Community Collaboration
Dr. Saketha Williams
Dean of Adult Education
Oconee Fall Line Technical College
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COLLABORATION: MORE
THAN JUST A WORD
Keys to Unlocking Georgia’s Potential
Marcell Johnson
Community Support Specialist
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
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GEORGIA FAMILY
CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP
WHY KIDS
COUNT AND
COLLABORATION
MATTERS
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Georgia’s youth and
social services
organizations…
before 1990
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IN 1990…
Georgia Ranked
th
48
in the nation in
child well-being
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COLLABORATION
We began to work together in
communities, across state agencies,
within public-private sectors
to help struggling families
progress toward
contributing, selfsufficient lives.
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OUR VISION
That all children in Georgia are
healthy, ready to start school
and do well when they get
there, and that every family is
stable and self-sufficient.
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We bring together at
the same table –
the social worker, the nurse,
the sheriff, the teacher, the
minister, the business
person, the public servant,
and parents,
then let them figure out
the best way to help
their kids thrive.
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ONLY NETWORK OF ITS
KIND IN THE NATION
Collaborative organizations in
159 counties
committed to improving the quality
of life for children & families
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CORE PRINCIPLES
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Collaboration
Local decision-making
Accountability
Public-private partnerships
Leveraging resources
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GEORGIA FAMILY
CONNECTION…
leverages
$5 for every $1
of state funding
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IN 2012 GEORGIA RANKED…
th
37
in the nation in
child well-being
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GEORGIA FAMILY CONNECTION
PARTNERSHIP
A public-private nonprofit intermediary that
supports the Georgia Family Connection
statewide network
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We provide
technical
assistance,
training,
and support.
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We convene and conne
local, regional, stat
and national partner
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We
provide
data,
research,
and
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evaluation.
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Transforming statewide system
begins in your neighborhoo
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IN 2012, GEORGIA’S
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS
8.5%
Georgia DOL
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IN 2007-2011…
7.9%
of Georgia’s teens were
high school dropouts.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey
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10.9
%
IN 2007-2011…
of Georgia’s teens
(ages 16 to 19) were
not in school and not working.
U.S. Census Bureau
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GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL
“Community involvement
and local decision-making are
vital to addressing the issues
facing our citizens.”
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Please consider us your data
resource. Working together is our
key to unlocking Georgia’s potential.
Marcell Johnson:
marcell@gafcp.org
For KIDS COUNT dataNaja Williamson:
naja@gafcp.org
Find your local collaborative
at gafcp.org
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WHAT COLLABORATION
LOOKS LIKE IN GEORGIA
MarcellJohnson
CommunitySupport
Specialist
GeorgiaFamily
ConnectionPartnership
DaleAldridge
ExecutiveDirectorof
AdultEducation
SouthwestGeorgia
TechnicalCollege
AlbennyPrice
InterimProgram
Administrator
AtlantaPublic
Schools
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COLLABORATION SETTING:
RURAL EXAMPLE
Collaborative Partners
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Technical College
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Courts & Law Enforcement
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Local School Boards
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Family Connections
Department of
Labor/WIA
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Correctional Facilities
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Local Businesses
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Local Civic
Groups/Churches
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Non-Profits
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Library
CLCP’s
Housing Authority
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COLLABORATION SETTING:
URBAN EXAMPLE
Collaborative Partners
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Atlanta Workforce Development
Agency
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100 Black Men of Atlanta
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Atlanta Public Schools
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THE “WIN-WIN” IN
COLLABORATION
Marcell Johnson
Community Support Specialist
Georgia Family Connection Partnership
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CAREFUL!
Common problems with trying to establish a
link between collaboration and success:
Undue credit for outcomes
Complexity
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TRADITIONAL PROGRAM LOGIC
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Provision of
adequate
prenatal
care
Outcome
Too many
low
birthweight
babies
Treatment
Problem
(more on this later today)
More babies
with
birthweight
over 3.5
pounds
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COLLABORATIVE MODEL 1:
SINGLE TARGET GROUP
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COLLABORATIVE MODEL 2:
MULTIPLE TARGET GROUPS
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COLLABORATIVE MODEL 3:
ARE YOU LOST YET?
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Community Setting
FAMILY CONNECTION COLLABORATIVE
System Changes
Decision making
Finance
Strategy Mix
Activities/Programs
Direct
Indirect
Results for Children, Families
and Communities
Community Setting
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COOPERATION
System Change Types
Service Coordination
System Change Indicators
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Records and/or forms shared
(e.g., common intake form)
← Procedures shared (e.g.,
centralized intake)
Case Coordination
•
Consumers referred/linked to
services
← Multi-agency staffings held
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GOVERNANCE
System Change Types
Multi-agency partnership
System Change Indicators
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Formal non-profit incorporated
← Informal workgroup, coalition,
or task force formed
Non-traditional partnerships
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Citizens/families involved
← Agency staff/services shared,
co-located or out-stationed
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GOVERNMENT
System Change Types
System Change Indicators
Policy changes
← Innovative policies adopted
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Specific funds appropriated for
policy changes
Legislative changes
← Innovative legislation passed
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Specific funds appropriated for
legislative changes
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EMPOWERMENT
System Change Types
System Change Indicators
Self help
← Self help group, grassroots task
force formed
Advocacy
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Citizens/families involved in
decision making
← Citizen leadership development
initiative implemented
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SERVICE
System Change Types
Innovative services
System Change Indicators
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Specific prevention program or
activity implemented
← Innovative treatment program or
activity implemented
Existing service refinement
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Service made more accessible
(e.g., pre-school program
relocated to bus line)
← Service expanded (e.g., preschool program offered in a
school or business)
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CLARKE COUNTY PERFORMANCE
LEARNING CENTER
Their Story . . .
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CLARKE COUNTY PERFORMANCE
LEARNING CENTER
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ECHOLS COUNTY ATTENDANCE
STRATEGY TEAM
Their Story . . .
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ECHOLS COUNTY ATTENDANCE
STRATEGY TEAM
20%
18%
16%
14%
12%
Echols
10%
Georgia
8%
Region 11
6%
4%
2%
0%
2003
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2005
2006
2007
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WAYNE COUNTY STAR
Their Story . . .
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WAYNE COUNTY STAR
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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS IN GEORGIA
($1B IN 2007) COMPONENTS OF TOTAL COST
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COLLABORATION AND LOW
BIRTH WEIGHT
• Number of collaboratives who
“targeted” this indicator?
• Comparison to counties in other
Southern states
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COLLABORATION AND LOW
BIRTH WEIGHT
• Results
• Savings – Lives and $$$$
http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/tmp_p
ublications/cat/evaluation_snapshot
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COLLABORATION AND HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION
High School Graduation Rates Among
Early- and Late-Forming Collabortives 1
HS Graduation (%)
77
75
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Collaborative
Formation 1993
71
69
Collaborative
Formation 2002
67
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1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year of Measurement
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COLLABORATION AND TEEN
PREGNANCY
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DISCLAIMER
All of the findings presented are
from correlational studies, which
means that collaboration cannot
be claimed with certainty as the
cause of indicator changes.
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Dollar amount (in millions)
COLLABORATION AND $$$
Year of Self Assessment
Federal & State
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A system built upon the
discoveries of many great minds
was always of more strength than
what is produced by the mere
workings of any one mind, which
of itself can do little.
-Nobel Prize winning American novelist,
Saul Bellow
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COLLABORATION
Keith Brown
Motivator of the Millennium
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OUR COLLABORATIVE MODEL
Schools
Individuals
Committed to
Positive
Change
Key Business
Partnerships
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Community
Organizations
and NonProfits
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Core Team
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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
TO CHANGE
Saketha Williams
Deanof Adult Education
Oconee Fall Line Technical College
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A STORY OF DESIRE…
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OBSTACLES TO CHANGE
The main obstacle to
change is _________.
a. Success
b. Confidence
c. Fear
d. Security
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WHAT IS FEAR?
False
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Evidence
Appearing
Real
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THREE FEARS KEEP PEOPLE FROM
MAKING NECESSARY CHANGES
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FAILING, OR SUCCESSFUL
IDENTIFICATION?
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ORDER AND STRUCTURE
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ORDER AND STRUCTURE
The Spirit of the Squirrel
(performing worthwhile
and sustainable work)
The Way of the Beaver
(establishing whose in
control of achieving the goal)
The Gift of the Goose
(cheering each other on and
constant encouragement)
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QUOTES AND THOUGHTS
Leaders learn from others, but they are
not made by others.
As a leader, you cannot
drive people; you must
lead them.
A good leader remains optimistic.
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LEADERSHIP
Great leaders never desire to
lead, but to serve.
You become a leader
when you decide not to
Leadership is first being,
be a copy, but an
then doing.
original.
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