NCJ Number
101118
Date Published
1985
Length
45 pages
Annotation
This pamphlet summarizes the proceedings of a 1984 workshop on interagency coordination, cooperation, and collaboration in programs serving California families and youth.
Abstract
Workshop participants identified six steps for implementing interagency programming. These involve identifying the problem to be addressed, identifying key actors, selecting an organizational structure, assessing the benefits of interagency effort, assessing costs of interagency programming, and implementing processes necessary to facilitate program objectives. Interagency action models also were presented. These included the Juvenile Justice Connection Program (an action model for coordination of juvenile delinquency diversion services encompassing both juvenile justice agencies and community resources and services), the West Contra Costa Consortium for Children (a coalition of human service agencies serving children, youth, and families), and the San Diego County Juvenile Justice Interagency Committee (which integrates services within the juvenile justice system). A collaboration model, the City of Richmond Crime Prevention Program, uses existing agency resources and neighborhood involvement to implement a city-wide program. Similarly collaborative, the Fresno Interagency Committee provides a systematic vehicle for youth- and family-serving agencies to network, coordinate, assess, and implement programs.