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United Way for Southeastern Michigan launched the Agenda for Change this year, which targets the areas of educational preparedness, financial stability and basic needs. The Agenda is based on research and focused on outcomes. Our partnerships with funded programs and collaboratives, going forward, will strive to benchmark both individual and community conditions and track success on the plan through a variety of metrics.
The value of understanding the “landscape” through which community (or neighborhood) indicators are screened, and using those same indicators to measure the outcomes of their investments is becoming a priority for funders locally, and across the country. Administrators of neighborhood initiatives, like those funded by the Skillman Foundation, the Knight Foundation or Local Initiatives Support Corporation, known as LISC, need accurate, readily available local data in order to effectively engage community residents on issues so that they can drive necessary change.
UWSEM’S Research Department, in conjunction with partner United Ways in Charleston, S.C., and Tucson, Ariz., have partnered with the Community Information Resource Center at the University of Missouri to create the Community Issues Management, or CIM, Web site. Lifting the collective IQ of a community on pertinent issues begins with service-minded intermediaries that bring a heritage of grounded connections to the residents and institutions at the local and regional level. Outside experts and a multiplicity of programs are not a substitute for trusted, local institutions and professionals with deep roots. United Way welcomes its role as a convenor of these intermediaries across the region. They are looking at ways to utilize CIM and engage people across the region in important community work.
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United Way for Southeastern Michigan launched the Agenda for Change this year, which targets the areas of educational preparedness, financial stability and basic needs. The Agenda is based on research and focused on outcomes. Our partnerships with funded programs and collaboratives, going forward, will strive to benchmark both individual and community conditions and track success on the plan through a variety of metrics.
The value of understanding the “landscape” through which community (or neighborhood) indicators are screened, and using those same indicators to measure the outcomes of their investments is becoming a priority for funders locally, and across the country. Administrators of neighborhood initiatives, like those funded by the Skillman Foundation, the Knight Foundation or Local Initiatives Support Corporation, known as LISC, need accurate, readily available local data in order to effectively engage community residents on issues so that they can drive necessary change.
UWSEM’S Research Department, in conjunction with partner United Ways in Charleston, S.C., and Tucson, Ariz., have partnered with the Community Information Resource Center at the University of Missouri to create the Community Issues Management, or CIM, Web site. Lifting the collective IQ of a community on pertinent issues begins with service-minded intermediaries that bring a heritage of grounded connections to the residents and institutions at the local and regional level. Outside experts and a multiplicity of programs are not a substitute for trusted, local institutions and professionals with deep roots. United Way welcomes its role as a convenor of these intermediaries across the region. They are looking at ways to utilize CIM and engage people across the region in important community work.
Click here to continue reading.
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