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Assessing a family-centered neighborhood service agency: the Del Paso Heights model

Abstract

The author describes the Del Paso Model, a neighborhood-based integrated services effort underway in Sacramento County, California. Del Paso Heights is a community made up of African American, Asian, and white families on the northern side of the City of Sacramento. The County of Sacramento selected Del Paso Heights as a location to pilot a new family-centered holistic way to serve families under county human services programs in a Neighborhood Services Agency. The Del Paso Heights Model demonstrates the power of the neighborhood as a focal point of integration of services and how the neighborhood can be used as a concept to overcome bureaucratic turf. Like many other community initiatives, measuring the outcomes of the Del Paso Heights Model remains an elusive goal. (Journal abstract.)

Journal

Administration in Social Work

(1997)
vol21 no3 pages127-143

Categories

  1. Community Development Nonprofits  
  2. Neighborhoods