The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has established a new website, cciToolsforFeds.org, offering a wealth of tools and resources to help Federal staff plan, support, and help sustain Comprehensive Community Initiatives (CCIs), local community interventions that seek to improve outcomes for youth and families through systems change.
CCIs foster broad-based collaborations to improve the governance, policies, practices, and values of organizations and systems involved in promoting the health and well-being of youth. CCIs can address school readiness, high school graduation rates, child abuse and neglect, suicide, substance abuse, delinquency and violence, and many other issues. What sets a CCI apart from a conventional service delivery program is its emphasis on systems change.
This new website helps Federal staff align funding, management, evaluation, and technical assistance to maintain the focus on systems change in partnership with community organizations and agencies serving children, youth, and families.
The website includes the following resources:
Learn the Basics
Plan, Manage and Sustain Your CCI Project
How To
Find Tools and Resources
Every day, professionals involved with CCIs are learning more about what makes a CCI effective and how the Federal government can best support community change efforts. The goal of www.cciToolsforFeds.org is to serve as a living resource that reflects the most up-to-date knowledge in the field. The site will be updated regularly as new information becomes available.
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