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It can be used between agencies, the public and the federal or state governments,
communities, and individuals. An MOA lays out the ground rules of a positive
cooperative effort.
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• 1 Dispute resolution
• 2 Partnership agreement
• 3 See also
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Universities
4. As with undergraduate systems, university departments also use MOAs or MOUs
to document statements of interest or research specifics. For example, in its
International Programs Department alone, Florida Atlantic University has seven
standing MOUs, including the General College Memorandum of Understanding,
General Research Memorandum of Understanding and the Joint Research
Agreement.
Advocacy Groups
5. Often a local or national advocacy group enters into a MOA or MOU with a state
organization to establish a collaborative relationship. For example, Advocates for
Youth, a group that "champions efforts to help young people make informed and
responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health," develop MOAs
and work in partnership with state and local organizations to offer training and
assistance in areas such as education facilitation, AIDS awareness and prevention
and organizational development.
Federal Government
6. Federal government agencies sometimes use MOAs and MOUs to establish inter-
agency relationships. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created
extensive and detailed instructions on how to create these agreements with regard
to case management and coordinating agencies that care for the elderly. Although
some inter-agency relationships rely on informal understandings of employees,
other relationships are complicated enough to require formalization through the
development of an MOA. With this formalization comes efficiency, order and
organization in the system as the several agencies now have consistent terms and
objectives.