Making Connections: Data from the Community Perspective

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Making ConnectionsData from the Community
Perspective

• Social Indicators Case Studies
• Driving Change Getting Results Conference
• September 14, 2005
• Meydenbauer Center
• Bellevue, WA

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The Making Connections Initiative

• Started in 1999, Making Connections (MC) is a
  ten-year investment by the Annie E. Casey
  Foundation to improve the outcomes for families
  and children in tough or isolated neighborhoods.
• MC Sites
• Denver
• Des Moines
• Hartford
• Indianapolis
• Louisville
• Milwaukee
• Oakland
• Providence
• San Antonio
• Seattle/WC-BP

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Making Connections Core Results

• Children succeed when their families are strong,
  and families are stronger when they live in
  neighborhoods connected to the community,
  economic opportunity, and needed services.

• Families have increased earnings and income
• Families have increased levels of assets
• Families, youth and neighborhoods increase their
  civic participation
• Families and neighborhoods have strong informal
  supports and networks
• Families have access to quality services and
  supports that work for them
• Children are healthy and ready to succeed in
  school

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White Center Boulevard Park
King County
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Making Connections in White Center Boulevard
Park

• The White Center/Boulevard Park (WC-BP) Making
  Connections Initiative is partnering with
  neighborhood, government, private sector, and
  foundation leaders to define and measurably
  improve specific child, family, and neighborhood
  results.
• Defining characteristics
• Community engagement
• Partnerships

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Local Learning Partnership

• Local Learning Partnerships (LLPs) are coalitions
  of data users, providers, and analysts that
  contribute to the overall results of the
  initiative by
• Developing indicators, targets, and measures tied
  to strategies results
• Conducting local and cross-site evaluations,
  process documentation, and surveys
• Building community capacity to use data for action

• WC-BP Partners
• Public Health - Seattle KC
• United Way of King County
• Non-profit Assistance Center
• Trusted Advocates/Residents
• Community Based Organizations
• Highline School District

• Puget Sound Educational Service District
• King County Housing Authority
• WA State Department of Social Health Services
• Annie E. Casey Foundation

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Profile of White Center Boulevard Park

• Population 32,163
• Community Rich in Diversity

2000 Census
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Profile of White Center Boulevard Park

• Working but struggling families

2003 AECF Cross-site Survey
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Profile of White Center Boulevard Park

• Climbing out of poverty is difficult

2000 Census 2003 AECF Cross-site Survey
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Community Priorities

• Workforce Development
• Asset Building
• School Readiness
• Services Supports

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Selecting Using Indicators

• Strategy work groups
• Co-chairs community institutional partner
• Membership staff from community based
  organizations government agencies, Trusted
  Advocates, residents, etc
• Responsibilities
• Identify indicators
• Gather review baseline data
• Conduct Close the Gap analysis
• Select indicators
• Identify implement strategies
• Track report progress

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Workforce Development
Data Source 2003 AECF Cross-site Survey
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Asset Building
Data Source 2003 AECF Cross-site Survey
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School Readiness
Data Source 2003 AECF Cross-site Survey
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Data Challenges

• Statistical insignificance
• Relevance
• Frequency
• Geography

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For More Information

• WC-BP Making Connections Team
• Theresa Fujiwara, Local Site Liaison
• [phone]
• theresafujiwara_at_comcast.net
• Kimberlee Archie, Project Manager
• [phone]
• karchie_at_mcskc.org
• LiLi Liu, LLP Coordinator
• [phone]
• lliu_at_mcskc.org
• Judy de Barros, TARC Liaison
• Technical Assistance
• [phone]
• jdebarros_at_nacseattle.org
• Sharon Maeda, Communications Liaison

• Bob Watrus, Program Consultant
• Workforce Development
• [phone]
• bwatrus_at_seanet.com
• Mai Nguyen, Program Consultant
• Asset Building, Grants Contracts
• [phone]
• mnguyen_at_mcskc.org
• Eugene Shen, Program Consultant
• Trusted Advocates, Resident Engagement
• [phone]
• eshen_at_nacseattle.org

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