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Using Data in Multi-Agency Collaborations: Guiding Performance to Ensure Accountability and Improve Programs

Author(s): 
Walker, K. E., Farley, C. & Polin, M.
Organization: 
Child Trends
Publisher: 
Public/Private Ventures
Date Published: 
February, 2012

This report is designed to help collaborating organizations anticipate and address the most common challenges associated with multi-agency performance management systems. The first section offers practical advice about launching such a system, including clarifying the purpose of the collaboration and of the data collection effort, determining what data to collect, choosing a system to use and conducting initial staff training. The remainder of the guide suggests strategies for helping partners work together to collect accurate and complete data, shows how data from multiple agencies can be mined and acted on to strengthen programming, and provides tips for ensuring that a multi-agency data collection effort thrives over time.

Download a copy of Using Data in Multi-Agency Collaborations: Guiding Performance to Ensure Accountability and Improve Programs (PDF, 201 KB) from the Public/Private Ventures Web site.