Key Issues in Developing School-Linked, Integrated Services

This article identifies several nuts-and-bolts issues involved in planning and implementing school-linked services. Effective planning must include discussion of implementation details and is possible only if a policy-minded team of coequals works toward the same goals. No one agency should "ow...

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Published in:The Future of children 1992, Vol.2 (1), p.85-94
Main Author: Gardner, Sidney L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agency Cooperation
Ancillary School Services
Children
Collaboration
Cooperative Planning
Delivery Systems
Educational administration
Financial Support
Funding
Governance
Health Services
Information storage and retrieval systems
Information Systems
Integrated Activities
Interdisciplinary Approach
Parents
Patient confidentiality
Program Implementation
Reform Efforts
School Role
Social Services
Systems Development
Target Planning
Urban schools
Youths at risk
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Summary:This article identifies several nuts-and-bolts issues involved in planning and implementing school-linked services. Effective planning must include discussion of implementation details and is possible only if a policy-minded team of coequals works toward the same goals. No one agency should "own" the process. In addition to education, health, and social services agency leaders, the team should include representatives of community and neighborhood groups, line workers, and parents. This team must carefully address questions of targeting, governance, financing, evaluation, and information sharing. In addition, team members must consider operational issues such as ensuring line worker buy-in and establishing an effective case management staffing plan that is acceptable to existing staff. The article discusses different strategies that community teams can use to address each of these issues.
ISSN:1054-8289
1550-1558
DOI:10.2307/1602464