How can school and community services be better coordinated?
This coordination can be achieved through resource mapping, a method used to link and align community resources with organizational goals, strategies, and expected outcomes. As a result of mapping and aligning resources, there can be better service coordination in the community. Resource mapping is a collaborative activity in which a variety of informed partners: • establish a shared vision, definition, priorities, and desired results; • identify all complementary resources from multiple sources that can be aligned to accomplish a vision; • note any priorities that lack resources and then design solutions to fill those gaps; and • implement an ongoing process that maximizes all relevant resources by employing them in a strategic way to accomplish common goals. Resource mapping allows communities to identify existing resources and determine what new resources are needed to build systems that serve youth rather than targeting funds based on criteria and categories. The process helps agen
