BBK is committed to a collaborative structure that draws on the experience, resources and expertise of the agencies and neighborhoods in the Iron Triangle community. The majority of agencies in the BBK Collaborative have worked with one another for as many as 35 years, share aligned philosophies, and recognize that no agency alone can meet the needs in the community, especially during present difficult times.

Through its collaborative structure, BBK brings together an unusual richness of resources and enables:

• Enhanced capacity to identify and prioritize community needs, independent of individual agency needs and priorities
  
  
• Political strength and advocacy greater than that of any single agency or the community alone
  
  
• Better decisions derived from multiple perspectives and complementary expertise
  
  
• Reduced institutional barriers to solving problems and meeting the needs of families
  
  
• Increased awareness of and capacity to coordinate, share, and leverage resources
  
  
• Increased opportunity to establish personal and agency relationships that result in better service to families
  
  
• Coordination of overlapping efforts and elimination of needlessly redundant efforts
  
  
• Improved resource allocation to the community, families, and children

• Shared training capacity for the community and BBK member agencies
  
  
• Opportunities for community members to learn skills, make connections, and nurture community leadership