scholarly journals It’s the Basement Stories, not the Belt: Lessons from a community-university knowledge mobilisation collaboration

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Phipps ◽  
Daniele Zanotti
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Knowledge Mobilisation ◽  
United Way ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
Research Collaborations ◽  
Shared History ◽  
History Evolution ◽  
Looking Back

Since 2006, United Way of York Region and York University have been collaborating to support community-university knowledge mobilisation and research collaborations that serve the human service needs of citizens in York Region. Ours is a sustained and sustainable community-university collaboration. What makes us sustainable? Certainly there is no single sustainability panacea (‘do this and you to will have a sustainable community-university collaboration’) but, in general, if you pay attention to the little details, the big things (like sustainability) will take care of themselves. Looking back we realise that the journey (our evolving collaboration) is more important than the destination (sustainability). We share our journey by interpreting a story about a family trip one of us (Daniele) made to see relatives. What happened when Daniele visited his relatives is an allegory for our community-university knowledge mobilisation story and is instructive for those forging community-university collaborations. We illustrate each of the lessons with examples from our experience. Keywords Community-university collaboration, knowledge mobilisation, shared history, evolution of partnership, sustainability

Fundraising in Human Service Nonprofits

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten A. Grønbjerg
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
United Way ◽  
Private Foundations ◽  
Public Charities ◽  
Tax Exempt ◽  
Corporate Contributions

Of the 1.6 million tax-exempt organizations registered with the IRS in August 2016, about one fourth are human service nonprofits, including about 290,000 charities with about $230 billion in total combined revenues. In 2016, human service public charities (excluding private foundations) received an estimated $47 billion in charitable contributions. This represents 12% of all charitable contributions, according to the Giving USA Foundation, and is about 21% of the combined revenues reported by the more than a quarter million registered human service public charities. While government funding is a major driving force for human service charities, philanthropic funding clearly is important as well. Securing such funding requires solid understanding of the fundraising process and dedicated time and effort, however. Moreover, competition for donations (and fundraising expertise) appear to be growing across the board, with donations from individuals, United Way, and corporate contributions most at risk for human service charities.

Homelessness and Macro Interventions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva M. Moya ◽  
Amy Joyce-Ponder ◽  
Jacquelin I. Cordero ◽  
Silvia M. Chávez-Baray ◽  
Margie Rodriguez LeSage
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Settlement Houses ◽  
Chronic Homelessness ◽  
Macro Practice ◽  
Stable Housing

The emergence of social work and macro practice is often associated with the eradication of poverty and prevention of homelessness through the efforts of 19th century settlement houses. Structural violence and social determinants of homelessness are often grounded in unequal social, political, and economic conditions. Health and mental health were affected by the lack of stable housing, causing and increasing the complexity of health and human service needs and services. Furthermore, due to inequities, some populations are inadvertently more likely to face chronic homelessness, which can be mitigated through the role community-engagement and macro practice interventions.

The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Heflin ◽  
Kathleen Miller
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Rural America

Male County Jail Inmates: A Profile and Self-Reported Human Service Needs by Race

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Mann ◽  
Solveig Spjeldnes ◽  
Hide Yamatani
Keyword(s):  
Human Service ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Jail Inmates ◽  
County Jail

scholarly journals Interprofessional Education: A Model for Academic and Community Collaboration for Professional Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Elaine Jurkowski
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Health Community

Abstract Teamwork and collaboration across disciplines is becoming critically important as we meet the health and human service needs of people growing older and their families. The myriad of competencies, language and tasks specific to each discipline are not easily or intuitively mastered within discipline specific curricula. This presentation aims to provide a model that addresses the curricular needs for course preparation through inter-professional educational strategies. While the traditional IPE components are address, this model also integrates in the training process, education through the lens of the social determinants of health, community collaboration through health and human service networks, population health and public policy. This presentation will lay out the model and articulate specific educational strategies to address each of the dimensions of the model, to include the flip classroom, experiential activities, assessment and intervention tools, panel discussions with community and agency partners and epidemiologic/population health data. This model identifies a unique approach to teaching students and professionals about collaboration across disciplines for the benefits of addressing the needs of an older adult target group. This model also moves the process of teaching interprofessional collaboration and education beyond understanding values and ethics, roles and responsibilities, team care and communication.

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