Collaborating with community-based organizations through consultation and technical assistance

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 (rea

Presents a framework for organizational and community capacity building. Identifies strategies and methods that are effective for consultants engaged in this work. Through vignettes and case examples, it illustrates lessons learned by a team of consultants who assist a wide range of family-serving community organizations and groups