National Initiatives

NCSI: National Center for Service Integration

CFPC heads the Technical Assistance Clearinghouse of the National Center for Service Integration (NCSI), established in 1991 through federal funding to serve as a resource center on community-based strategies to develop more comprehensive and effective services for children and families. Although federal funding has ended, CFPC continues to manage the clearinghouse and disseminate NCSI resource briefs and other publications on topics related to service integration. Several publications have been produced, with many listed below. These may be downloaded from this website:

Building Community: Exploring New Relationships Across Service Systems Reform, Community Organizing, and Community Economic Development
Charting a Course: Assessing a Community’s Strengths and Needs
Defining the Prize: From Agreed-Upon Outcomes to Results-Based Accountability
Funding What Works: Exploring the Role of Research on Effective Programs and Practices in Government Decision-Making
Getting to the Bottom Line: State and Community Strategies for Financing Comprehensive Community Service Systems
Getting to the Grassroots: Neighborhood Organizing and Mobilization
Getting Started: Planning a Comprehensive Services Initiative
Making a Difference: Moving to Outcome-Based Accountability for Comprehensive Service Reforms
Making it Simpler: Streamlining and Integrating Intake and Eligibility
Realizing a Vision for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods: An Alternative to Other Modest Proposals
Reinventing Common Sense
Resident Experts: Supporting Neighborhood Organizations and Individuals in Collecting and Using Information
So You Think You Need Some Help? Making Effective Use of Technical Assistance
Social Services Systems Reform in Poor Neighborhoods: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
Steps Along an Uncertain Path: State Initiatives Promoting Comprehensive, Community-Based Reform
Toward Defining Government's Role As Catalyst: Building Social Capital in Disinvested Communities
Valuing Diversity and Practicing Inclusion: Core Aspects of Collaborative Work

Home About Us Staff Contacts Staff Biographies National Initiatives SECPTAN: State Early Childhood Policy TA Network NCSI: National Center for Service Integration Build Reentry Mapping Network Iowa Initiatives Coalition Against Abusive Lending Des Moines Making Connections Every Child Counts Iowa Fiscal Partnership Kids-Count Annual Data Books State Indicator Definitions Reports and Publications Featured Publications Early Childhood & School Readiness Family Support and Frontline Service Strategies Comprehensive, Community-Based Services Child Welfare & Family Preservation Iowa Children and Families Order Form Site Map
	National Initiatives NCSI: National Center for Service Integration CFPC heads the Technical Assistance Clearinghouse of the National Center for Service Integration (NCSI), established in 1991 through federal funding to serve as a resource center on community-based strategies to develop more comprehensive and effective services for children and families. Although federal funding has ended, CFPC continues to manage the clearinghouse and disseminate NCSI resource briefs and other publications on topics related to service integration. Several publications have been produced, with many listed below. These may be downloaded from this website: Building Community: Exploring New Relationships Across Service Systems Reform, Community Organizing, and Community Economic Development Charting a Course: Assessing a Community’s Strengths and Needs Defining the Prize: From Agreed-Upon Outcomes to Results-Based Accountability Funding What Works: Exploring the Role of Research on Effective Programs and Practices in Government Decision-Making Getting to the Bottom Line: State and Community Strategies for Financing Comprehensive Community Service Systems Getting to the Grassroots: Neighborhood Organizing and Mobilization Getting Started: Planning a Comprehensive Services Initiative Making a Difference: Moving to Outcome-Based Accountability for Comprehensive Service Reforms Making it Simpler: Streamlining and Integrating Intake and Eligibility Realizing a Vision for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods: An Alternative to Other Modest Proposals Reinventing Common Sense Resident Experts: Supporting Neighborhood Organizations and Individuals in Collecting and Using Information So You Think You Need Some Help? Making Effective Use of Technical Assistance Social Services Systems Reform in Poor Neighborhoods: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out Steps Along an Uncertain Path: State Initiatives Promoting Comprehensive, Community-Based Reform Toward Defining Government's Role As Catalyst: Building Social Capital in Disinvested Communities Valuing Diversity and Practicing Inclusion: Core Aspects of Collaborative Work