Join the Network - Practitioners

The Economic Self-Reliance Center has a number of practitioner/partners who work directly with the Center creating mutually beneficial relationships that focus on bringing about economic self-reliance to families throughout the world. As practitioners work with the Center they will be able to understand how they can better their organizations and more fully facilitate economic self-reliance for families. In order to help practitioners in their endeavors the ESR Center provides opportunities such as ESR Conversations, Workshops, ESR Review, Archived Newsletters, ESR Internship Fair, Social Venture Competition, Grants, and the Economic Self-Reliance Conference. As practitioners work with the Center there are expectations and certain requirements that each agrees to fulfill.

Practitioner Engagement

ESR Center agrees to: Identify a mutually acceptable research project and coordinate connections with academic researchers Give preferential access to grants Give preferential access to trained research interns Provide a report on research findings to the partner organization Provide "partner designation" and organizational posting on the selfreliance.byu.edu website

Partner Organization agrees to: Identify a mutually acceptable research project that fits within the ESR Center research agenda Provide a venue for research activities Facilitate the participation of staff and clients in research activities Participate in the yearly Economic Self-Reliance Conference Provide a yearly report on activities and action plan for the coming year

As the ESR Center works with these partners, together they facilitate economic self-reliance by furthering research relating to the ESR model and the ESR Center's research agenda. Subscribe

ESR Model

This model is designed to provide a checklist of assets that puts in facilitators' hands a mechanism for tailoring interventions appropriate for assisting families in becoming economic self-reliant.

Contact Information:

Practitioner Network Director Joan Dixon joan.dixon@comcast.net 801.372.8233