Includes community development information.
*Note: These contents are assembled from several web sites, some of whom are now defunct. Although I have the documents in my records, I've provided the current links to available items. Copies of material from defunct sites, as well as my works, are provided below. Copyright belongs to the authors and/or publishers of the material according to the information contained in the documents. An internet search of the titles or of content from the material should be made for referencing purposes. The owner of this web site only claims authorship where indicated within the material.
Becoming a Person Centered System -2009 — This report is the first in a series on a system change collaborative with state developmental disability agencies in Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Virginia. The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, Support Development Associates, and Virginia Commonwealth University respectively manage parts of the initiative. See http://www.nasddds.org
Building a Creative Community -2005 — Creative communities are those that recognize the critical importance of local resources and that strive to bring them together in a way that maximizes their capacity to create innovative answers to local challenges.
BUILDING A STRONGER VOLUNTARY SECTOR: HOW THE VSI IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE -2002 — Over its first two years, the VSI has established the foundation for a better relationship with the federal government, gathered information, and initiated projects that will benefit not-for-profit organizations. More at http://www.vsi-isbc.org/
Building Creative Communities Conferences — 2012 is the 6th anniversary.
Creative Community Builders — provides towns, cities and neighborhoods with the tools they need to change their communities for the better.
Creative Community Building through Cross-Sector Collaboration — More at http://www.creativecommunities.org.uk/
INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP (IWG) NEWSLETTER ON RESULTS-BASED FINANCING (RBF) February 2010 — More at Results-Based Financing (RBF) for Health -- http://www.rbfhealth.org/rbfhealth/
Paying for Success Introduction of Result-Based Funding in Our Projects and Programs -2006 — Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development - http://www.novartisfoundation.org
Performance Based Financing An international review of the literature -2008
PlanIt X - the Planning Tool Exchange — online hub for the best tools, resources, and organizations in community planning.
Prevention and Social Care for Adults with Learning Disabilities -2011 — from the School for Social Care Research, London School of Economics and Political Science - http://www2.lse.ac.uk/LSEHealthAndSocialCare
Some thoughts on alternative service delivery -1998 (Optimum online) — Alternate service delivery (ASD) is a natural outcome of the reforms that have swept the western world during the past two decades... Interdepartmental, intergovernmental, public-private and community-based partnerships are a key part of this trend.
State of the States in Developmental Disabilities Project — On this website you can view longitudinal data for fiscal years 1977-2009 by going to State Profiles.
The Communities Collaborating Institute (CCI) — for those wanting to rejuvenate and grow their collaborative leadership capacity
The Creative Community: How Three Communities Used Art to Build a Future -Feb, 2012 — More at http://engagingcities.com/
The GRAZ DECLARATION on DISABILITY and AGEING -2006 — from the EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES - http://www.easpd.eu/
The New Millenium and Empowerment of People with Intellectual Disability
Transforming Communities: The Role of Service Learning in a Community Studies Course -2006 — This paper discusses Transforming Communities, a course about the interaction of public policy and community issues.
“IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST”: A SOCIAL POLICY AGENDA FOR A NEW CENTURY — RESTORE COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM, MODERNIZE MEDICARE, PUT CHILDREN FIRST -2004 — Even in politics, change now comes fast. Social policies need belated re-shaping to fit the times. This article suggests how the necessary cooperation can be restored to our federalism; what new priorities can then be chosen; and how reformed taxation would pay for them. [How things have changed less than 8 years later!] (from the Institute for Research on Public Policy -Canada; http://www.irpp.org