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2012
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Using Data in Multi-Agency Collaborations: Guiding Performance to Ensure Accountability and Improve Programs
By Walker, Karen E.; Farley, Chelsea; Polin, Meridith. Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) (Philadelphia, PA); Child Trends (Washington, DC).
“This report is designed to help collaborating organizations anticipate and address the most common challenges associated with multi-agency performance management systems” (p. 6). Individuals in agencies that are collaborating to reach the same ends can find great strategies for strengthening their bonds and reaching success. This guide includes these sections: introduction; getting started; making it work; using data to improve the initiative; and sustaining the system.... Read More
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2010
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Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study
By Maguire, Sheila; Freely, Joshua; Clymer, Carol; Conway, Maureen; Schwartz, Deena. Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) (Philadelphia, PA).
Results from a “random assignment evaluation to assess whether [mature] sector-focused programs could in fact increase the earnings of low-income, disadvantaged workers and job seekers” are presented (p.ii). These six chapters follow an executive summary: introduction; overall effects and key findings; program-specific findings; programmatic approaches; and conclusions and implications for further research. Those individuals who participated in sector-focused programs were much more likely to wo... Read More
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78 p.
2009
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Laying a Solid Foundation: Strategies for Effective Program Replication
By Summerville, Geri; Raley, Becca. Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) (Philadelphia, PA).
"This report represents a synthesis of P/PV's 30 years of designing, testing and replicating a variety of social programs and explains the key structures that should be in place before wide-scale replication is considered" (p. 3). Sections of this publication are: introduction -- replicating what works; knowing when to replicate; laying a solid foundation -- where to replicate, dedicated staffing, implementation and training guides, communications strategy, building partnerships, and universal ... Read More
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32 p.


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