A Shared Services Network is a "way of work." It is the way a community works together to help children and families be successful at home, in school, and in the community.
A Shared Services Network brings together diverse stakeholders, melds resources, and embraces new ideas which are vital to enhance or create networks for communication. These networks promote:
Problem Solving - Taking complex community wide issues, breaking them down into solvable pieces and collaborating on strategies for solutions.
Service Integration - Linking and sharing services to maximize available resources and eliminating duplication of effort.
System Change - Changing administrative and funding policies when existing policies do not support effective problem solving and service integration.
A Shared Services Network provides an opportunity and a challenge to bring people together in ways that result in more than the sum of individuals. It can have a wide range of results that empower people and systems to change.
