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Capacity Building

Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers: A Guide for Faith and Community-based Service Providers

Publisher: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This publication is a handbook designed for community groups and faith-based organizations seeking to maximize the skills of their volunteers, expand their services to the community, and enhance th

Prevention Programs With Staying Power: What Makes Good Prevention Programs Take Hold and Last?

Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Education

This newsletter article on sustaining effective programs presents the insight of two implementation professionals--Eric Schaps, developer of the Child Development Project, and Maurice Elias, Vice-C

Crosswalks Toolbox

Publisher: 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Crosswalks Toolbox is a comprehensive database of resources - including videos, articles, syllabi and other materials – that focuses on increasing the emphasis on cultural and linguistic diversity in early childhood education and intervention.

Tools for School Improvement Planning

Publisher: 
Providence: Brown University

This extensive resource list contains observation protocols, focus group samples and questions, surveys, questionnaires, and other techniques to help examine specific school-improvement concerns.

Community Guide to Helping America's Youth

Publisher: 
US Government Printing Office

This online resource aims to help communities build partnerships, assess their needs and resources, and choose a program design that can be replicated in their community.

Effective Practices and Resources in Staff Development

Publisher: 
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

This bibliography of resources focusing on professional development for teachers (both general and special education) and school staff ranges from general how-to's and links to professional develop

Generating Family-School Partnerships through Social Marketing

Publisher: 
Harvard University

This paper summarizes a meeting convened by the Harvard Family Research Project which described social marketing principles and shows how they apply to family-school partnerships.

Our Model of Practice: Building Capacity for Community and Systems Change

Publisher: 
University of Kansas

This guide contains tools, examples, and a checklist to help users build capacity in their communities.

Getting to Outcomes: 10 Steps for Achieving Results-Based Accountability

Publisher: 
RAND Corporation

This manual presents a ten-step process that enhances practitioners