Systems Building: From the Earth to the Moon and Back

Systems Building:From the Earth to the Moon and Back

Rosemary L. Wilson, LMSWEarly Childhood Comprehensive SystemsDHEC – MCH -DCH

A previously unnoticed evidence-based practice, movement, or resource from outside the community is identified and applied locally.

Local individuals or organizations begin to work together differently than before and therefore find and adopt new solutions.

A successful strategy that is already working locally, but is not systematically or broadly practiced, is identified and spread more widely.

3 types of emergent opportunities in collective impact efforts

Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visitation grantees are expected to show measureable improvements in the following areas, known as the federal benchmarks.

Improved maternal and newborn health;

Prevention of child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and reduction of emergency department visits;

Improvement in school readiness and achievement;

Reduction in crime or domestic violence;

Improvements in family economic self-sufficiency; and

Improvements in the coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.

http://www.ssireview.org/org/articles/entry/collective_impact Collective ImpactStanford Review Winter 2011By John Kania & Mark Kramer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNOnrrIYvdo

It is the right thing to do for our children.It is not always easy.

We cannot give up.

Where are we when it comes to local Systems work?

Sally Baggett will tell you about how Jupiter aligns with Mars in Greenwood and surrounding

counties.

Lisa Skinner will share how the planets align for NFP in the upstate.

Gloria Mor

ris will

put you in

orbit

about what

is

happening

in

Pickens.

Lisa Skinner, RN-BSN, MAE

Nurse-Family PartnershipNurse Manager

Greenville Health System

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Nurse-Family Partnership is…

• An evidence-based, community health program

• Transforming lives of vulnerable first-time mothers living in poverty

• Improving prenatal care, quality of parenting and life prospects for mothers by partnering them with a registered nurse

Every dollar invested in Nurse-Family Partnership can yield up to five dollars in return.

Overview

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"There is a magic window during pregnancy…it’s a time when the desire to be a good mother and raise a healthy, happy child creates motivation to overcome incredible obstacles including poverty, instability or abuse with the help of a well-trained nurse."

David Olds, PhD, Founder, Nurse-Family Partnership

*At program intake 2007Downloaded 8.24.08 from http://www.nursefamilypartnership.org/resources/files/PDF/Fact_Sheets/NFP_Nurses&Mothers.pdf

The NFP Mother at a glance

• Median age 20• Unmarried 84.3%• Completed high school 46.6%• Annual household income $13,500• Race/Ethnicity– Black 20%– White 32%– Hispanic 41%

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Nurse-Family Partnership is a growing, national program

42 States that NFP serves

Number of counties NFP is serving

Where we work

470

Tribal agencies are denoted by Band

Map does not include program in U.S. Virgin Islands

Does Prevention Pay?

• Health Care Delivery• Child Protection• Education• Criminal Justice• Mental Health• Welfare and Public Assistance• Taxes Paid by Employed Parents

Over time, NFP will return $2.00 - $5.70

for every dollar invested

Greenville/Pickens County NFP Team

Questions