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Also Try Aligning Systems Papers Collaboratives - Aligning Systems (Kellogg Foundation - Gardner) Describes the elements and issues related to aligning systems, especially as they apply to collaborative efforts of agencies trying to improve education and other services for young children. 8-02 Collaboratives - Establishing Collaboratives and Partnerships (NCREL - Pathways) Discusses critical issues and suggests solutions. 8-02 Collaboratives - How to Tell if a Collaborative Is a Waste of Time (California State University, Fullerton - Gardner) Provides four clues. 8-02 Collaboratives - Models (NCREL - Pathways) Discusses critical issues and suggests solutions. 8-02 Collaboratives - Research Results on Effectiveness in California (California State University, Fullerton - Gardner) Summarizes how collaboratives have been the most effective policy or structural effort to gain better outcomes for children and families across programs. (Uses PDF format.) 8-02 Collaboratives Model - Family Resource and Youth Service Centers (NCREL) "One school-based health and social service model has been implemented throughout Kentucky. These 'youth service centers' are located in schools serving a large proportion of lower-income families. Family Resource and Youth Service Centers provide health services and referrals, some mental health counseling, clothing, vision services, parenting classes, recreational activities, and mentoring. Though some of the Centers' services focus primarily on elementary-age students and their families, others serve adolescents and their families. A minority of the Centers serve children of all ages." 8-02 Collaboratives Model - New Beginnings Center (NCREL) "After two years of preparatory work, they opened the New Beginnings Center for Children and Families in three portable classrooms on the edge of the concrete playground at Hamilton Elementary School in inner-city San Diego. The center is home to representatives from a score of agencies. The representatives are expected to leave behind their parochial origins and become family service advocates, brokering public services to meet the full range of a family's needs. They also provide some direct services, such as immunizations, school registration, and counseling." 8-02 Comprehensive Regional Centers (U.S. Department of Education) "IASA authorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which (under Title XIII) combines the functions of 48 categorical technical assistance efforts into fifteen Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers." 8-02 Connecting Schools With Communities (American Association of School Administrators - Hill) "The key in many communities is connecting public schools to the resources in their communities." Describes six forces that hurt school performance and suggests directions for solutions. The title of the article about collaboratives is "Breaking the Hermetic Seal." 3-01 Educational Partnerships Case Studies Evaluation of Community Collaboratives with Schools (Harvard Family Research Project - Shaw and Repglogle) Discusses issues that are important in designing and implementing evaluation of collaborations between schools and communities 8-02 Model Programs (NCREL) Provides a table of 25 programs and identifies the essential components considered part of the model, such as collaboration and coordination. Details of each program are found through the links on the left of the page. 8-02

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