UNC School of Government

Publications

The School of Government offers the following publications developed through the Public Intersection Project. Please see the School’s online shopping cart for more titles, prices, and ordering information. Contact our Publications Office for more information or click on the text for a direct link to an article (requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader) or in some cases to an order form.

**NEW**The Public Intersection Toolkit:

The resources in this user-friendly notebook are designed to (1) help participants understand the nature and importance of cross-sector relationships and (2) develop skills to assess, document, change, and develop these relationships. Order it through this link: The Public Intersection Toolkit.

Close the Achievement Gap Case Studies:

To obtain copies of the "Close the Achievement Gap Case Studies" contact Dean Duncan at The Jordan Institute for Families, The School of Social Work, UNC-Chapel Hill, 919/962-7897 or dfduncan@email.unc.edu.

Community Response to Sexual Violence:

Organization of Sexual Assault Programs, the final report of a survey project sponsored by the Governor's Crime Commission and conducted in North Carolina during 2005-2006. The report assesses how or whether organizational structure affects the provision or reporting of sexual assault services in both single program and combined sexual and domestic violence programs

Basic Information About Nonprofit-Government Relationships:

A Primer on Nonprofit Organizations, Popular Government, Vol. 66, No. 4, Summer 2001.
Twenty Questions Nonprofits Often Ask about Working with Local Government
How Local Governments Work with Nonprofits in North Carolina, Popular Government, Vol. 66, No. 2, Winter 2001.

Managing the Relationships:

Building Community Capacity to Meet Public Needs, Popular Government, Vol. 70, No. 2, Winter 2005
Deciding to Fund Nonprofits: Key Questions, Popular Government, Vol. 67, No. 4, Summer 2002.
Local Government Contracts with Nonprofit Organizations: Questions and Answers, Popular Government, Vol. 67, No. 1, Fall 2001.
Strengthening Relationships between Local Governments and Nonprofits, Popular Government, Vol. 66, No. 2, Winter 2001.

Accountability Within Relationships:

Accountability in Local Government–Nonprofit Relationships, published by ICMA, IQ Report, Vol. 35, No. 5, May 2003.
Establishing Mutual Accountability in Nonprofit–Government Relationships, Popular Government, Vol. 69, No. 1, Fall 2003.

Nonprofit Management:

Other Related Publications

The following article written for an academic audience was published in the October 2001 (Vol. 7, No. 4) issue of the Journal of Public Affairs Education, produced by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).

Educating for the New Public Service

For more information about the UNC-MPA program and how it educates students together for both nonprofit and government careers, visit their website at www.mpa.unc.edu.

Cross Sector Relationships

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