Courageous Collaboration

Courageous Collaboration for Greater Impact

It’s courage that sets the Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) apart and defines our collaboration story. Bold and forward thinking has been the foundation of who we are as a membership organization since the very beginning. This bold and courageous collaboration allows us to achieve greater equity for the individuals, families and communities we collectively serve.

Here are just a few examples of how we as MACC members are courageously collaborating for greater impact. 

Delivering Shared Services

For nearly a decade, our administrative services shared service model has delivered the content expertise, cross-training, and segregation of duties necessary to lower our members’ operative risk and maximize the collective wisdom of our network.

We boldy share resources with participating members so that they can benefit from the expertise and the deep bench the shared staff represents as well as the collective expertise that has been built up as a result of past experience and lessons learned by other members

This courageous collaboration allows our members to enhance their expertise around the areas of behavioral health/medical/third party billing, client data, evaluation, facilities, human resources, finance and IT while not losing focus on what matters most—their mission.

Launching Collaborative Connections

We are stronger together. Since 2013, we’ve created powerful initiatives focused around collaborative fundraising and contracting, along with technical assistance and support for emerging collaborative projects.

This collaborative approach among members has allowed us to launch innovative programming that helps our member organizations achieve their mission. Some examples include Seamless Connections, a pilot project aimed at connecting food shelf recipients with employment, the Be @ School Truancy Collaborative, a project to increase school attendance across Hennepin County and Healthy Eating Healthy Minds, which is a collaboration among early childhood education and childcare organizations to ensure young children in the inner city have an equal opportunity to be healthy and kindergarten ready.

These collaborative connections are just the beginning. With our infrastructure, committed membership, and intermediary capabilities, we help members develop courageous collaborative approaches to their work.