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Financial Resiliency

Shared Facilities: One Stop for Human Services

June 21, 2010
Thumbnail image for Shared Facilities: One Stop for Human Services The North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center joins the resources of the Community Action Council of Howard County with those of other agencies to provide one-stop human services for people in the North Laurel and Savage areas of Howard County. The partnership allows clients to access a comprehensive mix of services close to their homes and to [...]
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Creating and Expanding a Management Services Organization (MSO)

June 21, 2010
Thumbnail image for Creating and Expanding a Management Services Organization (MSO) The MACC Alliance of Connected Communities is “a strategic partnership of 21 community organizations that have joined together to leverage their collective resources and voice”.  “Fast Facts (PDF)”  highlights the Alliance’s accomplishments – its continued growth and their successes. One of its four strategic initiatives is the MACC CommonWealth: Administrative Services and Management for Connected [...]
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Building Collaboration: From Administrative Services to a Shared Capital Campaign

June 21, 2010
Thumbnail image for Building Collaboration: From Administrative Services to a Shared Capital Campaign The three partners of the Chattanooga Museums Collaboration are the Tennessee Aquarium, the Hunter Museum of American Art, and the Creative Discovery Museum. This creative collaboration started small, with the director of the Hunter Museum approaching its larger neighbor, the Tennessee Aquarium, to handle the museum’s administrative services. Starting with that fee-for-service, the three partners [...]
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Partnership Options: From Fiscal Sponsorship to Merger

June 19, 2010
ICL logo The Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) (www.icl.org) works to “strengthen the leaders, organizations, and coalitions or networks that protect and conserve the Earth”. Conducting research is one of the tools ICL uses to help groups more effectively accomplish their goals. ICL’s recent research report, “Creating an Environment for Success: Mergers and Other Partnership Structures for [...]
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