Our Partners

Partnerships create important opportunities for greater coordination and collaboration, which benefit all Californians. The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications (OCPSC) works with a variety of different partners both within and outside of State government to achieve its mission.

PHOTO: A gathering with some of our partners.

WHO WE WORK WITH

    1. State Departments and Agencies: State departments and agencies that help develop and execute initiatives, provide expertise and technical assistance, and share data and best practices.
    2. Community Partners & Trusted Messengers: Local trusted messengers–such as community-based organizations, faith leaders, businesses, elected officials, and ethnic media–that directly engage residents and ensure messaging is timely, accurate, and culturally appropriate.
    3. Public-Private Partnerships: Partners in the private sector and philanthropy help boost public awareness and community outreach efforts in innovative ways to further enhance state investment in target audiences.

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

STATE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES

  • Centralize and streamline statewide efforts to manage the state’s highest priority public awareness and community outreach initiatives
  • Work with state departments and subject matter experts to develop priority public awareness and community outreach campaigns
  • Provide expertise and technical assistance to other state agencies who are facilitating statewide outreach efforts
  • Share data and leverage resources where there are cross-cutting policy opportunities and determine how service delivery processes can be improved
  • Collaborate with state partners to review state contracting options for community-based organizations, philanthropic and other partners

COMMUNITY PARTNERS & TRUSUTED MESSENGERS

  • Provide funding to Community-Based Organizations and other partner organizations to build a cohort of trusted messengers who directly engage communities
  • Create a regional and statewide outreach and communications infrastructure to ensure statewide messages are up to date, accurate, culturally appropriate, and meet people where they are
  • Monitor mis- and disinformation to address the undermining of trust in government services and programs
  • Share community insights (from community surveys or formative research) with state departments, and across diverse organizations and other partners
  • Collaborate as thought partners to identify opportunities for improvement, fill gaps, and expand efforts

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

  • Advance public-private partnerships to augment state public awareness and community outreach efforts
  • Collaborate with philanthropy as thought partners to identify opportunities for coordination, shared learnings, and expansion of efforts
  • Develop innovative efforts to reach key audiences with critical and accurate information through partnerships with trusted ethnic media, social media, and other partners