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Time After Time: Reflections of Forty-plus Years of Collaboration and Service Integration
By Sid Gardner, This article was presented at the 2007 National Conference of the National

Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare.

Shared Decision-Making, Community Needs, and Priority Populations: Finding the Key Bridges
By Sid Gardner, Children and Family Futures, CIMH Prevention and Early Intervention Regional Roundtable: Universal City July 28, 2008

Failure by Fragmentation

By Sid Gardner

This article, which first appeared in the California Tomorrow magazine in 1990, has been reprinted many times for conference and workshop packets and academic curricula used in many parts of the nation.  An attached article updates the original version with more recent commentary.

Untouched by well-meaning but isolated youth programs, too many of California’s young people slide toward adult lives of illiteracy, joblessness and addiction. Fragmented programs are launched without links to other programs that many youth need, with many of these programs funded at levels too small to make a difference. One compelling solution: weaving current programs into collaborative networks able to combine resources with accountability for results for the youth who most need help.

Special Needs and Prenatal Exposure: Different Planets, or Close Relatives?
By Sid Gardner, Children and Family Futures Presentation to the First Five California Statewide Conference, Anaheim, CA

May 31, 2007

Service Integration and Collaboration: In the Best Interests of the Systems?
By Sid Gardner, A presentation at the American Humane Association conference,

May 16, 2006

Collaboration 701: The Graduate Level
By Sid Gardner, Children and Family Futures

The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare

The Call of the Categorical, or Where Did IPE Go?
By Sid Gardner

The First Annual Indicators Report on The Conditions of Children, Youth and Families in Irvine
By Sid Gardner

Directory for Family Income Support Programs in Southern California

Strategic Planning for Services to Children, Youth, and Families in the City of Irvine
A report presented to the Irvine City Council by Sid Gardner

Hard Times and the Cost of Credibility
By Sid Gardner

The Common Threads Between Agency Sustainability & Family Self-Sufficiency
A presentation by Sid Gardner, President, and Iris Alfaro

Beyond Collaboration to Results
By Sid Gardner

Smart Cuts or Dumb Cuts: Family Support Programs in Tight Budget Times
By Sid Gardner

The Future and Sustainability of Family Resource Centers: Asking the Hard Questions about Family Support Programs In California
By Sid Gardner and Iris Alfaro

County Collaborative's' Roles in Improving Outcomes for Children and Families
By Sid Gardner

Aligning Systems: The Lessons, The Challenges Presented at the Kellogg Foundation: SPARK conference, Atlanta, Georgia
By Sid Gardner

How to Tell if a Collaborative Meeting is a Waste of Time: The Four Clues
By Sid Gardner

Pondering Proposition 10...
By Sid Gardner

The Four Tools, Local Collaborative Self-Assessment of Capacity survey
By Sid Gardner

Collaborative Values Inventory: Proposition 10 version
By Sid Gardner

Reframing Ethical Issues in Services to Children, Youth and Families
By Sid Gardner

Forum on Child and Elder Poverty in Irvine and Orange County
Testimony by Sid Gardner


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