The 508(c)(1)(a) New Millennium Faith-Based Initiative
The 508(c)(1)(a) New Millennium Faith-Based Initiative
The 508(c)(1)(a) New Millennium Faith-Based Initiative
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- Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan<br />
A <strong>New</strong> American Alliance<br />
(Speech given at the 8 th annual OIC Convocation, Washington, DC)<br />
Alternatives to Despair, p.82 (1972)<br />
______<br />
In tackling any problem, our objective should be to deal with depth causes...<br />
But we must go deeper still. Our need is to reach further and further down, deeper even<br />
than OIC. Millions of Americans must be reached in the briefest period of time in a<br />
massive, carefully expedited program of adult incentive education...<br />
- Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan<br />
AAE: Americanizing America<br />
Build Brother Build, p.143 (1969)<br />
________<br />
Best Practices and Accountability<br />
A Best Practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as<br />
superior to any alternatives because it produces results that are superior to those<br />
achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing things,<br />
e.g., a standard way of complying with legal or ethical requirements.<br />
Best practices are used to maintain quality as an alternative to mandatory legislated<br />
standards and can be based on self-assessment or benchmarking. Best practice is a<br />
feature of accredited management standards such as ISO 9000 and ISO 14001.<br />
Some consulting firms specialize in the area of best practice and offer pre-made<br />
templates to standardize business process documentation. Sometimes a best practice<br />
is not applicable or is inappropriate for a particular organization's needs. A key strategic<br />
talent required when applying best practice to organizations is the ability to balance the<br />
unique qualities of an organization with the practices that it has in common with others.<br />
Good operating practice is a strategic management term. More specific uses of the term<br />
include good agricultural practices, good manufacturing practice, good laboratory<br />
practice, good clinical practice and good distribution practice.<br />
But Will It Work Here?<br />
<strong>The</strong> final step in identifying an appropriate best practice for a policy problem is to ensure<br />
that the context from which the practice is derived is comparable to the context in which<br />
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