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This brief highlights the study’s findings related to TANF programs in rural contexts, drawing on our analysis of TANF administrative data and secondary survey sources alongside interviews with human service providers across rural communities.

Social service organizations and policy makers increasingly recognize that they can accomplish more and improve outcomes for those they serve when they work together with other organizations. They forge new partnerships, develop new relationships, and often implement changes to practice as a result of collaboration and coordination efforts.

Collaboration and coordination efforts occur along a continuum, from early planning stages towards more fully developed or mature levels of partnership...