Program Design and Implementation

As a growing number of federal, state, and philanthropic organizations experiment with the use of community-level collaboration in implementing broad policy goals, Community Services can assist these organizations in designing the collaborative components of their programs to maximize the likelihood of success. Typically, we develop a multi-faceted approach that can include design assistance, training, coaching, technical assistance to communities, publications and other forms of technical assistance.

Community Services can also help community leaders tailor and apply the best concepts and models of collaborative decision making to specific projects. Consultations typically take the form of meetings between our staff and a few community leaders early in the life of a project to discuss particulars of a local situation and how collaborative tools can be used. Coaching also can take place during the course of project implementation, focusing on ways of working through implementation "glitches."