NLA Discussion: What is the Right Program Size?

[Anne764139 at aol.com]

Jan,

    I agree that the community's support is critical.  As the director of a 
CBO that has grown from a small (less than $50,000 in 1990) to a medium 
($600,000) ABE program, I think that growth has helped us in our ability to 
muster the community's support.  From my perspective, the secondary benefits 
of increased organizational capacity have enabled us to do the following:  
develop collaborative projects with other agencies and groups that have 
resulted in both privately and publicly funded services, form and sustain a 
city wide ABE Task Force, and sponsor special events that bring much needed 
publicity to ABE. 

Anne Serino
Lynn, MA