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The role of animation as a program development strategy
1School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Administration in Social Work
|December 9, 1994
Summary
Community animation empowers individuals to manage their affairs, fostering self-defined goals. This strategy successfully launched a clubhouse for individuals with serious mental illness, ensuring community support and program legitimacy.
Area of Science:
- Community organization
- Social program development
- Mental health services
Background:
- Animation is a community organization approach activating individuals for self-determined goals.
- Nonprofit organizations can utilize animation for social program development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze animation as a social program development strategy.
- To examine its use in initiating a clubhouse for individuals with serious mental illness.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of six animation strategies.
- Evaluation of their impact on community, sponsoring organization, and program development.
Main Results:
- Animation requires intensive resources but yields significant benefits.
- Successful animation leads to programs with strong community backing, understanding, and legitimacy.
Conclusions:
- Animation is an effective, albeit resource-intensive, strategy for developing community-based programs.
- It fosters program legitimacy and community support, crucial for services like mental health clubhouses.