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Community Bridges is thrilled to witness the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) taking a monumental step towards inclusive and collaborative healthcare policy-making. With Secretary Kody Kinsley's announcement of the NCDHHS Community Partner Engagement Plan, it's clear that the path forward is one of unity, inclusivity, and shared wisdom. This initiative is a testament to the power of integrating the voices of those with lived experiences into the strategic planning and operations of our health systems. By centering the voices of North Carolina's diverse communities and families, NCDHHS sets a precedent for building health policies that genuinely reflect the community's needs. We at Community Bridges are incredibly excited about this development, as it resonates with our core mission of fostering connections and ensuring that every individual's voice is heard and valued. This approach enriches policy-making and strengthens our communities' fabric, creating a more equitable health landscape for all. To learn more about the Community Partner Engagement Plan and how it aims to transform health and human services in North Carolina, please watch Secretary Kinsley's announcement on YouTube. For more information on contributing to this groundbreaking initiative, visit www.ncdhhs.gov/GetInvolved or contact the Health Equity Office at HealthEquityOffice@dhhs.nc.gov. Let's embrace this opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and elevate the voices that matter most in shaping a healthier, more inclusive North Carolina. #NCDHHS #CommunityEngagement #HealthEquity #InclusivePolicyMaking #Disability #HCBS #NCPol 

Great piece on how deliberative and consensus-building approaches can be used to take "the heat out of public discourse", with our own Stephanie Draper, when she was at the #StrongerThings conference. “…if you get a range of people from different walks of life, you bring them together on a human level, you give them information and a balanced set of content, and a good process, and you trust them to be able to legitimately inform and support a decision, and you get a really different conversation.” Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSvss4fJ

Young people deserve services designed by them. If this is done well, it will be a service that has clearly embedded consumer leadership and human rights into its governance, design and operations. This is also a reminder of why Recommendation 29 is so crucial to mental health reforms. A small investment, Recommendation 29 would ensure many other parts of the system, such as this, have the benefit of organised lived experience innovation and leadership.

How can researchers, policymakers, and community members work together to generate lasting solutions to complex issues like #publicsafety and #equity? The AIR Equity Initiative's Pathways to Peace public symposium in Nashville, Tennessee brought together youth justice and public safety leaders, who shared experiences, evidence and insights on honoring and empowering communities to create sustainable change. Find five key takeaways: #AIR4Equity

While we can debate how PWC will identify and engage our stakeholders of long-term care, their work will take 2 years or more. Let's work with what we already heave: our voices by way of Resident and Family Councils https://iltccabc.ca/

Registration is open! The #americancitizenplanner- #Indiana program is designed for citizen planners currently serving, or preparing to serve, on area or advisory plan commissions in Indiana. ACP-IN features 31 topics detailing core planning theories, practices, and processes. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JLZ4MC #PurdueExtension #communitydevelopment #cdext #communityplanning

We are pleased to present our Strategic Plan, approved and adopted by the Board of Commissioners on March 28, 2024. Raleigh Housing Authority’s 2024 Strategic Plan lays out the organization’s strategy for improving the lives of employees and our customers, increasing affordable housing development, and reaching our goals for equitable, inclusive communities. The five strategic goals put forth in the plan present our vision of what RHA hopes to accomplish, our objectives for how we will reach those goals, and the strategies for achieving success. 1. Vibrant Communities 2. Thriving Customers 3. Organizational Health 4. Effective Partnerships 5. Racial and Social Equity (more in comments)

Learn about successful community-centered public safety strategies... 

Thanks for elevating equity across systems, especially in healthcare!

#RJWeek - Our Journey to #RestorativeJustice In April 2022, after months of preparation and planning, we were funded by the Scottish Government to design, develop and deliver a national hub for Restorative Justice service for cases of sexual harm, with initial work taking place in Edinburgh, Lothians and the Borders. Together with Dr. Estelle Zinsstag of Edinburgh Napier University, we put our plan into motion and began developing the specialist service. This included: ➡️ The design of four bespoke services ➡️ An accompanying wraparound support team, including mentors, counsellors and lived experience support. ➡️ The establishment of three working groups made up of professionals, academics, practitioners, and survivors, that would look at risk, monitoring and evaluation and service development. ➡️ The recruitment and training of staff and a facilitation team As a result of successful collaboration, meaningful engagement and hard work, we now have four services in development. ➡️Restorative conversations and processes ➡️ Secondary Harm Service ➡️ Restorative Café ➡️ TS family services With the creation of these new services, our restorative justice project has been at the forefront of innovation, with services specifically designed and developed for survivors of sexual harm and violence. Now, it’s not that this is brand new practice, in fact there are many restorative services that support survivors of this community and cases have been facilitated across the globe for many years. What makes our service different is that it has been authentically co-produced with those who will use them, we asked what they needed, expected, and wanted from a service and their voices have shaped our services and our organisation over the last 18 months. Thriving Survivors really have been paving the way in ensuring the voices of survivors are heard and that they influence the design, development and delivery of services.  If you want to learn more about our developing services: https://lnkd.in/ei2BEdqu #RestorativeJusticeInScotland #RJ #SystemicChangeInScotland