COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS & LINKAGES: REACHING OUT TO WORK TOGETHER — HANDOUT AND TRANSPARENCY 2.4

Categories of Potential Collaborators

1. Services within your own agency but not within your unit/division (for example, TANF).

2. Formal, traditional service providers that child welfare workers often work with (for example, mental health providers, domestic violence, educators).

3. Other service providers that child welfare workers don't usually work with (for example, police, health care providers).

4. Less formal services (for example, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs, Police Clubs, family support centers).

5. Neighborhood and community organizations and networks (for example, faith-based groups, neighborhood associations).

6. Public services (for example, utilities, transportation).

7. Other community stakeholder groups (for example, the business community, city and county government officials, civic organizations like Rotary, Chamber of Commerce).