4940 Irvine Blvd. Irvine, Ca.
92620
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Sid
Gardner, President
Nancy K.
Young, Ph.D., Executive Director
Nina Dreyer, M.S.W.
Iris
Alfaro, M.S.W.
Collaborative Values Inventory: Proposition 10 version
10/2000 version
Explanation: Many collaboratives begin their work without much discussion in depth of what their members agree upon–or what they don't agree upon as well. This questionnaire can serve as a neutral, anonymous way of assessing how much a group shares ideas about the values that underlie its work. It can surface issues that may not be raised if the collaborative begins its discussion about programs and grant proposals, rather than what its members really value in doing their work. To know that a group may have strong disagreements about some of the most basic assumptions about their community and its needs and resources may help the group clarify later disagreements about less important issues which are really about these more important underlying values.
In the area of early childhood programs, values are perhaps even more important, because parents’ choices for their younger children are so important and because culture and income differences sometimes play a major part in child development practices– and culture and poverty are heavily value-laden.
Please indicate your agreement or disagreement with each
statement by circling a number from 1 to 10 for each statement, with 1 as highest
agreement.
1. With minor changes, the system of delivering services to younger children and their families in our community could be improved significantly.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
2. The system of delivering services to younger children and their families in our community needs major changes.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
3. We have enough money in the system today; what we need are more effective programs using the funding we already have.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
4. The rules of the system (for example, the regulations for funding programs, the way we evaluate them, the way we check for eligibility, the way we supervise personnel) are a major barrier to meeting the needs of younger children in our community.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
5. The people who work in the agencies that provide health and human services for younger children in our community are resistant to change.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
6. We should fund programs for younger children based on their results, not based on the number of people they serve, as we do at present.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
1. If we funded programs based on results, some programs would lose some or all of their funding.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
8. The way we now train and educate professionals and other employees to work with children, families, and others in need is part of the problem of ineffectiveness in serving children and families.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
1. The levels of pay for professionals and others who work with younger children are too low to recruit and retain good staff and leaders in these programs.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
2. Most elected officials of local government care about the needs of younger children in our community and have acted to do what they can to improve conditions for younger children and their families.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
3. The programs and agencies in our community that serve younger children generally do a good job of involving people from the community in planning and evaluating programs.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
4. Changing the system so that more services for younger children and their families were delivered closer to the neighborhoods and community level would improve the effectiveness of services.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
5. Changing the system to allow more services to be delivered by for-profit agencies would improve the effectiveness of services.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
14. Changing the system to require that all clients, regardless of income, who receive services should make some kind of payment for the services with donated time, services, or cash would improve the effectiveness of services.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
15. Agencies that serve younger children in our community generally do a good job of reflecting the community’s diversity in their staffing.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
1. Agencies that serve younger children in our community are generally sensitive to the cultural differences among younger children and their families.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
2. Agencies that serve younger children which do not collaborate with other agencies should receive less funding than those that are part of effective collaboratives
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
18. The most important causes of the problems of younger children cannot be addressed by government; they need to be addressed within the family and by non-governmental organizations such as churches, neighborhood organizations, and self-help groups.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
1. Our community has developed some widely shared priorities in services for younger children which we agree are the most important things we are trying to do to help people live better lives.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
2. Our community has strong internal disagreements about how to help younger children people with needs.
Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disagree
21. The most important causes of problems affecting younger children and their families in our community are [circle only three]:
a lack of self-discipline
a loss of family values
racism
drug abuse
mental illness
domestic violence
alcoholism
poverty
economic changes that have eliminated good jobs
low intelligence
inadequate support for low-income families who work
lack of skills needed to keep a good job
the harm done by government programs
illegal immigration
the level of violence tolerated by the community
the drug business
incompetent parenting
too few law enforcement personnel
fragmented systems of service delivery
deteriorating public schools
the way the welfare program works
children born and raised in single-parent homes
a lack of business involvement in solutions
too few jails and prisons
illiteracy
child abuse
an over-emphasis upon consumer values
media concentration on negatives