partnering with state and federal entities, academic institutions, and other ecbos tuesday, april 24...
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Partnering with State and Federal Entities, Academic Institutions, and Other ECBOs
Tuesday, April 24th: 888 288 9321, Passcode 504743
Thursday , April 26th: 888 288 9321, Passcode 504743
Project SOAR provides ethnic community-based organizations (ECBOs) and other refugee-serving agencies with technical assistance to develop and deliver quality services and improve sustainability through support to:
strengthen organizational management, in areas such as fundraising and governance; improve services, in areas such as project design and case management; and build networks with peer and mainstream agencies.
Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement since 2003, Project SOAR is a partnership of the International Rescue Committee and the Nationalities Service Center.
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Who’s in the classroom…
Facilitators
Juliane Ramic, MSWJuliane Ramic is the Director of Social Services at Nationalities Service Center. She oversees the agency’s services to refugees, asylees, survivors of torture, and victims of human trafficking, including services to individuals and families, group work, and ethnic community building. Prior to joining NSC, she worked at Immigration & Refugee Services of America (IRSA now the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) where she monitored federal contracts from three federal agencies and provided technical assistance to a network of twenty-six agencies. Juliane’s extensive work with refugees includes work with local communities, national organizations, and refugee camps in east Africa. She holds an MSW from The Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Guest Participants
What questions do you have coming into this session?
Partnership Defined
Effective partnerships are built on knowledge, familiarity, and equality among the partners. They are also built on good communication, understanding of roles, effective negotiation, consistency, and stability.
Types of Partnerships
Type Description Elements
Networking Sharing information •Open•Low commitment•Low risk•Separate
Coordination Sharing information and altering activities for mutual benefit
•Open •Low commitment•Low risk•May be joint or separate
Cooperation Sharing resources and information and altering activities for mutual benefit
•Open •Higher commitment•Work together
Collaboration Sharing resources, information, and altering activities to enhance the capacity of other partners for mutual benefit
•Open•Very high commitment•Work hand-in-hand•Seek join funding
Partnership Models
Democratic Model : Where every organization at the table is equal.
Hierarchical Model: Where there is a lead agency that takes responsibility for coordinating the other participants.
Can you think of examples where you may be partnering with a group where you may have a dual relationship with a partner?
The Continuum of Collaboration
Factors that Influence Collaboration
Environment Purpose
Characteristics Process & Structure
CommunicationResources
Meeting the needs of refugees in the era of continued funding cuts
Can you, your staff, and board assess your partnerships with existing funders and partners?
Is there potential to increase your work with non-refugee exclusive groups?
Can you work with other refugee providers in your community to identify areas of cross-over and gaps in services? Can you agree to a strategy that maximizes limited resources and yet also addresses gaps?
Can you examine ways to further stretch funding from ORR by pairing programs?
Promising Practices
Building partnerships to promote immigrant and refugee integration through English language acquisition, citizenship, health literacy and civic participation
Project SHINE
SHINE Institutional PartnersAtlanta/Clarkston, GAEmory UniversityGeorgia Perimeter College
Clinton/Utica, NYHamilton CollegeUtica College
Fullerton, CACalifornia State University, Fullerton
Honolulu, HIChaminade UniversityKapi’olani Community CollegeUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
North Carolina, NCUniversity of North Carolina, Greensboro
Reading Connections, Greensboro, NC
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MNMetropolitan State UniversityMinneapolis Community and Technical College
Philadelphia, PATemple University (NATIONAL OFFICE)
San Francisco, CACity College of San FranciscoSan Francisco State University
San Jose, CASan Jose City CollegeSan Jose State University
El Paso, TXUniversity of Texas, El Paso
Colorado, COSpring Institute for Intercultural Learning, Denver Metropolitan area
Best Practices for Building Authentic Partnerships
• Joint Commitment to Shared Goals • Acknowledge and Value Mutual
Skills and Expertise• Mutual trust and respect• Joint Decision Making• Balance of Power and Resources• Open, Clear, and Ongoing
Communication
Did we answer all questions that we listed in the beginning of this webinar?
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