Links
- Asset Based Community Development
- Child Rights
- Community Assessment
- Foundations and Funding Organizations in Ethiopia and Africa
- Family Based Community Development
- Income Generation and Social Enterprises
- Integrated Models of Community Development and Child Welfare
- Small Groups and Group Work
- Trauma Informed Practice
- Occasional Papers
- Reports & PDF files
Asset Based Community Development
ABCD In Action by Mike Green. Handouts for ABCD Traininghttp://www.mike-green.org/wksphandout.php
Asset Based Community Development Institute
http://www.abcdinstitute.org/
Asset Based Community Development: A Literature Review, Spring 2006 by Sarah Keeble and Dr. Joshua Meisel Humboldt State University Dept of Sociology.
http://www.humboldt.edu/~soc/downloads/senior_projects/2006_Keeble.pdf
Asset Based Community Development: An Overview
http://www.synergos.org/knowledge/02/abcdoverview.htm
Center for Collaborative Planning: Engaging Communities for Action
http://www.connectccp.org/resources/library.shtml
Connecticut Assets Network: Discovering & Connecting Our Strengths
http://www.ctassets.org/
Faith Based Community Economic Development: Principles & Practices by T. David Reese & Christina A. Clamp, PhD
http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/faith/ced.pdf
From Clients to Citizens: Asset-Based Community Development as a Strategy For Community-Driven Development , January 2002 by Alison Mathie, PhD, & Gord Cunningham, MA, The Coady International Institute
http://www.mystfx.ca/institutes/coady/text/about_publications_occasional_citizens.html
Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center: Great Asset-Based Community Development
http://www.greatindyneighborhoods.org/documents/
International Association for Community Development
http://www.iacdglobal.org/en/projects/international-projects/first-east-african-asset-based-community-development-summit
Introduction to Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets, by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight.
http://www.ctassets.org/catesimages/14a%20Intro%20to%20ABCD.pdf
Near East Foundation
http://www.neareast.org/main/abcd/en/background.aspx
The Coady International Institute has many resources on ABCD and other types of development practice.
http://coady.stfx.ca/work/coady-publications/
What can we do with what we already have? ABCD and United Way of Tucson
http://www.saasniatx.net/Presentation/Dan_duncan.ppt
Who is Driving Development? Reflections on the Transformative Potential of Asset-Based Community Development, February, 2003 by Alison Mathie, PhD, & Gord Cunningham, MA. The Coady International Institute
http://www.mystfx.ca/institutes/coady/text/about_publications_drivingDev.html
You Can Do Guides: Unlocking People Power
http://www.youcando.org.uk/?cat=10
Child Rights
Child Rights Information Network (includes country-specific information on Ethiopia)http://www.crin.org/index.asp
Children's Rights Council United Nations
http://www.un.org/en/
Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership
http://www.icmhp.org/
The International Institute for Child Rights and Development
http://www.iicrd.org/
UNICEF: Unite for Children
http://www.unicef.org/crc/
The Way We Care: A Guide for Managers of Programs Serving Vulnerable Children and Youth
http://www.fhi.org/en/HIVAIDS/pub/guide/res_The_Way_We_Care.htm
Community Assessment
Community Solutions Benton & Franklin Countieshttp://www.communitysolutions-bfco.com/communityassetassessment.htm
Community Toolbox
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/chapter_1003.htm
Educational Resources Information Center, Community Asset Mapping: Trends and Issues Alert
http://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/demo/Content/activeinformation/resources/SOC_assets_mapping.pdf
National Association of County and City Health Officials: Community Themes and Strengths Assessment How to Guide
http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/clearinghouse/phase3CTSA.cfm
Project Cornerstone: Tool Kits for Individuals and Organizations
http://www.projectcornerstone.org/html/organizations/evaluation_toolkit.htm#toolkit
Southern Rural Development Center: Mapping the Assets of Your Community: A Key Component for Building Local Capacity
http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/227/227_asset_mapping.pdf
Foundations and Funding Organizations in Ethiopia and Africa
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation (in Ethiopia)http://www.aglimmerofhope.org/about_us/index.html
EveryChild UK
http://www.everychild.org.uk/article/ethiopia
Food for the Hungry - Integrated Community Development in Ethiopia
http://www.fhcanada.org/Sasiga-Integrated-Community-Development-Ethiopi
Global Alliance for Africa
http://www.globalallianceafrica.org/small-business-and-micro-enterprise-development-programs
Grameen Foundation (Micro-Finance)
http://www.grameenfoundation.org/
Grameen Foundation in Ethiopia
http://www.grameenfoundation.org/sub-saharan-africa/ethiopia
Grants for NGOs and Organization Grants for Africa
http://www.advance-africa.com/Grants-for-NGOs-and-Organisations.html
Micro Enterprise Projects of the Africa Navigators
http://www.navigatorsafrica.org/navcontent.aspx?sec=39
Near East Foundation (in Ethiopia)
http://neareast.org/main/countries/cr_57.aspx
Nu Skin Force For Good Foundation (in Ethiopia)
http://www.forceforgood.org/projects/africa/ethiopia.shtml
Oak Foundation Ltd
http://www.oakfnd.org/
One Love Africa (building schools in Ethiopia)
http://www.oneloveafrica.org/
Operation Blessing International (in Africa)
http://www.ob.org/_where/africa/africa.asp
Opportunity International
http://www.opportunity.org/
The SEEP Network - Connecting Microenterprise Practitioners in a Global Learning Community
http://www.seepnetwork.org/
Trickle Up (Ethiopia Program)
http://www.trickleup.org/ourwork/africa_east_program.html
Trickle Up works in Africa, Asia and Central America, reaching people who live on less than $1.25 a day to help them start a microenterprise to improve their families' quality of life.
http://www.trickleup.org/
Women Of Africa Fund for Micro Enterprise
http://www.womenofafrica.org/micro.htm
World Vision's Microenterprise Development Program
http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/give/microenterprise-development-program
Family Based Community Development
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Community Dev and Family Support: Forging a Practical Nexus to Strengthen Families and Communitieshttp://www.udel.edu/ccrs/pdf/Casey.pdf
Family Based Community Development. Blue House Institute - Dr. Richard Kordesh
http://www.bluehouseinstitute.org/
Family Based ECD Programmes
http://tree-ecd.co.za/treeprogrammes.php?treeprogrammes_id=11
Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.hfrp.org/evaluation/the-evaluation-exchange/issue-archive/community-based-initiatives2/comprehensive-community-development-and-family-support-an-hfrp-report-highlights-central-themes-and-common-ground
Kordesh, R. with Alejo, B. (2005). Housing as a Productive Family Asset.
http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/Housing%20as%20a%20Productive%20Family%20Asset.pdf
Income Generation and Social Enterprises
ASHOKA -the world's working community of more than 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs.http://www.ashoka.org/
BRAC, the world's largest NGO (Click on BRAC around the World to see Africa Programs
http://www.brac.net/
Build a Stronger America Entrepreneurs' Movement. Join the Entrepreneurs' Movement.
http://www.buildastrongeramerica.com/
Chicago Community Ventures. Business plan template.
http://www.chiventures.org/resources/planning/
Cornell's Premium Video Clip Collection on Entrepreneurship, Business and Leadership.
http://e-clips.cornell.edu/homepage.do
EMERGE, Community and Housing Development
http://www.emerge-mn.org/
Kaufman Foundation. Entrepreneurship.
http://www.kauffman.org/Section.aspx?id=Entrepreneurship
Microenterprise FIELD: Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning, and Dissemination
http://fieldus.org/index.html
Social Entrepreneur: Impact Through Opportunity
http://www.socialentrepreneurcorps.com/history.html
The Skoll Foundation invests in social entrepreneurs dedicated to solving the world's most pressing problems
http://www.skollfoundation.org/
Venture Source: A free resource center to help social entrepreneurs plan, start, manage, and grow successful social enterprises.
http://www.venturesource.org/
Youth Social Enterprise Initiative
http://www.ysei.org/
By Social Entrepreneurs, For Social Entrepreneurs
http://www.socialedge.org/
Integrated Models of Community Development and Child Welfare
Integrated Community Development Internationalhttp://www.icdinternational.org/about.html
Rethinking Child Protection: A New Paradigm?
http://www.cafwaa.org.au/Rethinking_Child_Protection_2007.pdf
Strategies for the Integration of Community Development and Family Support
http://www.udel.edu/ccrs/pdf/Casey.pdf
Small Groups and Group Work
Brainstorminghttp://www.hci.com.au/hcisite2/toolkit/brainsto.htm
Capacity Building Skills for Public Officials -- Influencing Others
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-315.pdf
Capacity Building Skills for Public Officials -- Local Board Working Together
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-316.pdf
Capacity Building Skills for Public Officials -- Why We Don't Agree, and What Were Going to Do about It
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-317.pdf
Elements in Sound Decision Making (Studies in Group Leadership Series)
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-1227.pdf
Enhancing Experiences of Group Work (Resource link includes icebreakers and energizer techniques)
http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/learnteach/groupwork/index.html
Group Effectiveness: Understanding Group Member Goals
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modii/ii719202.html
Group Skills, Project Skills, Presentation Skills (with download of complete manual)
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/learn-to-learn/student/html/GroupProject/groupskills.htm
Groups: How They Decide
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modii/ii719203.html
How Involved Will People Get? (Studies in Group Leadership Series)
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-1225.pdf
How to Assess your Groupwork Skills (Take the 28-item test and see your score!)
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/sk/teamwork.htm
Initial Stages of Forming a Group
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modii/ii792006.html
Leaders Have Several Options (Studies in Group Leadership Series)
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-1223.pdf
Look at the Clock ! Ways to Streamline Meetings (Studies in Group Leadership Series)
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-1226.pdf
Running an Effective Task Group: The Five C's
http://www.socialworker.com/task.htm
Small Group Skills
http://www.hci.com.au/hcisite2/toolkit/smallgro.ht
Teamwork Skills: Being an Effective Group Member
http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/teaching_resources/tips/teamwork_skills.html
Ways to Assess How We are Doing (Studies in Group Leadership Series)
http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modbd/morefile/E-2145.pdf
Trauma Informed Practice
Bibliography on Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practicehttp://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/downloads/bib/trauma_informed_child_welfare.pdf
Center of Excellence on Child Welfare
http://www.cecw-cepb.ca/infosheets
Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_cwtool
Creating a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/PDF/fpW0707.pdf
Models for Developing Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Systems and Trauma-Specific Services
http://www.theannainstitute.org/MDT.pdf
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health
http://www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org/resources_trauma-services.php
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsn.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main
Trauma Informed Treatment
http://www.sanctuaryweb.com/Main/trauma-informed_treatment.htm
Occasional Papers
Asset-Based Community Development: A Literature Review, Spring 2006 by Sarah Keeble and Dr. Joshua Meisel Humboldt State University Dept of Sociology.http://www.humboldt.edu/~soc/downloads/senior_projects/2006_Keeble.pdf
Introduction to Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets, by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight.
http://www.ctassets.org/catesimages/14a%20Intro%20to%20ABCD.pdf
Demystifying Outcome Measurement in Community Development, May 2007 by Renu Madan, Masters Degree in Urban and Housing Design Studies. Joint Center for Housing of Harvard University.
http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/communitydevelopment/w07-5.pdf
Faith-Based Community Economic Development: Principles & Practices by T. David Reese & Christina A. Clamp, PhD
http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/faith/ced.pdf
Reports & PDF files
Applying an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Approach in Ethiopia. Brianne Peters, Mengistu Gonsamo, Samuel Molla & Alison Mathie, October 2009. (4.6Mb pdf)http://coady.stfx.ca/tinroom/assets/file/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Coady%20Oxfam%20ABCD%20Mid%20term%20evaluation%20Ethiopia%20formatting%20TOC.pdf
Brock, D.D. (2008, March). Social Entrepreneurship: Teaching Resources Handbook. Arlington, VA: The Ashoka Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship.
http://www.universitynetwork.org/sites/universitynetwork.org/files/files/Soc%20Ent%20Handbook%20March%202008%20Final.pdf
Demystifying Outcome Measurement in Community Development, May 2007 by Renu Madan, Masters Degree in Urban and Housing Design Studies. Joint Center for Housing of Harvard University.
http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/communitydevelopment/w07-5.pdf
FIELD Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination. Scroll down to find many guides on microenterprise as an anti-poverty strategy.
http://www.fieldus.org/Publications/index.html
Free Books and Manuals to help NGO and Government Organizations Build Skills
http://www.networklearning.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=32&Itemid=52
From Clients to Citizens: Asset-Based Community Development as a Strategy For Community-Driven Development. Alison Mathie, PhD, & Gord Cunningham, MA, 2002. (576K pdf)
http://coady.stfx.ca/tinroom/assets/file/resources/publications/4_From_Clients_to_Citizens.pdf
Who is driving development? Reflections on the Transformative Potential of Asset-Based Community Development. Mathie, A. & Cunningham, G. (2005). Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 26 (1), 175-187. (503K pdf)
http://coady.stfx.ca/tinroom/assets/file/resources/publications/5_Who_is_Driving_Development.pdf