Healthy Start EPIC Center
Increase the proportion of HS grantees with a fully implemented Community Action Network (CAN) to 100%.
A Community Action Network, or CAN, is a formally organized partnership, advisory board or coalition of organizations and individuals. The CAN represents consumers and appropriate agencies that unite in an effort to collectively apply their resources to the implementation of one or more commons strategies to achieve a common goal within their service area.
This keynote address will focus on how leaders can bring together diverse groups of people to tackle shared problems and achieve the common good.
Learning Objectives:
Community and Organizational Partnerships Community Engagement Group Processes/Facilitation Leadership
Overview of the need for project management, role of project management, phases of project management, project management elements, project team, project contract. Explains the value of project management – that it helps the project move more quickly while the work is being done – “go slow to go fast”. The program discusses the need for a project plan and the different types of project plans that can be used.
Learning Objectives:
1. Project content, logistics, deliverables
2. Self management
3. Coordination and Communication with others
Community and Organizational Partnerships Group Processes/Facilitation Project Scope
A national membership organization of city and county health departments’ MCH programs and leaders representing urban communities in the US. CityMatCH works to strengthen public health organizations and leadership to promote equity and improve the health of urban women, families, and communities.
Breastfeeding Early Elective Delivery Prenatal Care and Education Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
NHSA is committed to improving birth outcomes and health disparities that exist within communities of color throughout the US. As the membership association for Healthy Start programs nationwide, NHSA promotes the development of community-based maternal and child health programs, particularly those addressing the issues of infant mortality, low birth weight and racial disparities in perinatal outcomes.
Breastfeeding Early Elective Delivery Prenatal Care and Education Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
Tamarack develops and supports learning communities to help people collaborate and generate knowledge to solve complex community challenges. The website includes a resource library with information on community engagement, Collective Impact, community collaboration, movements for change, and sustaining social innovation.
Backbone Organization Common Agenda Communication Mutually Reinforcing Activities Shared Measurement
On November 16-18, 2015, all Healthy Start grantees attended the 2015 Healthy Start Convention: Achieving Measurable Outcomes that Make a Difference for Women, Families, and Communities in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the Convention was to convene the Healthy Start grantee community to build momentum, garner synergy, and propel the Healthy Start initiative towards greater success in improving perinatal health outcomes by sharing best practices, building skills, and increasing knowledge for providing high-quality services to women and their families.
Materials from the Convention are available below.
Breastfeeding Communication Program evaluation Quality Improvement Reproductive Life Planning/Family Planning
Meeting Materials:
Backbone Organization Case Management/Care Coordination Common Agenda Father/Partner Involvement Program evaluation
Meeting Materials:
Case Management/Care Coordination Community Engagement Program evaluation Quality Improvement
Meeting Materials:
In an effort to support the Healthy Start Community of Grantees as we strive to “Achieve Collective Impact”, the EPIC Center will be launching six peer learning networks (PLN) each targeting a subset of HS grantees. The PLNs will be co-facilitated by a team member from both the Healthy Start Grantee Community and the EPIC Center. The PLNs will provide the opportunity for all grantees to learn from their peers, dive into more CI content, get exposed to additional CI tools that can assist when working through each of the CI conditions, and develop an action plan reflective of the unique characteristics and phase each grantee is currently in.
We are excited about the opportunity to create space to both learn from one another and highlight examples from the Healthy Start field as we continue the Collective Impact journey. Please participate on this webinar to learn more about the launching of the Collective Impact Peer Learning Networks. This webinar would be appropriate for (but not exclusive to) Healthy Start Project Directors, Program and Backbone staff involved with the Community Action Networks/Collective Impact Initiatives, Chairs/Key Stakeholders in leadership roles on the CAN/CI initiatives.
Webinar Materials:
Backbone Organization Common Agenda Continuous Communication Mutually Reinforcing Activities Shared Measurement