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Injury Prevention & Control: Division of Violence Prevention

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We have created this site because state health departments can play a leading role in child maltreatment prevention through programs and services that enhance family resiliency and foster positive child development. With public health infrastructure existing in every state and territory within the United States, the public health system is well-positioned to create a prevention system for children and families. We hope the information provided in this site is helpful in supporting your efforts to promote the health and well-being of children.

This work was supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

In partnership with National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation

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STRATEGIES

 

COLLABORATION

Child maltreatment is a complex problem, and prevention of it requires the work of a broad range of agencies and organizations.

Collaboration involves:

  • Knowing who the stakeholders are that have a vested interest in child maltreatment prevention
  • Identifying partners from among the larger pool of stakeholders
  • Determining the necessary level of collaboration needed to better coordinate efforts in your state

View a Cross-sector Collaboration Chart for more details

Click on the STRATEGIES above to learn more about how partnerships and collaborations can enhance your child maltreatment prevention efforts.

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Levels of CollaborationNETWORKINGCOORDINATINGCOOPERATINGINTEGRATING
PURPOSE Information exchange for mutual benefit Networking, plus altering activities to achieve a common purpose or make access to information easier Coordinating, plus some sharing of resources to achieve a common purpose Cooperating, plus merging of services or functions to enhance each other’s capacity to achieve a common purpose
CHARACTERISTICS
  • Occasional and informal
  • Minimal time commitments
  • Limited trust
  • No sharing of turf
  • No resource sharing
  • Does not require shared mission, culture, or processes
  • More routine
  • Informal or formal
  • Moderate time commitments
  • Moderate levels of trust
  • Minimal sharing of turf
  • No or minimal sharing of resources
  • Might require some commonalities in vision or goals
  • Long term
  • Formal
  • Substantial time commitments
  • High levels of trust
  • Significant access to other’s turf
  • Moderate to extensive mutual sharing of resources
  • Some sharing of risks, responsibilities, and rewards
  • Long-term
  • Formal
  • Extensive time commitments
  • Very high levels of trust and extensive areas of common turf
  • Full sharing of resources and full sharing of risks, responsibilities, and rewards.
  • Shared vision and mission
  • Structurally sustained
EXAMPLES
  • Asking a colleague at another agency to announce your new resource on their listserv
  • Inviting a colleague to your events that might be of interest to their work
  • Hosting informal brown bag lunches for programs to share information and identify potential opportunities to work together.
  • Establishing Memoranda of Understanding or other types of formal agreements for cross-referral of clients.
  • Providing cross-training of staff on child maltreatment and prevention strategies
  • Pooling funding between programs or agencies to provide a joint service (with each partner’s role well defined and distinct).
  • Merging structures (such as combining programs) to achieve an overarching common goal.