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VISTA OSOT Resource List
Find additional support and information
Don't know where to start? Here is a list of possible resources to get you thinking.
You can find information about the community and its resources from the following sources:
General sources of community information:
- Internet
- Libraries
- Newspapers
- Supermarkets
- Laundromats
- Local Businesses
- Social Workers
Information from community agencies & organizations:
- Town Welfare Offices
- Chambers of Commerce
- Churches
- Trade Associations
- Medical Centers and Dentists
- United Way Agencies
- Area Agencies on Aging
- Community Action Agencies
- Career Centers
- Foundations
- Local Radio and TV stations
State, Federal, and AmeriCorps sources of information:
- State and Federal Government Agencies
- Other AmeriCorps projects
- Other Corporation for National and Community Service projects:
Training and research information:
- Community Colleges/Universities
- Community Resource and Technology Centers
- Community Adult Education Programs
- High Schools
- Human Resource Departments of Non-Profits and/or Businesses
Selected web sites and printed materials:
Selected Bibliography:
- Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing A Community's Assets by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight
- A Guide to Capacity Inventories: Mobilizing the Community Skills of Local Residents, by John P. Kretzmann, John L. McKnight, and Geralyn Sheehan,
with Mike Green and Deborah Puntenney
- Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining and Enjoying the Journey by Michael Winer and Karen Ray
- Planning, Conducting and Evaluating Workshops, Larry Nolan Davis and Earl McCallon
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