An Develop a common vision and essential component for meeting the alignment on goals and objectives needs of a community is to ensure that Align practices public services are known, well Co-sponsor community events and coordinated, and fully utilized. This classes requires that different agencies, across Assess services to reduce duplication multiple sectors (e.g. schools and health and maximize resources care), work together and involve Work in multi-disciplinary teams community members to identify Organize cross-training of staff when redundancies. Families receiving services possible are often the most familiar with the variety Document and evaluate coordination of programs available in a community and efforts can be a valuable resource. Coordinate internal processes and As state and federal resources diminish, communication community-based organizations continually seek opportunities to coordinate, collaborate, and when possible, integrate their programs so that families can access services with ease. Some strategies to develop and/or strengthen coordinated efforts are, : Develop an understanding of the objectives, operations and services of other programs Increase communication, resource sharing and joint planning among local agencies Highlights of Promising Practice: MCSTART MCSTART, as a promising practice, demonstrates the power of collaboration. drugs. MCSTART was developed The collaboratively and the program structure Monterey County Screening Team for was integrated by design. Components of Assessment, Referral, and Treatment services from three agencies [i.e., Door to (MCSTART) is an inter-agency collaborative Hope – Lead Agency, Family and providing a comprehensive system of Children’s Services (Department of Social community resources to identify, assess, and Employment Services), and Monterey refer and treat children who have been County Children’s Behavioral Health prenatally exposed to alcohol and other (Health Department)] collaborate on the
An essential component for meeting the needs of a community is to ensure that public services are known, well coordinated, and fully utilized. This requires that different agencies, across multiple sectors (e.g. schools and health care), work together and involve community members to identify redundancies. Families receiving services are often the most familiar with the variety of programs available in a community and can be a valuable resource. As state and federal resources diminish, community-based organizations continually seek opportunities to coordinate, collaborate, and when possible, integrate their programs so that families can access services with ease. Some strategies to develop and/or strengthen coordinated efforts are, : Develop an understanding of the objectives, operations and services of other programs Increase communication, resource sharing and joint planning among local agencies Develop a common vision and alignment on goals and objectives Align practices Co-sponsor community events and classes Assess services to reduce duplication and maximize resources Work in multi-disciplinary teams Organize cross-training of staff when possible Document and evaluate coordination efforts Coordinate internal processes and communication Highlights of Promising Practice: MCSTART MCSTART, as a promising practice, demonstrates the power of collaboration. The Monterey County Screening Team for Assessment, Referral, and Treatment (MCSTART) is an inter-agency collaborative providing a comprehensive system of community resources to identify, assess, refer and treat children who have been prenatally exposed to alcohol and other drugs. MCSTART was developed collaboratively and the program structure was integrated by design. Components of services from three agencies [i.e., Door to Hope – Lead Agency, Family and Children’s Services (Department of Social and Employment Services), and Monterey County Children’s Behavioral Health (Health Department)] collaborate on the
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