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Collaboration Among Public Agencies: State and Local Examples

State and local examples of collaboration among public child welfare and other human services agencies.

Building Collaboratives to Deliver Human Services in Bibb County, Georgia (PDF - 33 KB)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (2002)
Describes a county-based human services collaborative, including critical success factors.

Integrated Case Management Training: Final Evaluation Report
Haley & Von Herrlich (2000)
View Abstract
Evaluation report for Maine's Integrated Case Management model, including evaluation instruments. Also View Abstract for the training curriculum.

Integrating the Human Service System: Final Evaluation of the NYS Integrated County Planning Initiative (PDF - 684 KB)
Greene, McCormick, & Lee (2005)
Evaluates the implementation of a multicounty demonstration project to coordinate planning within New York's human services delivery system.

Interagency Collaboration in Rural Areas (PDF - 116 KB)
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2003)
Describes two approaches to interagency collaboration in rural areas - one among community-based groups and the other among State and local organizations.

Scale of Change: Creating and Sustaining Collaborative Child Welfare Reform Across Cities and States (PDF - 761 KB)
Center for the Study of Social Policy (2008)
Highlights the efforts made by three child welfare systems (California, Iowa, and Washington D.C.), to achieve reform through the guiding principles of strengths-based services, family-centered practice, community partnership, and parent engagement and leadership.

Service Integration in Oregon: Successful Local Efforts Influence Major State Reorganization (PDF - 216 KB)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (2003)
Describes the challenges and successes of a reorganization of two county service integration efforts.

Service Integration in Wisconsin: Racine and Kenosha Counties (PDF - 40 KB)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (2002)
Describes two countybased human services collaboratives, including key success factors.

Service Integration Supported by Information Technology: The N-FOCUS System in Nebraska (PDF - 37 KB)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (2002)
Describes an information system used to facilitate integration of human services across Nebraska.

Walking the Collaboration Talk: Ten Lessons Learned From the Los Angeles County Children's Planning Council (PDF - 375 KB)
Los Angeles County Children's Planning Council (2003)
Lists lessons learned from 20 years of activities of the Children's Planning Council in Los Angeles, including key strategies.

Updated on March 1, 2010