Issue-Based Community Impact “Community Impact” The Junior League of Kane and DuPage Counties, Inc. Oct Breakout Discussion October 14, 2014.

Issue-Based Community Impact“Community Impact”

The Junior League of Kane and DuPage Counties, Inc.

Oct Breakout DiscussionOctober 14, 2014

Discussion Purpose & Learning Objectives

• Begin the process of shifting to Community Impact Model– What is issue-based community impact?– What is the timeline for JLKD to make this shift?– How will membership be involved?

• To ensure the JLKD membership is knowledgeable on issue-based community impact and understand the timeline for shifting our League to the new model.

2 Questions

• Why did you join the league?• What are 3 things you hope to gain from

your JLKD member experience?

The Junior League’s Approach to Community Impact

What is issue-based community impact and why it is important?

Our World has Changed…

Economic

Development

Organizations

Philanthropy-Based Organizations

Customized Volunteer Organizations

Leadership Organizations

Microlending Organizations

Cause / Issue-Based Organizations

The Workplace Higher Education Institutions

Transformation Goal

A network of women, empowered as leaders creating community change

What we do best is develop the potential of women

Why Are We Doing This?Our unique advantage of empowering women

and influencing the landscape for women's leadership in the 21st century

Impact communities at a time when we face some of the biggest and most

complex challenges in decades

Build a model for leadership that drives organizational change and a culture of

engagement across our communities

Communities

League

League Members

IMPACT

Members’ community and civic leadership development

Meaningful and lasting community change

JL positioned as an engaged stakeholder with strong community networks

Community Impact

Why Issue-based Community Impact

CivicEngagement

The League’s role and positioning in the community Focus on meaningful change and connectedness to the concerns and well-being of the community

Leadership development, through community partnerships, advocacy & direct serviceDeveloping leadership skills through engagement with community issues

Community collaborations on shared outcomesBuilding networks of relationships across and within the community and a deep knowledge of community issues

Member networks, learning & social

communitiesA vital pool of trained civic

leaders that proliferate into other sectors

Keeps the Mission Relevant

TOPIC

ISSUE

FOCUS

IMPACT AREA

STRATEGIES

TACTICS

Identifies a particular interest area within the topic; typically defined as an aspect of the topic that is of interest.Example: prevention and treatment of child abuse

Community Impact:The terminology…..

Activities to support strategies articulated as part of a range of strategies

Detailed objectives of the impact areaExamples: increase number of teen parents who access parenting education & increase access to support services for teen mothers

Broadest definition of the outcomes desired. Example: teen parents have good parenting skills and support

A particular aspect of the issue selected for impact. Example: effective parenting

A topic is that which identifies a broad area of interest. Example: children & youth

Impact

Focus

Issue

Topic

Community Impact:Visualizing Impact…..

Community Impact:Visualizing Impact…..

Impact

Strategies

Tactics

• The impact stage is a decisive moment for articulating results

• At this stage, Program Development is the selection and development of strategies and tactics for impact

CHILDREN & YOUTH

From Topic to Impact…TOPIC

ISSUE

FOCUS Effective Parenting

Prevention & Treatment of Child Abuse

Children in Foster Care

IMPACTTeen parents have

good parenting skills and support

Children are returned to a stable family

environment

Impact to Tactics…

STRATEGIES

Teen parents have good parenting skills and

support

Children are returned to a stable family

environment

Increase the number of teen

parents who access parenting

education

Increase access to support services for

teen mothers

Ensure a secure & welcoming environment

for family visitation

Increase counseling services for children &

parents

IMPACT

TACTICS

Teen Parenting Support (Peer)

Groups

Home Visitation Project

Program versus Project Defining terms • Projects yield outputs – 40 breakfast bags, 30 donated baskets• Programs support the achievement of desired outcomes

Program is a portfolio of multiple strategies and tactics:• A system of services, opportunities or projects, designed to

meet a (public or social) need– Advocacy– Direct Service– Community Partnerships

• A plan of action [comprising of a well considered portfolio of strategies and tactics] aimed at accomplishing a clear objective, with details on what work is to be done, by whom, when, and what resources will be used

• Concentrated vs. diluted community impact• Top-quality, high-visibility programming• Heightened credibility (reputation)• A widened sphere of influence for the League• Membership sustainability (retention)• More opportunities for diverse learning and

leadership development experiences• Networking opportunities with a wider range of

organizations, funders, community influencers, and residents

Major Implications

DISCUSSION• Currently we are in the process of considering

how will League functions change as a result of this work in all areas of JLKD.– Member Recruitment– Member Development– Finance– Fund Development – Communications– Community Activities

Question

• What are 2 things you would like to see come out of this shift to the Community Impact Model?

Timeline

• 2 Year Process – Development & Implementation

• 7 Modules this year• Opportunities for member participation• Q&A