Not In Our Town's partnership with the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services was featured in the Funding Attraction's article, "Collaborate, Cooperate, Innovate." The article begins:"Increasingly, federal agencies are stressing partnerships and collaborative approaches, not only in their calls for funding proposals, but also in terms of how some of its programs are administered. ... From a practical stance, in an environment where more groups are fighting for fewer resources, it makes sense. Why not leverage the expertise and resources of multiple organizations, agencies and people to make projects as strong as possible and give them the tools to succeed?"