When Kumbayah isn’t working. . . . . . .

WHY is it challenging for people to collaborate? The answer is simple: we are all different. Whether you are trying to create a consortium, build a community board, improve service delivery to families and children, bring parts of your agency or organization closer together, or link services to best practices, everyone has their own perspective and priorities. A professional facilitator can help you in those stormy stages of new projects or renegotiations by offering unbiased guidance and technical support. What if child welfare and TANF workers could collaborate more easily on case planning, resulting in even better services to clients and sounder fiscal management for the agency? What if you left meetings feeling positive and accomplished? What if links and coordination among community resources were routine and efficient? As funds dwindle and demands for services increase, the need for collaborative and creative solutions becomes both obvious and crucial. But, how do you get this accomplished?? Alas, holding hands and singing Kumbayah just doesn’t work anymore! Let the Colorado Collaborative Partnership (CCP) assist your agency, organization, or community in forming healthy, effective, and durable partnerships!

CCP is a joint venture between the Colorado Department of Human Services and
Colorado State University School of Social Work.

Current/past Colorado counties who have utilized CCP:
Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver, Eagle, El Paso, Fremont,
Jefferson, Logan, Montrose, Morgan, Phillips, Routt, Washington, Weld, Yuma

The PowerPoint Presentation for the 3rd Annual Spring Forum for the Educational Success of Children and Youth in Child Welfare and DYC: Positive Outcomes Through Collaboration May 3 - 4, 2007.

Collaboration: Moving Forward to Effectiveness