Related 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 Division 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.
 

• Working with Nonprofit Organizations

2010 
Facing the challenges of providing more and better services while being constrained by difficult fiscal limits, local governments across the United States have increased their involvement with nonprofit organizations, involving nonprofits in service delivery and drawing on these organizations’ volunteers and private financial resources. Some nonprofits have also become skilled advocates for their local government clients, making persuasive appeals for public funding of their work or otherwise helping shape government priorities.

This guidebook focuses primarily on the basic questions North Carolina local governments should ask themselves when deciding whether and how to fund nonprofits. If a governing board is considering an ongoing partnership with a nonprofit, many of these same considerations will apply.

Part of the Local Government Board Builders Series, this book was written for elected officials of municipal and county governments, but governing officials of other kinds of public entities, such as councils of government, might also find the information useful.

See the Local Government Board Builders Series webpage for other books in this series and related School of Government publications.

Community Problem-Solving and Visioning

• Creating Their Own Futures: Community Visioning and North Carolina Local Governments  Popular Government: Vol. 73, No. 2, Winter 2008 
  Government leaders often want to shape the long-term direction of their communities. How can they do that effectively? A report on visioning processes conducted in Roxboro, Wilkes County, and Wilson County provides lessons on visioning and strategic planning.
• Public Intersection Toolkit

2006

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.

Basic Information About Nonprofit-Government Relationships

• A Primer on Nonprofit Organizations, Popular Government, Vol. 66, No. 4, Summer 2001
• 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

• Hiring a Director for a Nonprofit Agency: A Step–by–Step Guide, Popular Government, Vol. 65, No. 4, Summer 2000.
• Evolution of a Nonprofit, Part I: Determining the Organization’s Orientation, Popular Government, Vol. 70, No 1, Fall 2004 
• Evolution of a Nonprofit, Part II: A Suggested Process for Change, Popular Government, Vol. 70 No. 2, Fall 2004

Sexual and Domestic Violence

• Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence:  The Community’s Role in Weaving a Safety Net, Popular Government, Vol. 73, No. 2. Winter 2008.
  Leaders of a School of Government project building communities’ capacity to stop sexual assault and domestic violence describe the reach of the problem and the need for shared responsibility in addressing it.
• 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
• Sexual Assault Cases Based on Conduct Before 2001, by Jamie Markham and Jeff Welty, Administration of Justice Bulletin 2009/01, July 2009
  This bulletin provides a resource for judges and lawyers involved in sexual assault cases based on conduct before 2001, and includes a chart listing the most commonly charged offenses in sexual assault cases and showing how those charges evolved over the years between 1950 and 2000. The bulletin also describes the major sentencing regimes that existed before Structured Sentencing. 
• Special Evidentiary Issues in Sexual Assault Cases:The Rape Shield Law and Evidence of Prior Sexual Misconduct by the Defendant, by
  Jeff Welty, Administration of Justice Bulletin 2009/04 | August 2009
  Sexual assault cases entail special evidentiary issues. This bulletin addresses two of the most common: (1) the admissibility of evidence about the complainant’s sexual history and (2) the admissibility of evidence about prior sexual misconduct by the defendant.