UNC SSW 360 Engagement: Intermediary Capacity Building Concept
Focus research-to-practice capacity building efforts on the key human service organization stakeholders
UNC SSW
Faculty
Intermediary
Organizations*
Providers
•Local United Ways
•Private foundations (Z Smith, etc.)
•State agencies
•LMEs
•State Associations
•NASW-NC
•NAMI
•NC Center for Nonprofits
•Local government
Key Assumptions:
•Intermediaries are interested in & value EBP
•Sufficient opportunities exist for SSW to engage intermediaries
•Intermediaries can influence provider behavior
•Intermediaries are good at translation, research-to-practice
* Organizations that exist principally to build the capacity of, provide funding for and monitor and/or evaluate human service organizations