United Way of Santa Barbara County

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What is the Power of Partnership Initiative?

• POPI is an initiative designed to generate a
  community-driven and expert-assisted
  prioritization of the communitys goals for
  children, families, and seniors through the
  creation of a Master Action Plan (MAP).
• Each MAP will contain a vision statement,
  prioritized goals, measurable five- and ten-year
  outcomes, and suggested best-practice strategies.

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Why Change?Community Strategic vetting
produced agreement

• Rapid economic change
• Community issues are more complicated
• Systems built for a more homogeneous society
• Non-profit proliferation and competition
• Better focus
• More impact

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Why POPI?

• Because it is possible to create measurable,
  sustainable improvements in long standing
  community issues
• Best practice examples from other communities
• Achievement gap
• Homelessness
• Childrens health
• Seniors well-being

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How did we get here?

• Staff conferred with more than 200 community
  leaders and area experts
• UWSBC was nominated to be the facilitator
• Multiple meetings
• Funders
• Process expert
• Consultant
• Best practice research

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Participating Groups

• Community Forums neighbors, clients, etc.
• Expert Forums
• Steering Committees
• Vision Council
• Philanthropists
• Organizational Funders
• Public officials

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Partnering Funders

• James S. Bower Foundation
• Santa Barbara Foundation
• Orfalea Foundations
• Errett Fisher Foundation
• Hutton Foundation
• Mosher Foundation
• Volentine Foundation
• United Way of Santa Barbara County

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2007-2008 Power of Partnership Initiative (POPI)
Organizational Chart
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Vision Council

• Marisela Marquez, UCSB, La Casa de la Raza
• Harriet Miller, Community Volunteer
• Lois Mitchell, Orfalea Foundations
• Ernesto Paredes, Easy Lift
• Brian Sarvis, Santa Barbara School Districts
• Sharon Siegel, Congresswoman Capps Office
• Cynder Sinclair, Santa Barbara Neighborhood
  Clinics
• Christie Stanley, County of Santa Barbara
• Tom Thomas, Santa Barbara Bank Trust
• Luis Villegas, Santa Barbara Bank Trust
• Ron Werft, Cottage Health System
• Pat Wheatley, First 5 of Santa Barbara County
• Karen Wheeler, Santa Barbara County
• Probation Department
• Michael Young, UCSB

• Kristin Amyx, Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Marty Blum, City of Santa Barbara
• Michael Brown, County of Santa Barbara
• Salud Carbajal, County of Santa Barbara
• Marybeth Carty, Venoco, Inc.
• Bill Cirone, Santa Barbara County Education
  Office
• Jon Clark, James S. Bower Foundation
• Paul Cordeiro, Carpinteria Unified School
  District
• Steve Cushman, Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce
• Paul Didier, United Way of Santa Barbara County
• Bob Emmons, Community Volunteer
• Tanya Gonzales, Santa Barbara Foundation
• Geoff Green, Fund for Santa Barbara
• Raquel Lopez, La Casa de la Raza
• Peter MacDougall, Community Volunteer

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Children Families Steering Committee

• Bill Batty, Family Service Agency
• Ginny Brush, Community Arts Commission
• Carolyn Contreras, Community Action Commission
• Sandra Copley, PHN, RN, Santa Barbara County
  Public Health Department
• Carl Gutierrez-Jones, UCSB
• Deborah Hartman, Santa Barbara County Department
  of Social Services
• Penny Jenkins, Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Tere Jurado, Family Advocate, Franklin Elementary
  School, Conexion Magazine
• Georgene Lowe, Health Linkages, Santa Barbara
  County Education Office
• LuAnn Miller, Isla Vista Youth Projects

• Pedro Paz, First 5 of Santa Barbara County
• Nancy Rapp, City of Santa Barbara Parks
  Recreation
• Amrita Salm, Carpinteria Cares for Youth
• Rick Scott, Cancer Center of Santa Barbara
• Sylvia Talaugon, Santa Barbara County Probation
  Department
• Mark Tollefson, Wilderness Youth Project
• Margie Trejo, City Housing Authority
• Theresa Weissglass, Santa Barbara City School
  District Healthy Start/A-OK Program
• Katharina Zulliger, County of Santa Barbara Kids
  Network

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Seniors Families Steering Committee

• Peter Brill, Third Age Foundation
• Jason Bryan, Active Adults Classes, Santa
  Barbara Parks Recreation
• Eileen Bunning, Visiting Nurse Hospice Care
• Brian Carroll, Santa Barbara County Department of
  Social Services, Adult Aging Network
• Fran Forman, Community Action Commission of Santa
  Barbara County
• John Hanna, Community Volunteer
• Heidi Holly, Friendship Center
• joyce ellen lippmann, Area Agency on Aging

• Adriana Mendoza, AARP
• Michele Mickiewicz, Santa Barbara County Public
  Health Department
• Brad Parks, County of Santa Barbara Social
  Services
• Pat Sabella, CenCal Health
• Naomi Schwartz, Gildea Foundation
• Mary Sheridan, Caregiver Coalition of Santa
  Barbara
• Arlene Stepputat, Alzheimers Association of the
  Central Coast
• Joe Wheatley, Senior Planning Services

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Power of Partnership Initiative Phase II Process
Steps and Cycles
Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3
Vision/Prioritized Goals April 2008-July 2008
Measurable Outcomes September 2008-January 2009
Strategies for Success January 2009-July 2009
Community Vision Forums
Community Vision Forums
Community Vision Forums
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Steering Committees
Steering Committees
Steering Committees
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Why is a process like this more effective?

• Community Building processes are successful
  because they
• Build on the strengths of a community rather than
  focusing on whats wrong
• Break through historical divisions to create
  innovative collaborations that include
  non-traditional partners
• Align a communitys efforts and resources on
  prioritized goals

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Example
Power of Partnership Initiative Master Action
Plan Process Steps
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Example 3rd grade reading scores
Closing the Racial Achievement Gap
DANE COUNTY WISCONSIN READING COMPREHENSION TEST
1991-2004 BELOW STANDARD/MINIMAL PERFORMANCE BY
ETHNIC GROUP
First Year Schools of Hope Leadership Team
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POPI Process Outcomes

• Master Action Plans (MAPs)
• 5 10 year aspirational goals
• 10 year timeline with measurable outcomes
• Specific implementation strategies
• Committed resources of time and pledges

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Benefits

• Potential Benefits
• Creation of a Master Action Plans for community
• Better results for community goals
• Greater efficiency and less duplication
• Greater focus alignment of all service efforts
  funding
• Increased partnership between all sectors
• Increased mobilization and awareness of goals,
  resources, and strategies
• Overall Benefit
• Increased well-being of children, families,
  seniors you

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What will happen after this phase?

• Communication
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Revision

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