Why should LGAC care about Oregon Benchmarks

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• Why should LGAC care about Oregon Benchmarks?

Presentation by Oregon Progress Board Acting
Executive Director Rita Conrad to Local
Government Advisory Committee Salem, Oregon July
14, 2006
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LGAC should care about Oregon Benchmarks because
they represent high-level, societal
Reason 1
Results, Not Effort
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Results, Not Effort

• NOT EFFORT
• Prison beds
• Dollars per student
• Economic development grants
• OHP expenditures

• RESULTS
• Crime rate
• Student achievement
• Jobs, wages and per capita income
• Percent uninsured

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Benchmarks measure progress towards Oregons
highest desired result

• A vital, prosperous Oregon that excels in all
  spheres of life
• Economy
• Community
• Environment

Oregon Shines
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• Oregon Shines

• OS-I first drafted in 1989
• OS-II update in 1997
• OS-III is overdue
• 20-year horizon (2010)
• Lots of citizen input
• Lots of data/trend analysis
• Whole state focus

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LGAC should care about Oregon Benchmarks because
they paint theBIG PICTURE.
Reason 2
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Oregon Shines Strategy is Holistic
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90 Oregon Benchmarks gauge progress

• ECONOMY Rural employment, trade, new business,
  job growth, professional services, economic
  diversification, research development, venture
  capital, cost of doing business, regulatory
  burden, income, wages, income disparity, working
  poor, unemployment, exports, foreign language
• EDUCATION ready to learn, 3rd 8th grade
  reading and math, CIM, dropouts, HS and college
  completion, adult literacy, computer/Internet
  usage, labor force skills training
• CIVIC ENGAGEMENT volunteering, voting, feeling
  of community, understanding taxes, taxes per
  income, public management quality, SP bond
  rating, arts, libraries
• SOCIAL SUPPORT teen pregnancy, prenatal care,
  infant mortality, immunizations, HIV, smoking,
  premature death, perceived health status, child
  care slots and affordability, teen substance
  abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, alcohol and drug
  use while pregnant, poverty, health insurance,
  homelessness, child support, hunger, seniors
  living independently, working disabled, disabled
  living in poverty
• PUBLIC SAFETY overall crime, juvenile arrests,
  students carrying weapons, adult and juvenile
  recidivism, emergency preparedness
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT traffic congestion,
  drinking water, commuting, vehicle miles
  traveled, road and bridge condition, home
  ownership, affordable housing
• ENVIRONMENT air quality, CO2 emissions, wetlands
  gain/loss, stream water quality, in-stream flow
  rights, agricultural lands, forest lands, timber
  harvest, municipal waste disposal, hazard
  substance cleanup, freshwater/marine/terrestrial
  species health, natural habitat, invasive
  species, state park acreage

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Towards 3 Oregon Shines goals

• ECONOMYQuality jobs for all Oregonians

• COMMUNITYEngaged, caring and safe communities

• ENVIRONMENTHealthy, sustainable surroundings

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Within 7 benchmark categories

• Economy
• Education
• Civic Engagement 
• Social Support 
• Public Safety
• Community Development
• Environment

GOAL 1Quality jobs for all Oregonians
GOAL 2Engaged, caring safe communities
GOAL 3Healthy, sustainable surroundings
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Big Picture for Counties
Big picture for counties
Example Ford Scholars exercise...
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LGAC should care about Oregon Benchmarks because
ofFOCUS.
Reason 3
LINE OF SIGHT
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• The unfocused organization

Strategic Planning
Information Data Analysis
Customer focus and satisfaction
Organizational Leadership
Systematic Learning
Human Resource Policies Practices
Work Process Management
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• The focused organization

Human Resources
Customer focus and satisfaction
Organizational leadership
Work process management
Strategic planning
Systematic learning
Information and data analysis
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• Unfocused partners

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• More focused partners
• internal alignment

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• Well-focused partners

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Performance Measures
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Strategic Vision
Societal Measures
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Shared Partner Strategies
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• Line of sight is enhanced by linking benchmarks
  to work.

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• Example Hunger

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Benchmarks are a magnet for collaboration Bev
Stein

• State agencies
• County and city governments
• Community partners
• Business
• Not-for-profits
• Citizens

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Example Partners for Children Families

• Comprehensive planning for children and families
  at local county level (SB 555, 1999)
• 19 High-Level Outcomes, most of which were Oregon
  Benchmarks

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RECAPLGAC should care about Oregon Benchmarks
because they are about

• RESULTS, not efforts
• BIG PICTURE
• FOCUS (line of sight)

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We want to know what you think about Progress
Board Products Services

• Benchmark Performance Reports
• Race and Ethnicity Reports
• County Data Books
• Customized County Slide Shows
• Performance Measure Work
• Online Benchmark Directory

Please take our survey, coming soon!
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www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB
Thank you!