Community Building
Building Community:
Community Change Education Project
For educators and citizens from UW-Extension and UW-Madison. Includes content
modules with steps, tools, and assessment materials. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/buildingcommunity/
Community Coalitions
and Local Policy
Has Wisconsin Youth Futures Technical Reports and Community Assesment Tools
as well as Community focused Extension resources. From Policy Institute for
Family Impact Seminars. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/familyimpact/local.htm
Community
Connector
"For community-serving organizations, funders, academics, and students who
are using technology to improve their local communities." A project of the
University of Michigan School of Information Community Networking Initiative.
http://databases.si.umich.edu/cfdocs/community/index.cfm
Community Group
Member Survey: Using the Results
91 page report on using the survey results within a community group, and how
to share the information with stakeholders. Has tipsheets and samples. http://cecommerce.uwex.edu/pdfs/G3658_9.PDF
Critical
Issue: Constructing School Partnerships with Families and Community
Groups
Philosophy, goals and suggestions for implementing a school partnership program
on a local level are included, as well as profiles of participating schools/communities.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa400.htm
Evaluating
the National Outcomes: Community
Introduction and model for community programming and evaluation. http://ag.arizona.edu/fcs/cyfernet/nowg/comm_index.html
Keys to
Successful Collaboration
4 page report from University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development. http://www.education.pitt.edu/ocd/publications/sr1999-03.pdf
Youth Leadership/Youth Community Development
Webography
Has sections on community coalitions, volunteering, and community
service.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Steenbock/services/4hyouth.htm
Family Policy / Support
UW Extension
Family Living Programs: Family Policy
Links to Health Policy, Local Family Impact Seminar, Policy Institute for Family
Policy Seminars, Youth Futures Program, and Electronic Policy Network sites.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/jefferson/flp/families.html
Wisconsin Local
Family Impact Seminars
Tools for planners has
materials and background reading for planning and implementing seminars
that evaluate public policies' impact on families. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/lfis/index.html
Families and Schools Together
(FAST)
Prevention program which is "collaborative, starts early, works with families
in groups, and puts research into practice" is described with impact and
research, awards, and references. Developed by Dr. Lynn McDonald in Madison,
WI. http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/fast/
Policy Institute
for Family Impact Seminars
"Provides objective, nonpartisan, solution-based research on current family
issues." http://www.uwex.edu/ces/familyimpact/index.htm
Whose
Kids? Our Kids!
Oconto County parent education newsletters on topics such as Sex, Drugs, Tobacco,
Depression, and more. Product of the Teen Assessment Project (TAP), a program
of the University of Wisconsin-Extension/ Cooperative Extension and UW-Madison
School of Human Ecology. http://bluto.uwex.edu:80/ces/cty/oconto/FLE/WKOK/WKOK_Home.html
Organizations
Alliance for National Renewal
"A coalition of over 200 national and local organizations dedicated to the
principles of community renewal." Has a Partners Directory with links to
their web sites, a list of 100 things to do to improve your community, a newsletter
and more. http://www.ncl.org/anr/
Family
Support America
Mapping database of family support programs, publications, and learning resource
on topics such as Parenting Education, Fatherhood, Child Care, etc. Formerly
the Family Resource Coalition. http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/home.htm
Learning Institute for NonProfit Organizations
"Designed to assist the long-term stability of nonprofit organizations and the
communities and people they serve." The "premier provider of educational programs
for the non-profit sector." UW-Extension is a collaborator in this institute.
http://www.uwex.edu/li/
National Civic League
Program description and publications of this advocate for community democracy
organization. http://www.ncl.org/main.htm
Search Institute:
Raising Caring and Responsible Children and Teenagers
Has 40 assets that all young people need, how you can build assets, create
an asset-rich community, and tools and resources for asset building. From "an
independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to advance
the well-being of adolescents and children by generating knowledge and promoting
its application." http://www.search-institute.org/
Youth Leadership
Youth Leadership/Youth Community Development
A separate annotated list of resources. http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/extension/youth-leadership.html