Community Conversation May 23, 2013 United Way Southern Institute
Dec 27, 2015
Community Conversation
May 23, 2013
United Way Southern Institute
2Community ConversationMay 23, 2013
Agenda
• Why do a Community Conversation?
• Pre-conversation work
• United Way of Blount County 2008 Community Conversation Case Study
• Let’s Talk
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Why Bother?
• Partner Education
• External Perspective
• Community Buy-in
NOT
• Solutions
• Strategic Plan
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Setting the Stage
• Planning Group – Board, Staff and Community
• Loose idea of vision and benchmarks
• Board Ownership
• The right people at the table
5Community ConversationSeptember 16, 2008
Agenda from 2008 UWBC Community Conversation
Welcome
• What are Community Benchmarks?
• Why do we need Community Benchmarks?
• How so we establish Community Benchmarks?
• Where do we go once we have Community Benchmarks?
Sub-Group Work
• Establish the Indicator
• Identify the needed data
• Schedule next work session
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What are Community Benchmarks?
Definition: A specific, measurable outcome that indicates how a community has changed or desires to change over a period of time.
Benchmarks Are: Benchmarks Are NOT:
Outcomes
Trackable now
Non-population specific
Realistic yet challenging Pie-in-the-sky thinking
Focused on one demographic
Numbers served
For the future
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Why do we need Community Benchmarks?
Collaboration: Blount County has many resources already working toward these benchmarks.
Communication: A concrete goal can be communicated more easily to the public.
Accountability: We need to be able to report both our successes and challenges.
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How do we establish Community Benchmarks?
1st Step • Determine the indicator for the benchmark• Identify data sources for measuring the indicator
2nd Step • Establish a history for the indicator• Create challenging yet attainable 5-year goal
3rd Step • Identify sub-categories for each benchmark• Prioritize sub-categories by community need
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Where do we go once we have Community Benchmarks?
AnnounceMeasure
ReportMeasure
Report
What will United Way of Blount County do with these Community Benchmarks?
The indicators and priorities determined by you, the experts of the community, will be used by United Way volunteers to focus funding on the community programs that make the greatest impact.
10Community ConversationSeptember 16, 2008
United Way of Blount County – Focus Areas and Benchmarks
Education:Helping People
Achieve Their Potential
Creating the opportunities for a good life for all by focusing on:
Self-Sufficiency:Promoting Financial
Stability and Independence
Health:Increasing Access to
Services for All
•School readiness•Academic achievement
•Productive & engaged adults
•Achieving greater financial stability
• Increasing income•Financial assets for long-term stability
•Emergency services•Access to health care•Populations with special needs served
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Health: Tentative Benchmarks
HEALTH: Increasing Access to Services for All
1. Safety-net services: Blount County residents are able to access immediate safety-net services.
Indicator: % of increase in use of 2-1-1 for Safety-Net services.
2. Basic health care coverage and prevention: All residents receive timely, regular, preventative health care.
Indicator A: % of people who do not have health care insurance or are underinsured.Indicator B: % of uninsured/underinsured who are receiving health care services.
3. Services for at-risk populations: Individuals with special needs have access to education and/or social opportunities.
Indicator: % of individuals with special needs receiving educational/social services.
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Education: Tentative Benchmarks
EDUCATION: Helping People Achieve Their Potential
1. Readiness to succeed in school: Children enter school developmentally on track in the areas of literacy and social, emotional, and intellectual skills.
Indicator: % of kindergartners with school-readiness skills as indicated by current testing.
2. Academic achievement: Young people graduate from high school.Indicator: % of public high school students graduation rate (NCLB).
3. Productive and engaged adults: Adults have the skills necessary to be in the workforce.
Indicator: % of unemployment rate.
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Self-Sufficiency: Tentative Benchmarks
Self-Sufficiency: Promoting Financial Stability
3. Gaining and sustaining assets: Lower-income working families build appreciating assets.
2. Increasing income: Working families increase their income.
1. Achieving greater financial stability: Lower-income working families move towards financial independence.
Indicator: % of lower-income working families who spend more than 40% of their income on housing.
Indicator: % of working families who are lower-income as defined by federal government standards.
Indicator: % of homeownership for lower-income working families.
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Let’s Talk
Moving to Community Impact
Positive Outcomes
Barriers to Move
Partners to Explore
Next Step
Biggest Impact
Hardest to Do
Most Affordable
Easiest to Do