Capacity Building with Faith-Based and Community Organizations

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jolley ◽  
Greg Meissen
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Faith Based

scholarly journals The Substance of Things Hoped For: Do State Faith-Based and Community Partnership Offices and Liaisons Help Grassroots Organizations Get Federal Funding?

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-137
Author(s):  
Margaret F. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Federal Funding ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Grassroots Organizations ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Multivariate Regression Model ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
White House ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Adequate Staffing

AbstractIn response to The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (FBCI, later renamed the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, FBNP), many states either created an FBCI office within state government or established a state liaison to the federal program through a nonprofit organization. While the offices have multiple stated goals, the acquisition of federal funding for community organizations within their respective states is a fairly consistent, and critical, goal for most of these offices. Using a multivariate regression model and a survey of state liaison offices, this mixed methods study finds that there is no difference between states with liaisons and states without with respect to federal funding for community organizations in their states and identifies barriers to their successful achievement of funding objectives. A survey of state FBNP offices detailing budgets, staffing, and reporting structures, among other things, indicates that a lack of unrestricted funds, lack of adequate staffing, and decreasing political salience are contributing factors.

scholarly journals Building Healthy Northern Communities Through Strengthening Capacity

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Glen Schmidt ◽  
Dawn Hemingway ◽  
Gerard Bellefeuille
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Single Industry ◽  
School Of Social Work ◽  
The University

This study examines and evaluates the effects of one-time funding on capacity building of health and social welfare organizations in a remote and northern section of British Columbia Canada. The Province of British Columbia awarded a two million dollar grant (Canadian) to the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Organizations applied for funds through a competitive process that was managed by the School of Social Work at UNBC. Twenty-five different community organizations and agencies received funding for a period of eighteen months. The organizations and agencies delivered a range of services and activities located in remote First Nations communities as well as the natural resource-based single industry towns of northern BC.

scholarly journals Community-Engaged Strategies to Promote Relevance of Research Capacity-Building Efforts Targeting Community Organizations

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cunningham ◽  
Stephania T. Miller ◽  
Yvonne Joosten ◽  
Jared D. Elzey ◽  
Tiffany Israel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Community Organizations ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Research Capacity Building

Faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (858) ◽  
pp. 311-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Christian Organizations ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Faith Based Organizations

AbstractThis article examines the role of faith-based organizations, particularly Christian organizations, in humanitarian assistance within the broader context of the NGO world. Following an overview of the historical development of these organizations, the article examines the current context in which faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations operate. The different roles played by these organizations are explored, as are some of the difficulties they encounter. The article suggests that much more work is needed in the area of capacity-building of local humanitarian organizations and in the coordination of NGO programmatic work.

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