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Revised Guidelines for Effective ABE Community Planning in Massachusetts and reporting requirements for FY07

Attached for distribution to your program is a copy of the "Revised Guidelines for Effective ABE Community Planning in Massachusetts" | . The guidelines have been streamlined for clarity.

The following points summarize the guidelines:

Partners in Community Planning - page 4

• The makeup of the partnership should reflect the assets of each particular community and be tailored to the community.

Roles and Responsibilities - page 4

• There is a clear difference between the role of the ABE Community Planning Coordinator and the partners. Coordinator and consultant roles are delineated.
• Fiscal responsibilities include making sure coordinators are in the SMART Staff Chart

Community Profile/Assets and Needs - page 6

• When collecting primary data partnerships should use at least two of the primary data collection methods when gathering data from community groups

Vision and Mission Statements - page 7

• Definitions to help partnerships check for clarity in partnership statements

Strategic Plans - page 7

• Definitions to help partnerships check for clarity when developing and/or updating goals, objectives, action steps and outcomes with example.
• A SMARTT criteria which objectives must meet in order to be achievable.

Kindest Regards,

Anne Holbrook
ABE Community Planning Specialist