Key Coalition Issues

The first step in developing a Safe Community is to build a coalition and develop community support for your efforts.

Sample Contracts and Business Agreements

Learn why you might want to enter into a sharing arrangement and when it makes sense to try to create a shared position or other resource.

Example 1: The Changes Project: Holyoke Community College and SABES West The Changes Project was a three-year participatory action research effort. Funded by a grant from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, part of the U.S. Department of Education, its goal was to determine the effects on adult learners of the major changes in welfare regulations, immigration

Example #1: Multnomah County Health Department This is an example from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) website.

Learn about grant proposals and how to use grants to accomplish your stated purposes, objectives, within your own policies and guidelines.

Example 1: Interview with Tom Wolff Tom Wolff, former director of AHEC/Community Partners in Amherst, MA, is considered a national expert on community coalitions. Here, he discusses his ideas on how a coalition can be sustainable over the long term.

See quick tips and examples for how to evaluate a community program or initiative.

Learn how to conduct or testify at public hearings, to get key facts before the public and the media, get recognition, and build community support.

Learn about the different styles of leadership, determine which is appropriate for your organization, and how to choose and develop a leadership style.

Learn how to find ways to observe the behavior, the conditions, and the changes - or lack of changes - that will answer your evaluation questions.

Learn how to collect information on the problem or issue to develop credibility, knowledge, awareness, and to build support for action.

What kinds of goal attainment should you recognize? ___Organizational time milestones ___Organizational accomplishments, such as reaching service goals, reaching membership goals, reaching fundraising goals, the receipt of a particular grant or other funds, and organizational awards or other recognitions ___Important events

Learn how to utilize the internet to research and communicate community change and improvement.

Learn how to adjust a social marketing campaign to changing conditions, the needs of a target audience, societal and community trends, and its own resources.

Learn how to write an effective job advertisement, and where to place it to have a greater chance to attract the person you are looking for.

Example 1: Recognition dinner I used to work for the University of Kansas Upward Bound Program that does college prep work with high school students who are from low income families and/or are potential first-generation college students. During the school year, participants attended a variety of educational workshops, visited college campuses, and received tutoring assistance.

See quick tips and examples for how to build leadership.

Learn how to gather a group to start your initiative and various forms of governance options.

See quick tips and examples for how to sustain the work of an organization or initiative.

Learn how to grow your organization, reduce burden on paid staff, and diversify your organization by recruiting volunteers.