The Impact of Nonprofit Collaboration in Early Child Care and Education on Management and Program Outcomes

The use of interorganizational relationships such as collaboration, partnerships, and alliances between public, private, and nonprofit organizations for the delivery of human services has increased. This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge on collaboration by exploring one kind of i...

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Published inPublic administration review Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 412 - 425
Main Authors Selden, Sally Coleman, Sowa, Jessica E., Sandfort, Jodi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.05.2006
Blackwell Publishing, Inc
American Society for Public Administration
Subjects
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Block Grants
Case management
Child care
Classification
Clients
Collaboration
Compensation
Cooperation
Delivery Systems
Early childhood education
Education
Educational administration
Employee turnover
Experimental/theoretical
Funding
Human Services
Hypotheses
Impact analysis
Intergovernmental Relations
Management
Non-profit institutions
Non-profit organizations
Nonprofit Organizations
Organizational Theories
Preschool education
Programme evaluation
Public administration
Public schools
Public-private partnership
School Readiness
Schools and educational services
Social policy
Studies
Technology, Communication, Collaboration
U.S.A
United States
Young Children
United States > US
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Summary:The use of interorganizational relationships such as collaboration, partnerships, and alliances between public, private, and nonprofit organizations for the delivery of human services has increased. This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge on collaboration by exploring one kind of interorganizational relationship-interagency collaboration-in the field of early care and education. It examines variations within interagency collaborations and their impact on management and program outcomes. The findings show that interagency collaboration has a clear impact on management, program, and client outcomes: Specifically, the intensity of the collaborative relationship has a positive and statistically significant impact on staff compensation, staff turnover, and school readiness.
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ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00598.x