A companion newsletter, InSites, focuses on work in specific places to highlight successful strategies on behalf of children and families. Summer 2001 issue . Identify stakeholders Task 2. Develop background materials to inform the public Task 3. A thorough discussion of change options provides an excellent forum for learning and facilitates a gradual or even rapid movement in new directions.
Stakeholders are also more likely to support changes which they have helped to shape.
Officials responsible for a comprehensive CFSS managed care planning process have an important role in facilitating a stakeholder dialogue. Identify stakeholders Developing a comprehensive articulation of community values requires the input of all types of people including those who have tried innovations and failed, those who embrace change, those who refuse to accept change, and those who are mediators and stabilizers. An effective dialogue provides a two-way flow of information between statewide and community groups. Expectations and conditions change rapidly and stakeholders have their finger on the pulse of changing conditions. Their continuing input is invaluable and absolutely essential.