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Collaborative Services
Facilitation of Partnerships
Collaborative partners work together to:
- Better integrate and improve services to children and families.
- Empower and strengthen existing providers and their services.
- Build relationships between providers and the community.
- Utilize strengths among members.
Direct Service Provision
The North Shore Collaborative's
- Elementary School Liaison in Two Harbors:
- Provides additional support in the schools for students and families
- Helps students and families access additional information and
resources
- Works individually with students in order to increase success
in school
- Family Support Coordinator in Cook County:
- Facilitates Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) parent
sessions
- Offers family support services at home and in the community
- Provides parent resources in various ways including:
- One on one meetings with parents
- Parent information packets on different issues
- Resource library
- Program Coordinator for Kinship Mentor North, coordinates
a community-based mentoring program that matches Cook County youth
(ages 7-13) with positive, caring adult volunteer mentors in order
to:
- Foster success in school
- Develop social skills
- Nurture personal growth
- Build a sense of community
For more information on services in your community, see the Grand
Marais, Silver Bay or Two
Harbors branch office pages.
Contracted Services
- Address identified needs or gaps in service for children and families.
- Partner with other providers with necessary expertise to develop/provide
appropriate service.
- Work to provide additional funding for prevention and early intervention
activities.
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