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Annotation: This paper focuses on how the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Oregon -- through their participation in the third Assuring Better Child Development project learning consortium (ABCD III) -- are building on existing local partnerships and assets to organize community pilots to improve coordination among providers serving low income children and their families. The paper provides an overview of the ABCD III project goals and describes the preliminary lessons that have emerged from participating states, including new federal opportunities to bolster community partnerships that will improve service linkages for children with or at high risk of developmental delay. Models that exemplify state and community collaboration and preliminary lessons learned are provided.

Contact: National Academy for State Health Policy, 10 Free Street, Second Floor, Portland, ME 04101, Telephone: (207) 874-6524 Secondary Telephone: (202) 903-0101 Fax: (207) 874-6527 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nashp.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Collaboration, Community programs, Consortia, High risk children, Pilot projects, Program improvement, Service integration, State programs

Annotation: This final report presents findings from a five year (8/01-8/06) grant-funded project to address the problems of adolescent oral health inattention and lack of integration within the dental and public health communities by engaging the dental community and partnering with other provider groups. Problems addressed include the lack of (1) information on adolescent oral health; (2) organizational infrastructure and programming within and between dental organizations; and (3) inter-professional activity, public awareness, and policymaker action on adolescent oral health. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Consortia, Oral health, Professional education, Public policy, Public private partnerships, Service integration, Youth development

Annotation: This report describes a Healthy Start program to implement the consortium model in an identified project area of North and Northeast Omaha, Nebraska. The report covers the grant period 1997-2001. Report sections describe service initiation, service accomplishments, mentoring, consortium and collaboration, consortium program impact, and other Healthy Start components such as management and governance, sustainability, local government, lessons learned, local evaluation, and project data. Attachments include a final implementation plan report, promotional materials, local evaluation reports, and project area demographics. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Omaha Healthy Start, Charles Drew Health Center, 2915 Grand Street, Omaha, NE 68111, Telephone: (402) 453-3553 Fax: (402) 453-1970 E-mail:

Keywords: Collaboration, Community based services, Consortia, Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, MCH research, Nebraska, Prevention programs

Annotation: This pamphlet describes the Healthy Start Initiative including its progress to date and nine models of intervention. This initiative is designed to empower communities to address the medical, behavioral, cultural, and social service needs of women and their infants to increase community and personal awareness of what causes infant mortality and how to prevent it; streamline and coordinate service between public and private agencies; and build partnerships and commitment among families, volunteers, businesses, and health care and social service providers. The models described are community-based consortia, care coordination and case management, outreach and client recruitment, family resource centers, enhanced clinical services, risk prevention and reduction, facilitating services, training and education, and adolescent programs. Directories of Healthy Start mentoring and replication projects are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHM006 (brochure).

Keywords: Adolescent sexuality, Case management, Clinics, Community based services, Consortia, Education, Family resource centers, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Intervention, Outreach, Pamphlets, Perinatal health, Prevention programs, Prevention programs, Risk factors, Training

Annotation: This report presents general information on state interagency coordinating councils (SICCs) as well as the relationship between local or regional councils and their SICC. Information includes each SICC's composition and membership, parent roles and participation, structure and reorganization, and roles and functions. The information is designed to provide information on successful examples of practices of other SICCs.

Contact: Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, Campus Box 8040, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040, Telephone: (919) 962-2001 Secondary Telephone: (919) 843-3269 Fax: 919.966.7463 E-mail: [email protected] Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://ectacenter.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Administration, Community coordination, Consortia, Early intervention, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Interagency cooperation, Part H, Policy development, State programs

Annotation: This book was developed as a resource for communities developing multiservice AIDS projects. The report is based on the experiences of nine projects in 11 cities funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation AIDS Health Services Program. The book addresses the problems of organization, management, administration, and politics that each site encountered and describes the solutions that were implemented. Topics include building and maintaining a community consortium, case management, health services, prevention education, client advocacy, project financing and the role of the media.

Contact: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 50 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6614, Telephone: (877) 843-7953 Fax: Web Site: http://www.rwjf.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: AIDS, Adolescent health, Advocacy, Case management, Child health, Community programs, Consortia, Disease prevention, HIV, Health education, Health services, Service coordination