“Using a collective impact approach, cross-sector partnerships across the country are working hard to tackle challenges in education, crime, health, poverty, unemployment, and many other areas. … Public policymakers have been important participants in these … efforts and support the goals of collaboration nationwide. Too often, however, federal, state, and local policies impede rather than enhance the conditions necessary for communities to operate collectively to address their needs. In fact, some public policies explicitly prohibit the very things that collaborative partnerships need to succeed. … However, government has been innovating in the face of these challenges.” This learning brief outlines and provides examples of the “current policies, governmental structures, and processes [that] do help partnerships achieve collective impact.”

This report is included in our list of TEN NOTABLE RESOURCES FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION.