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Coalition Sustainability After Federal Funding Is Expended: A Case Study, Shawnee Marie Seese
Coalition Sustainability After Federal Funding Is Expended: A Case Study, Shawnee Marie Seese
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Community coalition sustainability has been a focus of scholars as community coalitions deliver vital programs and services for communities in need. Despite the value coalitions bring to U.S. communities, they often become vulnerable after federal funding is expended. Researchers acknowledge the need to build understanding of coalition sustainability and have identified factors that contribute to the sustainability of programs, but studies on the topic remain quite limited. Federal funding requirements are more stringent than in previous years, requiring evidence of sustainability planning, which increases the urgency to identify those elements that ensure sustainability. The purpose of this study was to …
Organizational Capacity-Building To Battle Addiction In The Oneida Community, Anita F. Barber
Organizational Capacity-Building To Battle Addiction In The Oneida Community, Anita F. Barber
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Oneida Nation community members created a new and developing organization The Healing Society (fictious name) operated by a volunteer board. The board needed strategic direction to build organizational capacity and sustainability to address the lack of awareness in the community about the increase in opioid and heroin abuse after a well-known community member died from an overdose. The purpose of this postpositivist constructionist qualitative case study was to gather empirical data from the perspectives of internal and external stakeholders through a SWOT analysis focused on their perspectives. Their answers addressed: (a) the organizational strengths and weaknesses of The Healing Society …