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Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations Through Consultation and Technical Assistance / ed. by Peg Hess, Patricia Motes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) : 5 illus., 3 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231128735
  • 9780231502856
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.82/57 22
LOC classification:
  • HV697 .C63 2007
  • HV697 .C63 2007eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Organizational and Community Capacity Building: Mediating Change in Family-Serving Organizations and Groups -- 2. Consulting to Organizations and Community Groups: Defining and Distinguishing the Provision of Technical Assistance -- 3. Cultural Competence: At the Heart of Capacity Building -- 4. Collaboratives: Avenues to Build Community Capacity -- 5. Putting It All Together: Building Capacity for Strategic Planning -- 6. Building Capacity for Self-Evaluation Among Community Agencies and Organizations -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Sample Generic Outline for Final Evaluation Report -- Index
Summary: Community groups and human service organizations are under a tremendous amount of pressure to strengthen their programs and measure the effectiveness of their work. These challenges have prompted many to seek consultation and technical assistance in order to better plan, develop, and evaluate their services and resources and be more responsive to the needs of funders and the community.In this volume, practitioners and researchers present methods and strategies for assisting and collaborating with groups and agencies serving families. Helping a community or organization involves many tasks (reaching out to the community, building leadership, developing and planning for action) and requires specialized knowledge and skills. Contributors combine a research-based, theoretical framework with practical guidance to explain this process and offer cross-cultural case studies in a wide range of settings.The book begins with a discussion of the role of the coach or capacity-building consultant and the related but distinct activities of consultation, technical assistance, and service. The value of empowerment theory, adult learning theory, and change theory, among other theories, are outlined. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of cultural competence-the need to balance diverse needs, ethical mandates, and dilemmas is crucial. The book concludes with a detailed, step-by-step guide for helping an agency or program perform a self-evaluation.Skilled consultation and assistance enable organizations to better support and strengthen families. While this book is grounded in research, it also reflects the lived experiences of each contributor and illuminates the complex yet vital role of the consultant.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Organizational and Community Capacity Building: Mediating Change in Family-Serving Organizations and Groups -- 2. Consulting to Organizations and Community Groups: Defining and Distinguishing the Provision of Technical Assistance -- 3. Cultural Competence: At the Heart of Capacity Building -- 4. Collaboratives: Avenues to Build Community Capacity -- 5. Putting It All Together: Building Capacity for Strategic Planning -- 6. Building Capacity for Self-Evaluation Among Community Agencies and Organizations -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Sample Generic Outline for Final Evaluation Report -- Index

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Community groups and human service organizations are under a tremendous amount of pressure to strengthen their programs and measure the effectiveness of their work. These challenges have prompted many to seek consultation and technical assistance in order to better plan, develop, and evaluate their services and resources and be more responsive to the needs of funders and the community.In this volume, practitioners and researchers present methods and strategies for assisting and collaborating with groups and agencies serving families. Helping a community or organization involves many tasks (reaching out to the community, building leadership, developing and planning for action) and requires specialized knowledge and skills. Contributors combine a research-based, theoretical framework with practical guidance to explain this process and offer cross-cultural case studies in a wide range of settings.The book begins with a discussion of the role of the coach or capacity-building consultant and the related but distinct activities of consultation, technical assistance, and service. The value of empowerment theory, adult learning theory, and change theory, among other theories, are outlined. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of cultural competence-the need to balance diverse needs, ethical mandates, and dilemmas is crucial. The book concludes with a detailed, step-by-step guide for helping an agency or program perform a self-evaluation.Skilled consultation and assistance enable organizations to better support and strengthen families. While this book is grounded in research, it also reflects the lived experiences of each contributor and illuminates the complex yet vital role of the consultant.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)