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It Really Does Take a Village: Building Program Capacity with Community Partnerships

Learn how to build program capacity through strategic partnerships, utilizing existing district, homeless education program, and community resources. Discover how to identify and prioritize needs, negotiate details, nurture relationships, and conduct ongoing evaluations. Explore UniCycle, a school uniform recycling program that supports students through emergency closets and the Homeless Education Resource Office (HERO). Replicate the program in your community with the UniCycle toolkit and resources.

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It Really Does Take a Village: Building Program Capacity with Community Partnerships

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  1. It Really Does Take a Village: Building Program Capacity with Community Partnerships NAEHCY Conference, October 2017

  2. What do you have? Existing district resources Existing homeless education program resources Existing community resources

  3. What do you need? Prioritized needs defined by program staff Unmet needs identified by youth and families Unmet needs identified by school staff or community partners

  4. Building Strategic Partnerships Ask for what you need Negotiate the details Nurture the partner relationship Conduct on-going evaluation

  5. Group Activity and Reporting Out

  6. Clean out and GIVE BACK! UniCycle, a 503(c)3 organization, is a school uniform recycling program. Clothes will fill emergency closets at local schools and go directly to students via the Homeless Education Resource Office (HERO).

  7. Who we are and how it all began How to replicate the program in your community UniCycle toolkit and resources

  8. Contact Information • Catherine Knowles Catherine.Knowles@mnps.org (615) 259-8729 • Jami Oakley unicycle.nashville@gmail.com

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