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If you've been following along on the creative engagement pilot strategies we've shared occurring in rural Oregon, you'll notice they have something in common. They all take a regional collective impact approach. Collective impact indicates a network of community members or organizations who learn together, align goals, and integrate actions to achieve collective change. Benefits include stronger and deeper impact, avoiding duplication of efforts, and leveraging the strengths and assets of each participating organization. Participants of collective impact models gain more ‘muscle’ to leverage government grants and advocate for change.

If you've been following along on the creative engagement pilot strategies we've shared occurring in rural Oregon, you'll notice they have something in common. They all take a regional collective impact approach. Collective impact indicates a network of community members or organizations who learn together, align goals, and integrate actions to achieve collective change. Benefits include stronger and deeper impact, avoiding duplication of efforts, and leveraging the strengths and assets of each participating organization. Participants of collective impact models gain more ‘muscle’ to leverage government grants and advocate for change.

Our new Impact Report is here! Check out the report to see how the CHV community comes together every day to partner with teens and families creating a more equitable, more vibrant, thriving Boston. Get the stats behind our impact and read personal stories from CHV teens, family members, and more: https://hubs.ly/Q02tHndg0

💮A month full of events in April with something for everyone: a Special Edition of Office Hours for the family peer workforce, to strengthening father-inclusive practices, or learning about family-led crisis planning at Family Connections, and more to come. While you're there, check out the new "Words Matter" weekly series in May. Together, we hope to move forward in advancing equity for everyone through language. 💮https://ow.ly/CP2f50R2LA4

Communities of Excellence 2026 (COE 2026) is an initiative that seeks to improve the quality of life for residents in various communities by utilizing the #CommunitiesofExcellenceFramework. This framework is adapted from the #Baldrige Excellence Framework, a systems framework designed to empower organizations to achieve their goals and enhance results. The framework is revised every two years based on expert input and leading-edge practices. The #COE2026 Framework includes several core components such as community leadership, strategy, focus on residents and customers, measurement and analysis, people resources, community operations, and results. These components encourage communities to approach improvement in a systematic manner, including evaluating and enhancing key processes, deploying these processes consistently, and integrating them to address current and future needs. The framework emphasizes collaboration across various sectors, including health, education, economic vitality, and quality of life, and stresses the importance of systematic collaboration among stakeholders in a community. It is not a simple overnight project but a long-term journey that requires commitment, planning, measurement, and systematic collaboration. Communities of Excellence 2026 is significant for communities, companies, governments, and individuals because it provides a structured approach to addressing community challenges and improving outcomes. By using this framework, communities can become more deliberate and systematic in their improvement efforts, engage more people, and measure progress effectively. It also facilitates the development of strong relationships and trust, promotes more intentional, data-based decisions, and helps communities leverage their unique strengths and assets. Additionally, the framework has gained recognition and support at the national level. Congress has authorized "communities" to be eligible to apply for and receive recognition for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, indicating the importance and effectiveness of systematic community improvement efforts. Learning about and adopting the COE Framework can help communities, companies, governments, and individuals work together more effectively to improve community outcomes, ensuring a stronger, more vibrant community for current and future generations.

COE principles are highly aligned with PNW values of collaboration and innovation. Want to better optimize resources in your community? Attend this upcoming session!

On a scale of 1-10 I'd rank my public policy knowledge somewhere between 5 to 6.5. Today I attended the Common Sense Institute Colorado's Eggs & The Economy event and was reminded of how important it is to be an informed citizen. On the day of our first public viewing of Rebecoming Me, CSI released their report on the Economic and Social Costs of Colorado's Foster Youth (shoutout to KUSA-TV, 9NEWS Leader of the Year - John Farnam). The work that our team put into Rebecoming Me and the research done by CSI (without knowledge of each others work) shows the need to address systemic issues from a multi-faceted lense. Data, coupled with real human experience allows us to build empathy and ignites a desire to create meaningful change. Today I was reminded why the work that our team is focused on doing is so important. Converging the human experience alongside the data is one piece of a complex, solutions orientated approach to meaningful change. Our goal is to create more conversations and spaces where we come together to address what really matters in our communities, because in the end we are truly Better Together. Watch Rebecoming Me - https://lnkd.in/g2VWBkqC Read CSI's Report - https://lnkd.in/grMWNPKJ Rachel Farha Peter LiFari JAE ALLYCE Shari Shink Cinamon Watson

The Anchor Strategy is a place-based approach to building community health and wealth by means of local hiring, investing, purchasing and community engagement. Discover more in this edition of the Prioritizing Equity series from the American Medical Association. https://lnkd.in/giicie4p

Here's why VT PoC needs your help. Your voice matters - and the more voices heard, the better we can advocate for and address the needs of the BIPOC community in Vermont. Take the BIPOC Community Survey here: https://bit.ly/vtpocsurvey