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National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
ESSENTIAL
TOOLS —
Community Resource Mapping
Resources
All links retrieved August 24, 2005 except where otherwise noted
The Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html
Community Resource Mapping:
A Strategy for Promoting Successful Transition for Youth with Disabilities
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=939
Community Resource Mapping:
Knowing Your Youth Services Landscape
Texas Workforce Commission Youth Program Initiative
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/youthinit/materials/mapping1203.pdf (539 KB, 39 pp)
Community YouthMapping
Center for Youth Development and Policy Research, Academy for Educational Development
http://cyd.aed.org/cym/cym.html
Community YouthMapping: Are You on the Map?
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
http://www.ncset.org/teleconferences/transcripts/2004_02.asp
Equitable Development Toolkit:
Beyond Gentrification, Development Tools: Community Mapping
PolicyLink
http://www.policylink.org/EDTK/Mapping/
Forging Community Links:
A Resource Mapping Guide
Community Technology Centers’ Network
http://www.ctcnet.org/resources/reports/mapping.htm
Holding Schools Accountable Toolkit:
A Guide for People Working in Neighborhoods
Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/upload/PublicationFiles/holding%20schools.pdf (714 KB, 78 pp)
Retrieved June 6, 2007
Improving Adult Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities:
Mapping and Aligning Resources
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
http://www.ncset.org/teleconferences/transcripts/2003_01.asp
Integrating Service Systems at the Point of Transition for Youth with Significant Disabilities:
A Model that Works
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=705
Mapping Community Assets Workbook
Northwest Regional Education Laboratory
http://www.nwrel.org/ruraled/publications/com_mapping.pdf (505 KB, 20 pp)
Mapping Community Capacity
Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/community/mcc.html
Mapping Community Resources
Community Technology Centers’ Network
http://www.ctcnet.org/resources/review/r981cor2.htm
Mapping the Assets of Your Community:
A Key Component for Building Local Capacity
Southern Rural Development Center
http://srdc.msstate.edu/publications/227/227.htm
Mapping the Whos, Whats, and Whys of Community Development and Community Building:
A 10-Minute Self-Assessment Tool
Forum for Youth Investment
http://www.forumfyi.org/Files/mappingwhosp2-pfv.pdf (16 KB, 1 pg)
Raise Your Voice:
Community Mapping Resource Guide
Campus Compact, Brown University
http://www.actionforchange.org/mapping/history.html
The Several Forms of “Community Mapping”
Outreach Partnerships, Michigan State University
http://outreach.msu.edu/bpbriefs/issues/brief3.pdf (407 KB, 4 pp)
Transition Planning: Community Mapping
as a Tool for Teachers and Students
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2128
| Table of Contents
Setting
the Stage
Federal Context for Aligning Resources
State-Level Context for Collaborating
Implications for Mapping Resources at the Community Level
How to Use This Issue of Essential Tools
Overview
What is Resource Mapping?
How Resource Mapping Can Help Transform Your Community
The Mapping Process
Step
1: Pre-Mapping
Establishing a Task Force to Guide the Process
Setting a Vision
Setting Goals
Communicating Continuously
Reflection Questions
Step
2: Mapping
Identifying Resources
Developing Mapping Tools and Strategies
Gathering Information
Determining the Meaning of the Information
Communicating and Using the Mapping Results
Reflection Questions
Step
3: Taking Action
Developing an Action Plan
Achieving Consensus
Implementing the Action Plan
Sharing the Action Plan
Reflection Questions
Step
4: Maintaining, Sustaining, and Evaluating Mapping Efforts
Evaluating Progress
Maintaining Momentum
Sustaining the Effort
Reflection Questions
Summary
References
Resources
Glossary
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Citation: Crane, K., & Mooney,
M. (2005). Essential tools: Community resource mapping. Minneapolis,
MN: University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, National
Center on Secondary Education and Transition.
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