goals and activities

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professional development in team operations and finance
The interdisciplinary teams will facilitate team building and leadership operations and finance by providing training in:

• management and leadership skills;
• collaborative decision-making techniques and communication skills;
• strategic planning;
• mission statements and bylaws development;
• consensus building and conflict resolution;
• Total Quality Management (TQM);
• performance-driven budgeting models;
• technology-based budget systems;
• identifying funding sources; and
• aligning resources with goals, program development, and resources.

outreach and capacity-building for parents
The interdisciplinary teams will facilitate empowerment and capacity-building for parents by:

• developing a profile of the targeted parent community;
• offering parent-to-parent empowerment training activities;
• serving as liaisons with community resources; and
• encouraging parents to view themselves as stakeholders.