COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS & LINKAGES: REACHING OUT TO WORK TOGETHER — HANDOUT AND TRANSPARENCY 3.1

Assessing Your Own Agency

Questions about Your Division:

- What is the reputation of my DIVISION in the community regarding community partnerships? Is my division perceived as a good partner for other agencies and services? Give concrete examples.

- What services within my division are workers from other divisions or agencies using for their clients?

- What services within my division are workers from other divisions or agencies not using, and why not?

- What may need to be modified in my own division so that staff will be able to partner well with others both inside and outside our agency?

Questions about Your Agency:

- What is the reputation of my AGENCY in the community regarding community partnerships? Is my agency perceived as a good partner for other agencies and services? Give concrete examples.

- What services of my agency, outside my own division, are workers from other agencies currently using for their clients?

- What services of my agency, outside my own division, are workers from other agencies not currently using for their clients, and why not?

- What divisions of my agency do workers from other agencies have a good working relationship with?

- What divisions of my agency do workers from other agencies not have a good relationship with? Why not? What do I need to do to improve it?

- What may need to be modified in my own agency so that staff will be able to partner well with others both inside and outside our agency?