community capacity for children, youth and families robert chaskin the university of chicago
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Community Capacity for Children, Youth and Families
Robert Chaskin
The University of Chicago
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No individual can live alone, no nation can live alone, and anyone who feels that he can live alone is sleeping through a revolution.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the world as it is. This is where you start.
- Saul Alinsky
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Overview
• Community as an organizing principle
• Defining “community capacity”
• Strategies for building community capacity
• Promise, limitations and challenges
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Why community?
• Where needs and circumstances come together
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Why community?
• Where needs and circumstances come together
• Manageable scale
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Why community?
• Where needs and circumstances come together
• Manageable scale
• Assets and influences:
– Built environment
– Organizations and institutions
– People and relationships
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Community Influences on Family Functioning and Child Well-Being
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Community Influences on Family Functioning and Child Well-Being
• Compositional factors– Poverty– Crime, safety, physical disorder– Racial isolation– Residential stability
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Community Influences on Family Functioning and Child Well-Being
• Compositional factors– Poverty– Crime, safety, physical disorder– Racial isolation– Residential stability
• Processes and mechanisms– Social ties and value consensus– Institutional resources– Routine activities and resource use
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Orientations to “community”
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Orientations to “community”
• As context
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Orientations to “community”
• As context
• As target of intervention
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Orientations to “community”
• As context
• As target of intervention
• As unit of action
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Community Capacity
The interaction of human capital, organizational resources and social capital that can be leveraged to solve collective problems and improve or maintain the well-being of a given community
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Community Capacity
Characteristics of Community Capacity Sense of community Commitment Ability to solve problems Access to resources
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Community Capacity
Characteristics of Community Capacity Sense of community Commitment Ability to solve problems Access to resources
Levels of Social Agency Individuals Organizations Networks
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Social Networks
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Social Networks
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Community Capacity
Characteristics of Community Capacity Sense of community Commitment Ability to solve problems Access to resources
Levels of Social Agency Individuals Organizations Networks
Functions
Planning, decision making, and governance Production of goods and services Information dissemination Organizing and advocacy
Conditioning Influences Safety Residential stability Density of acquaintance Structure of opportunity Patterns of migration Race and class dynamics Distribution of power and resources
Strategies Leadership Organizational development Organizing Organizational collaboration
Other Outcomes Better services Influence on decision making Economic well-being
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Strategies
• Leadership
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Strategies
• Leadership
• Organizational development
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Strategies
• Leadership
• Organizational development
• Interorganizational collaboration
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Strategies
• Leadership
• Organizational development
• Interorganizational collaboration
• Community organizing
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Challenges and Limitations
• People versus place
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Challenges and Limitations
• People versus place
• Contested ground
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Challenges and Limitations
• People versus place
• Contested ground
• Limitations of the local
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Promise
• Context of opportunity
• Addressing basic needs
• Connecting to broader spheres
• Foundation for action, planning and advocacy