SWEENEY, Kathleen <br/><br/>
A shared leadership model for human services program management 

 - New York :  Marcel Dekker,  1996 
<br/><br/> This article discusses the evolution of the Minnesota Parents' Fair Share (MNPFS) program and to identify factors that have enable the development of innovative practice in the delivery of a government sponsored human service program. The development and success of the MNPFD program is the result of utilizing contemporary models of shared leadership and entreprises management with committed frontline leadership from a variety of human service organizations. The MNPFS program is delivered and managed by frontline staff and leadership is shared by three Minnesota counties (Anoka, Dakota, and Ramsey) by staff from the courts, child support enforcement, income maintenance, and employment or underemployed noncustodial parents whose childern are on public assistance. The program is based on the assumption that children benefit when both parents contribute significantly to their children's economic and emotional needs.