Web Resources for Neighborhood Networks Consortia: Partnership Development

The resource list below is designed to assist existing and developing Neighborhood Networks consortia with partnership development. The links offer Neighborhood Networks consortia members technical assistance resources and tools, related articles and publications, and examples of successful partnership initiatives.

Benton Foundation
http://www.benton.org/publibrary/toolkits/partnerships.html
In its Strategic Communications in the Digital Age Toolkit, the Benton Foundation offers a useful set of resources on partnership building.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Partnership Toolkit http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/CustomPubs/CPtoolkit/CPToolkit/
This is a three-section toolkit for building and maintaining partnerships to strengthen communities.

Community Partnerships with Youth, Inc.
http://www.cpyinc.org/
Community Partnerships with Youth, Inc. (CPYInc), is a nonprofit national training and resource development organization that promotes youth involvement by encouraging organizations to develop partnerships with youth leaders.

QUILT Partnership Tools
http://www.quilt.org/Home/ptool.html
The QUILT Project offers partnership tools and materials, including principles for successful partnerships, checklists, sample agreements, and information on growing and shaping partnerships. The materials were designed for early education partnerships but are also applicable to CTCs.