Collaboration Center
No one person or organization can provide for all the needs of a community's young people. To support them fully, schools, youth-serving organizations, faith-based institutions, businesses, and government agencies as well as youth and families must collaborate to share expertise and resources.
Strong partnerships with relevant organizations and agencies in your community are critical because working together will help you deliver consistent messages and reach youth through a variety of channels. It also presents valuable opportunities to share resources, develop joint goals and objectives, and learn from each other.
New Website Helps Federal Staff Support Comprehensive Community Initiatives
The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has established a new Web site, cciToolsforFeds.org, offering a wealth of tools and resources to help Federal staff plan, support, and help sustain Comprehensive Community Initiatives (CCIs).
Federal Collaboration
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP) is composed of representatives from 12 federal agencies that support programs and services focusing on youth.
The Partnership Resource Library contains links to publications and websites with more information about collaboration and partnerships.
How do you identify and build effective partnerships?
Who can you consider as possible partners?
How do you engage youth in partnerships?
A community assessment is a valuable strategy for obtaining a clear picture of your community. It will help you identify local assets as well as problem areas. It can also serve as the starting point for developing a shared vision and strategies for change within the community. Learn more about why you should conduct a community assessment and how to do it.
The Solutions Desk supports a Community of Practice focused on building strong local, state, and federal collaborations for the benefit of all youth who experience challenges in transitioning to adulthood. Send the Solutions Desk an email at solutionsdesk@ou.edu to get information about upcoming webinars on transition age youth topics.The Solutions Desk provides sample documents, forms and reports developed by youth collaborations across the country. Visit the Solutions Desk
The IWGYP Collaborative Workspace is for Interagency Working Group participants only.
