Working Together?-Grounded Perspectives on Interagency Collaboration

Name: Working Together?-Grounded Perspectives on Interagency Collaboration
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ISBN: 9781572731059

ISBN-10: 1572731052

ISBN-13: 9781572731059

Edition: 1999

Authors: Adkins, Catherine Awsumb, George Noblit, Penny Richards

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Takes a close look at the contexts and conditions that affect interagency collaboration, what clients have to say about services and collaboration, and the lessons of established collaborative initiatives. The result is a sobering portrait.

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Hampton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/31/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Preface
Series Preface
Contributors
Working Together? An Introduction	p. 1
Mapping Current Practice: Case Studies of Service Delivery	p. 11
Making a Virtue of Necessity: Organic Collaboration in a Rural County	p. 19
Collaboration and Complexity in an Urban Center	p. 39
Collaboration in Crisis: Fragmentation as Status Quo	p. 61
Interagency Collaboration: Alternative Forms and Their Problems	p. 79
Conclusion: Learning from Current Practice	p. 103
From the other Side of the Desk: Client Perspectives on Collaboration	p. 125
Michelle, Lynn, LaShawn, and Alice: Narratives of Increasing Dependency	p. 127
Betty, Meg, Sharon, and Wanda: Narratives of Maintenance	p. 145
Cheryl, Ruth, Edith, and Susan: Narratives of Increasing Independence	p. 157
Conclusion: Five Messages from the other Side of the Desk	p. 173
Realities of Collaboration: Lessons Learned from Best Efforts	p. 179
Targeting Services to At-Risk Students - Caldwell County Communities in Schools	p. 183
Creating Opportunities for Families: Cleveland County Communities in Schools and Opportunities for Families	p. 189
Synchronizing Substance Abuse Prevention: Cumberland County CARES	p. 195
Building Communities: UPLIFT, Inc.	p. 203
The Floating Think Tank: Wake County Children's Initiative	p. 209
Conclusion: Common Themes from Best Efforts	p. 217
Looking Forward: Lessons for Future Practice	p. 221
Epilogue: Moving Forward - Interagency Collaboration in Context in North Carolina	p. 231
References	p. 247
Author Index	p. 251
Subject Index	p. 253
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