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Article Archive: Social Capital and Community Building
Communicates the key findings and beliefs of the Alliance and United Neighborhood Centers of America Civic Engagement Steering Committee, following the first seven years of an effort to encourage members to work for social change in their communities. The piece covers what civic engagement is, anecdotes from member agencies, why it is essential for nonprofits to promote civic engagement.
Provides an overview of the process used to develop tools to measure the impact of civic engagement practices in the human services field. Also presents the Civic Engagement Measurement System, which consists of an inter-related set of tools that represent a promising new approach to the measurement of outcomes and impacts in civic engagement.
Recaps the efforts, outcomes, and future plans of six Alliance member organizations, which received funding through the Alliance civic engagement program.
Mission-Based Advocacy Toolkit
Provides tangible resources to help nonprofit human service organization better advance their missions and goals through advocacy and civic engagement. Only Alliance members have access to this toolkit.
Help organizations understand why current practices that gather feedback from primary constituents are often unhelpful. Provides a framework for determining if comparative data could be utilized to improve feedback efforts. Recommends reforms.
Suggest ways to integrate a community-centered approach into an organization’s pre-existing programs, such as foster care.
Compares and contrasts two approaches to family strengthening: service delivery and community building.
Provides insight into how to measure increases in social capital.
Suggests ways to integrate a community-centered approach into an organization’s counseling program.
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- Developmental Disabilities (2)
- Ethics and Research (1)
- Health Care Delivery (4)
- Incarceration and Corrections (4)
- Mental Health (5)
- Native Americans (1)
- Operational Research (11)
- Outcome and Program Evaluations (9)
- Social Capital and Community Building (9)
- Social Work, Programming, and Services (9)
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- Welfare Policy (8)
- Workforce Research (7)