Transcript Managing Multiple Programs

Partnering with State and
Federal Entities, Academic
Institutions, and Other ECBOs
Tuesday, April 24th: 888 288 9321, Passcode 504743
Thursday , April 26th: 888 288 9321, Passcode 504743
Project SOAR provides ethnic community-based organizations (ECBOs) and
other refugee-serving agencies with technical assistance to develop and deliver
quality services and improve sustainability through support to:
strengthen organizational management, in areas such as fundraising and
governance;
improve services, in areas such as project design and case management;
and build networks with peer and mainstream agencies.
Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement since 2003, Project SOAR
is a partnership of the International Rescue Committee and the
Nationalities Service Center.
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Who’s in the classroom…
Facilitators
Juliane Ramic, MSW
Juliane Ramic is the Director of Social Services at Nationalities Service Center. She oversees the
agency’s services to refugees, asylees, survivors of torture, and victims of human trafficking,
including services to individuals and families, group work, and ethnic community building.
Prior to joining NSC, she worked at Immigration & Refugee Services of America (IRSA now the
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants) where she monitored federal contracts from three
federal agencies and provided technical assistance to a network of twenty-six agencies.
Juliane’s extensive work with refugees includes work with local communities, national
organizations, and refugee camps in east Africa. She holds an MSW from The Brown School at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Guest Participants
What questions do you have coming
into this session?
Partnership Defined
Effective partnerships are built on
knowledge, familiarity, and
equality among the partners.
They are also built on good
communication, understanding of
roles, effective negotiation,
consistency, and stability.
Types of Partnerships
Type
Description
Elements
Networking
Sharing information
•Open
•Low commitment
•Low risk
•Separate
Coordination
Sharing information and altering
activities for mutual benefit
•Open
•Low commitment
•Low risk
•May be joint or separate
Cooperation
Sharing resources and information
and altering activities for mutual
benefit
•Open
•Higher commitment
•Work together
Collaboration
Sharing resources, information, and
altering activities to enhance the
capacity of other partners for mutual
benefit
•Open
•Very high commitment
•Work hand-in-hand
•Seek join funding
Partnership Models
Democratic Model : Where every
organization at the table is equal.
Hierarchical Model: Where there is a lead
agency that takes responsibility for
coordinating the other participants.
Can you think of examples where
you may be partnering with a group
where you may have a dual
relationship with a partner?
The Continuum of Collaboration
Factors that Influence
Collaboration
Environment
Purpose
Characteristics
Process &
Structure
Resources
Communication
Meeting the needs of refugees in the era
of continued funding cuts
Can you, your staff, and board assess
your partnerships with existing funders
and partners?
Is there potential to increase your work
with non-refugee exclusive groups?
Can you work with other refugee
providers in your community to identify
areas of cross-over and gaps in services?
Can you agree to a strategy that
maximizes limited resources and yet
also addresses gaps?
Can you examine ways to further stretch
funding from ORR by pairing programs?
Promising Practices
Project SHINE
Building partnerships to promote immigrant and refugee
integration through English language acquisition, citizenship,
health literacy and civic participation
SHINE Institutional Partners
Atlanta/Clarkston, GA
Emory University
Georgia Perimeter College
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Metropolitan State University
Minneapolis Community and
Technical College
Clinton/Utica, NY
Hamilton College
Utica College
Philadelphia, PA
Temple University (NATIONAL
OFFICE)
Fullerton, CA
San Francisco, CA
California State University, Fullerton City College of San Francisco
San Francisco State University
Honolulu, HI
Chaminade University
San Jose, CA
Kapi’olani Community College
San Jose City College
University of Hawaii at Manoa
San Jose State University
North Carolina, NC
University of North Carolina,
Greensboro
El Paso, TX
University of Texas, El Paso
Reading Connections, Greensboro,
NC
Colorado, CO
Spring Institute for Intercultural
Learning, Denver Metropolitan area
Best Practices for
Building Authentic Partnerships
• Joint Commitment to Shared Goals
• Acknowledge and Value Mutual
Skills and Expertise
• Mutual trust and respect
• Joint Decision Making
• Balance of Power and Resources
• Open, Clear, and Ongoing
Communication
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the beginning of this webinar?
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