Wilmington AHS7615 Week 5 Partnerships in Faith Based Organizations

AHS 7615 Wilmington Wk 5 Partnerships in Faith Based Organizations Reaction Paper

After reading the article, ‘Partnerships: Frameworks for Working Together’, please complete a 2-4 page reaction paper addressing the following questions:

• What is a partnership?
• What are five (5) key components of the most common approaches to partnerships?
• What are five (5) barriers to successful partnerships?
• Choose one (1) faith-based organization that you included in the resource list that you developed in Week 3.
  • Name the faith-based organization and name a potential partner organization.
  • What category (type) of partnership will it be?
  • How would you suggest that the faith-based organization build capacity through this partnership?

It is suggested that you use headings to address each bulleted item. This will help to ensure that you cover all of what is asked for this assignment.

Please make sure that your paper is written in the appropriate APA format, including specific references to the learning resources.

ARTICLES:

Partnerships: Frameworks for Working Together (Links to an external site.)

This web toolkit discusses how to create and manage partnerships.
**This resource should be used to complete your Reaction Paper, this week.
By: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Promising Practices for Improving the Capacity of Faith-Based Organizations (Links to an external site.)

This web article discusses best practices in improving the capacity of faith-based and community-based organizations.
By: Barbara Fink & Alvia Y. Branch, Branch Associates, Inc., 2005

Partnership in Action

This article discusses partnerships between faith-based organizations and employers.
By: United States Department of Labor, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Partnering with Faith-Based and Community Organizations

This article is a guide for state and local officials who administer federal grant funds.
By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Guidance to Faith-Based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government

This article provides guidance to faith and community-based organizations on how to partner with the federal government.
By: The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Faith-Based Tool Kit - Partnerships for the Common Good

This is a tool kit that serves as a partnership guide for faith-based and neighborhood organizations.
By: The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

United Way of Delaware Study on Faith-Based Organizations

The goal of this study was to provide The United Way of Delaware and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund with information about the social contributions of local religious congregations of Wilmington, Delaware, and their interactions with local social services organizations.
By: Dr. Ram A. Cnaan & Dr. Bob Wineburg, 2009.

Videos:Video: United Way of Delaware Study on Faith-Based Organizations Part 1 (Links to an external site.)

This video describes the findings of the United Way of Delaware Study on Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations. Part 1

Video: United Way of Delaware Study on Faith-Based Organizations Part 2 (Links to an external site.)

This video describes the findings of the United Way of Delaware Study on Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations. Part 2