TY - JOUR
T1 - United Way and university partnerships in community-wide human services planning and plan implementation
T2 - The case of Lincoln/Lancaster county, Nebraska
AU - Tomkins, Alan
AU - Shank, Nancy
AU - Tromanhauser, Darcy
AU - Rupp, Sandy
AU - Mahoney, Robin
N1 - Funding Information:
Development of coordinated information and referral database for 2-1-1. One of the leading public policy priorities of the United Way of America is the promotion of 2-1-1, the three-digit dialing code for health and human services. Locally, the United Way had participated in and supported efforts for a local 2-1-1, but lack of funding and the inability to share database information stymied meaningful progress. The University worked with the local United Way as well as the United Way in a larger community (Omaha) to develop a project that assists in database sharing. The project received funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Now Nebraska’s United Ways will work along with a host of other national and local organizations and private software vendors, to create the computerized standards and tools necessary to share information across proprietary software programs. The statewide agreements and processes initiated as a part of this project have led to increased cooperation across the state, and local and statewide 2-1-1 databases will be established in Nebraska in the near future.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Given the similar interests of United Way organizations and universities in planning, implementation, and evaluation of human services, the two social institutions could be extensively and effectively partnering with one another. However, there is little documentation that such cooperative efforts are taking place. This article describes one such collaboration in Lincoln, Nebraska. The purpose of the article is to show the potential of such collaboration to improve community-wide coordination and outcomes by following the principles of n community-engagement model, to generate more effective use of evaluative tools that can assist in developing evidence-based practices in community plannine, and to connect areas of study within the university to United Way efforts.
AB - Given the similar interests of United Way organizations and universities in planning, implementation, and evaluation of human services, the two social institutions could be extensively and effectively partnering with one another. However, there is little documentation that such cooperative efforts are taking place. This article describes one such collaboration in Lincoln, Nebraska. The purpose of the article is to show the potential of such collaboration to improve community-wide coordination and outcomes by following the principles of n community-engagement model, to generate more effective use of evaluative tools that can assist in developing evidence-based practices in community plannine, and to connect areas of study within the university to United Way efforts.
KW - Civic engagement
KW - Collaboration
KW - Community development
KW - United Way
KW - University-community partnerships
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U2 - 10.1300/J125v13n03_04
DO - 10.1300/J125v13n03_04
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748365233
SN - 1070-5422
VL - 13
SP - 55
EP - 72
JO - Journal of Community Practice
JF - Journal of Community Practice
IS - 3
ER -