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"Partnering" May Mean... COOPERATING COORDINATINGCOLLABORATING " using resources to assist organizing or combining resources to applying resources toward problems other agencies more effectively reach a mutual goal which lack clear ownership • • SHARING PROGRAM CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES RECONCILING ACTIVITIES RESPONSIBILITIES Agencies contribute resources to another Agencies adjust or combine existing Agencies come together as a new agency's project or effort;-contribution is programs,in order to deliver services more organization to provide services or to clearly defined and usually material. effectively, usually entails on-going manage a resource. -- relationships relationships among partners. Primary goal: to help a worthy endeavor _ Primary goal: to meet a need that is not Primary goal: to improve programs addressed by existing agencies EXAMPLES: • The National Guard volunteers EXAMPLES: ' EXAMPLES: equipment for a- weekend campout • A program provides grants to efforts - • -Partners forma-joint powers board-to involving hundreds of Boy Scouts. which coordinate housing and human manage the resources of an island. • Multiple funders establish an endowed services. • Outreach workers from different 'F teaching position at a local hospital. • Eight state agencies create a common agencies work through a new entity to Z application and streamline the funding provide support to homeless youth. W process for similar grant programs. r W . CREATING SERVICE DELIVERY W PROMOTING OTHERS SHARING RESOURCES SYSTEMS OR PROGRAMS )4Agencies willingly share information Agencies which use the same good or Agencies work to create and implement a C about the work or services of others. - service agree to share in its cost; often new model for serving the needs of a defined by contract. -- population or for managing a resource. ►Z Primary goal: to meet the needs of a . W shared constituency Primary goal: to save money - Primary goal: to use existing agencies to - V meet a new need - ,,, EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: ' _• 125 agencies distribute information • Four metro suburbs share the expenses. EXAMPLES: C about the tax credit refunds available to and services of the same prosecutor. • An alliance of metro suburbs creates V) low-income families. • A travel information center on the programs to improve_housing,job W • A transitional housing program border distributes information about opportunities and race relations. routinely refers clients to the services of Minnesota and North Dakota. • A state agency works with non-profits Gro O other agencies. to provide vocational services to people . with HIV. ggSHARING INFORMATION • PRODUCING JOINT PROJECTS COLLECTIVE PLANNING W Agencies share information on a formal or Agencies depend. upon each other for Agencies develop a collective vision A informal basis; may be routine Or producing a specific product or event;-- (and/or study) for the management of a occasional. generally involves short-term commitments. resource or the alleviation of a social problem; may also serve as a forum for Primary goal: to improve the performance Primary goal: to produce an outcome problem resolution. of one's own agency by keeping informed which no single agency could achieve on its own Primary goal: to promote a collective EXAMPLES: vision and coordinated actions • A group of mental health professionals EXAMPLES: gather informally each month to __. • A high school,Parks and Recreation EXAMPLES: exchange information. Department,parents'organization and . • Federal,state and non-profit agencies • Individuals involved in rural others design and construct a new work together to improve their development use an electronic bulletin baseball diamond stewardship of a river. board to keep in touch. • Three partners join together to restore • A citizens' group works with federal, degraded,vacant land to natural prairie. state and local agencies to develop a watershed management plan. 4 " DEGREE OF POWER SHARING ' - © Elizabeth Hubbard, May 1995