5. Forming Community Partnerships Flashcards
Six Types of community partnerships
1. Temporary structures established to address a community issue, need, or problem that must be resolved within a short time span.
Task Forces
Six Types of community partnerships
2. service delivery networks that involve complex systems of exchanges and resource sharing among multiple organizations.
Collaboratives
Six Types of community partnerships
3. Group established to take joint action to achieve a specific goal by combining resources, membership, and political influence.
Coalition
Six Types of community partnerships
4. Partnerships among organizations serving specific communities in which the lead organizations consist of church congregations but include other neighborhood groups/institutions.
Interfaith Alliances
Six Types of community partnerships
5. Federated community organizations that also work locally
National organizations with Local Affiliates
Six Types of community partnerships
6. Collective efforts to achieve social change
Social Movements
Task Forces:
Members are generally representatives of organizations that serve a specific “?”.
population group or community
Task Forces:
Advantages that formal organizations do not have:
1. Task forces can be flexible in “?”, bringing together a “/” group of people and may allow for the pooling of “?” among different organizations.
flexible
diverse
pooling
Task Forces:
They can be used to identify “?” and toaddress “?’ problems in communities/institutiosn that cannot be easily addressed by one organization alone.
gaps in services
systemic
Task Forces:
They can engage in “?’
or develop innovative programs/campaigns that will “?v” issues, develop public “?” and generate new “?” to resolve problems.
legislative
publicize
public support
resources
Task Forces:
They can be used to quickly address new or emerging community problems for which there is limited “?3” available to develop solutions.
knowledge
resources
expertise
Task Forces: Disadvantages:
It can be difficult to reach an agreement about “?” and “?” among a diverse group of people.
problem identification
goals
Task Forces: Disadvantages:
The “?” nature of the task force can make this approache ineffective for addressing complex problems that require “?” change in a variety of organizations or social policies.
time-limited
long-term
Task Forces: Disadvantages:
Partners are unwilling to share their “?”, especially “?2”.
own resources
money and skilled staff members
Collaboratives:
Nonprofit and public organizations often establish collaborative partnerships in order to deliver “?”, plan “?”, or engage in a specific type of “?” activity.
services
programs
joint
Collaboratives:
Community organizations are recruited for collaboration when the goal of the collaborative is to conduct outreach to “?”, make improvement in “?”, or reform existing “?” systems.
marginalized populations
community services
service delivery systems
Collaboratives:
The motivation for establishing collaborative can also involve correcting “?” or adapt to “?”.
gaps in services changing conditions (e.g. funding cuts, technical innovations)
Collaboratives: limitations
They must be able to establish “?” among member organizations and agencies and institutions outside the network, absorb new organizations as otehrs drop out, and provide most essential services for the “?” population.
strong relationships
target
