I am uploading the powerpoint presentation and the accompanying handout. This presentation seeks to contribute to the evaluation literature on using social network analysis to assess how agencies work together to address complex community issues that necessitate community-wide collaborative approaches. Specifically, we will present on methods used to collect and analyze network data on whether and how youth-serving agencies work together to connect youth at risk of suicide to services. Using Social Network Analysis and other analytical methods, we will describe key characteristics of youth referral networks, including central players in the network, gaps in links between agencies, clusters of highly interacting agencies, typical referral patterns, network cohesiveness, the degree to which agencies have formal referral mechanisms in place and the quality of linkages. Successes and challenges in collecting, analyzing, interpreting and using network data to understand youth suicide prevention referral networks will also be discussed.#2010Conference #SocialNetworkAnalysis #HumanServicesEvaluation