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Interagency Collaboration
A Closer Look

Author(s):  National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care.

Year Published:  2008

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"You bring powerful people to the table and they will push the system to change." —Don Crary (Walsh, 1999, p.5)

Overview*

Serving children involved in the child welfare system calls for services and support from a variety of human service and community organizations, which is often a challenging aspect of child welfare casework. Interagency collaboration, a core principle in systems of care, focuses on bringing together and engaging critical stakeholders, such as juvenile justice, mental health, education, law enforcement, and Tribal authorities, in a coordinated and integrated effort to serve children whose needs cross multiple systems.

This issue of A Closer Look considers the challenges and strategies associated with building and sustaining interagency collaboration in a child welfare driven system of care. The report draws on current research in the field as well as the knowledge and experiences of nine grant communities currently in the fifth year of a 5-year demonstration grant.

Table of Contents

• Defining Interagency Collaboration
• Interagency Collaboration in a Child Welfare Driven System of Care
• Essential Elements of Interagency Collaboration
• Challenges and Strategies in Developing Effective Collaboration
• Implications for Administrators and Stakeholders
• Demonstration Sites and References

^* The National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center wishes to thank the following family leaders and agency practitioners for their contributions to the development of this resource: Lynn Usher, Susan Franklin, and Ed Cohen. back

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Updated on October 9, 2009