Building the Community Nexus: A Community Centered Approach to Planning and Design

Recent research indicates that the goals (of producing management efficiencies to deliver community programs and infrastructure and more graduates) can be better achieved through a holistic model that supports the whole family and child by providing better access to wrap around services. Nexus planning is a process through which these services can be planned and coordinated all at once. Included are a full spectrum of the people, programs and places that support the complex systemic structure of child support and community life.