reform. Charles Bruner, Deborah Both, Carolyn Marzke. 1996.
Policy Paper:
Realizing a Vision for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods: An Alternative to Other Modest Proposals. Charles Bruner, with foreword by Douglas Nelson and commentary by Otis Johnson. 1996.
Resource Briefs
- So You Think You Need Some Help? Making Effective Use of Technical Assistance. Charles Bruner. 1992
- Charting a Course: Assessing a Community's Strengths and Needs. Charles Bruner, Karen Bell, Claire Brindis, Hedy Chang, William Scarbrough. 1993.
- Who Should Know What? Confidentiality and Information Sharing in Service Integration. Mark I. Soler, Clark M. Peters. 1993.
- Getting to the Bottom Line: State and Community Strategies for Financing Comprehensive Community Service Systems. Charles Bruner, Frank Farrow. 1993.
- Getting Started: Planning a Comprehensive Service Initiative. Carolyn Marzke, Deborah Both. 1994.
- Making It Simpler: Streamlining and Integrating Intake and Eligibility. Allen Kraus, Jolie Bain Pillsbury. 1993.
- Making a Difference: Moving to Outcome-Based Accountability for Comprehensive Service Reforms. Nancy Young, Sid Gardner, Soraya Coley, Lisbeth Schorr, Charles Bruner. 1994.
Other NCSI Publications
- Directory of Federally Funded Resource Centers, 1993.
- Service Integration: An Annotated Bibliography, 1993.
- Wingspread Conference -- Going to Scale with a Comprehensive Services Strategy, 1993
- Case Management in Service Integration: An Annotated Bibliography, 1994.
- Information Systems to Support Comprehensive Human Services Delivery, Carolyn Marzke, Deborah Both, and James Focht. 1994. ($12)
- Toward Systemic Reform: Service Integration for Young Children and Their Families, Sharon L. Kagan, Stacie G. Goffin, Sarit A. Golub, and Eliza Pritchard. 1995. ($3)
The Program for Community Problem Solving
Bill Potapchuk
Executive Director
915 15th Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
ph: 202-783-2961
fax: 202-347-2161
BillPotap@aol.com
The Program for Community Problem Solving brings expertise with the processes and tools of collaborative problem solving at the community level and a network of colleagues involved with collaboration and community development nationally. William Potapchuk, Executive Director, has analyzed, facilitated, and designed processes in public policy and community disputes. He is the author of many articles on consensus building, conflict and dispute resolutions, and developing collaborative communities.
Program for Community Problem Solving Publications
Collaborative Planning Video, Produced by the American Planning Association
An educational tool, this six-hour video and workshop materials will guide communities through collaborative planning. Imagine resolving community disputes with success.
Learn to constructively address the complex and controversial public disputes faced by planners and examine several approaches to structuring these disputes in a collaborative, inclusive manner that obtains necessary input from stakeholders up front.
Buy the video, and you can order our publication Pulling Together at a discounted price. Price: $99. Planning video and Pulling Together: $120
Negotiated Approaches to Environmental Decision Making in Communities: An Exploration of Lessons Learned, Jointly published with the National Institute for Dispute Resolution and the Coalition to Improve Management in State and Local Government. This resource for government and civic leaders helps communities negotiate policies for sustainable development. The current devolution of authority from the federal to the state and local level has had a significant impact on the development and implementation of environmental policy at all levels of government. Price: $10
Facing Racial and Cultural Conflicts: Tools for Rebuilding Community Second Edition
Communities throughout America are faced with conflicts that involve issues of race, ethnicity, culture, religion and sexual orientation. Left unaddressed, these conflicts can permanently fragment the political culture, making it difficult, if not impossible, to effectively address important community problems. It offers an assortment of tools that can be used to bring people together and help channel intergroup conflict in productive directions. The techniques presented range from proactive initiatives to incident-specific responses. Emphasis is given to collaborative problem solving, but the authors discuss such topics as the role of the community leader in a conflict situation, grassroots initiatives, and educational programs. Use of the tools is illustrated with briefcase studies throughout.
The second edition includes a broader discussion of cultural differences in collaborative processes. The descriptions are designed to help community leaders craft a process for resolving differences that is comfortable and culturally acceptable for every participant. The resource section has also been expanded with information on more organizations and written materials. Whether you are dealing with tensions over race, ethnicity, national origin, class, sexual orientation, religion or physical capabilities, you are likely to find something of value in this book. Price: $20
Involving Citizens in Community Decision Making: A Guidebook Second Printing
This is the only public participation manual that focuses specifically on the community level of public decision making. Author James L. Creighton has filled some two-hundred pages with advice born of many years of professional experience designing and implementing public participation programs. Creighton takes the reader from the basics through practical issues such as designing, staffing, and evaluating public participation programs, preparing a public participation plan, and the details involved in using many specific implementation techniques. Extremely well-organized and readable, this manual is a comprehensive "how-to" guide for every bookshelf. Price: $30
Pulling Together: A Land Use and Development Consensus Building Manual, A joint publication of PCPS and the Urban Land Institute
This is a guidebook for community leaders on how to avoid time-consuming, costly, and unproductive disputes over planning and development issues by effectively working through conflicts between developers, citizens, government, and other interest groups. Straightforward instructions, case studies, sample materials, and a clear framework make this hands-on book easy to follow and use. Price: $30
Building the Collaborative Community, A Select Bibliography for Community Leaders
This bibliography, the first of its type, identifies resources valuable to community leaders and professional staff on applications of collaborative tools and conflict resolution processes to community issues. Over 250 items are cited, but fewer than 25 receive the "Basic Bookshelf" designation. Issue categories include education, environment, infrastructure and sitting, intergovernmental relations, planning and development, and social services and public health. Also included are materials on negotiation, meeting management, and facilitative leadership. Price: $15
Community Problem Solving Case Summaries
The third volume of our Community Problem Solving Case Summaries series features 13 communities from across the country. Cases cover issues such as reducing drugs and crime, visioning and strategic planning, and resolving land use and planning controversies in communities of varying size and demographics. Communities include: Macon (GA), Phoenix (AZ), Santa Barbara (CA), James City County (VA), and Minneapolis and Hennepin County (MN). Learn a wealth of lessons from communities experiencing similar challenges and working them out together. Volumes I and II, highlighting consensus building in the late 80s, are also available. Price: $15 (Volumes I and II $10 each)
Solving Community Problems by Consensus
Written by community collaboration expert, Susan Carpenter, this concise manual provides strategies and techniques for using consensual processes to resolve community problems. Easy- to-read, it offers several ways of designing the process for consensus building are described and illustrated It will be especially useful to those seriously considering or using a collaborative process in their community. Price: $15
Building the Collaborative Community, Jointly published with the National Civic League and the National Institute for Dispute Resolution
Communities across the country are currently using a wide variety of techniques for collaborative problem solving to resolve social conflicts ranging from environmental issues to disputes between different racial and ethnic groups. This concise publication provides a broad overview of these efforts, helping government officials and citizen leaders, alike, better understand the tools and techniques of collaborative problem solving, and how it might fit in to their communities. Highly recommended for those searching for the "big picture" of how community collaboration is being used from the local to federal level. Price: $10
Collaborative Transportation Planning Guidelines for Implementing ISTEA and the CAAA
This monograph, co-published with the Business Transportation Council, the National Association of Regional Councils, and Surface Transportation Policy Project, highlights how collaborative processes can be used to meet the mandates of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments. Five models for collaboration and five case studies are presented with recommendations for state and federal support for collaboration. Price: $10
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