Citation

Mulroy EA, Shay S. Soc. Work 1997; 42(5): 515-524.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu 96822, USA. mulroy@hawaii.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, National Association of Social Workers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9311307

Abstract

Public policymakers increasingly are contracting with nonprofit organizations (NPOs) for innovations in the creation of new service systems in low-income communities. Interorganizational collaboration and cooperation are essential to such innovation. Neighborhood-based institutional arrangements require social work practitioners to work across multiple systems simultaneously--skills that most are not trained to possess. This article develops a theoretical and conceptual framework for neighborhood-based collaboration by NPOs; analyzes the main concepts of innovation in the design and implementation of a collaboration to prevent child maltreatment in an undervalued neighborhood; and draws implications for social policy, social work practice, and social work research.

Language: en