The Role of the Public Sector in Cradle-to-Career Place-Based Partnerships

Place-based cross-sector collaboration, facilitated by backbone organizations, brings together stakeholders to address challenges and create opportunities for holistic development. This field study explores the challenges in engaging the public sector in efforts to support collaborative action in communities, the potential effective relationships between the public sector and cradle-to-career place-based partnerships, and additional supports that are needed to catalyze engagement. Read the field study.