Mapping Moving Trains Thursday, March 20, 2014
Introductions Kiley Bednar Larry Pasti Bryce Jones
Why Map Moving Trains?
What is a Leadership Challenge in Mutually Reinforcing Activities? Inability to see the opportunities for alignment and overlaps or gaps Impacts community s ability to promote mutually reinforcing activities, a key condition for Collective Impact
Leadership Question What are the density of efforts in the following areas: Ages Outcomes Supports Settings Times of Day/Times of Year
Leadership Questions Do we have gaps in efforts across the following: Age groups Outcomes Supports Settings Times of Day/Time of Year
Leadership Questions What leadership organizational structure would best support the efforts in our community? Are we addressing child and youth issues at all levels (direct service, community issues, systems issues)? Who are the top stakeholders across the trains? Who is not involved?
Leadership Questions Do we have a concentration of strategies? Gaps? Do we have duplication of efforts? Can we connect efforts for greater impact?
Share Screen for Online Survey
What is the density of supports available to children, youth, and families by outcome/age group and overall? What is the density of efforts across age groups and across outcomes? And overall? Academic Productivity Vocational Productivity Social Connectedness Civic Connectedness Physical Health and Safety Emotional Health and Safety Early Childhood (0-4) Middle Childhood (5-9) Pre-adolescence (10-14) Adolescence (15-19) Young Adults (20-24) Outcome Density Age Group Density
What days and times are an area of focus?
When are Emotionally Healthy and Safe efforts focused?
Atlanta s Partnership Structure Snapshot of the Initial Partnership Structure in Atlanta, Georgia Time 1
Ready by 21 Leadership Take Council Shape Ga. Dept of Education CVS Caremark Corp Annie E. Casey Foundation Ga. Dept. of Public Health Ga. Governor s Office Children & Families Ga. Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS) University of Georgia Ga. Department of Early Care and Learning Ga. Campaign Against Adolescent Pregnancy (G-CAAP) Partnership Clusters Pre K through Young Adulthood Children s Health Care of Atlanta Ga. Afterschool Investment Council (GAIC) Ga. Partnership for Excellence in Education Ga. Family Connection Partnership Junior Achievement, Ga. Voices for Georgia s Children Emory s Office of Univ. Community Partnerships Atlanta s Partnership Structure Fanning Institute Georgia Appleseed United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Communities in Schools Georgia s Children's Cabinet Georgia Family Connection Partnership Statewide Strategy Georgia Campaign Against Adolescent Pregnancy (G-CAAP) P-3 funders group School Readiness & Early Grade Literacy Middle School Transition On-Time Graduation Completion of College/ Adv. Degree Georgia Grade Level Reading Campaign Ga. Early Education Alliance for Ready Students (GEEARS) Adolescent Services Network Neighborhood Focus Teen Pregnancy Childhood Obesity Alcohol, Tobacco, Other Drugs (ATOD) Juvenile Justice Graduation Generation 2 Years Later Atlanta Promise Neighborhood Turn Around Schools: Clarkston & Banneker High Schools & their feeder patterns Dotted lines indicate informal connections
Community Use Examples Information to help shape structure and organization in leadership bodies No need to reinvent the wheel if the work is already covered! Recognizing your neighbors ---who is doing work in the earlier years and later years, but in my same outcome area? Shared Grant Proposals funders are looking for collaborations and joint applications this tool can help identify likely and unlikely suspects Communications Power simply asking the question sends a message that alignment is important and it sets the stage for further input and action
Questions?
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