introduction to bonner high-impact initiative capacity building outcomes

Building Community Capacity: Framing Our Outcomes

three goals

CommunitiesStudents

Institutions

Individuals & Places

Campus Change

Develop & engage students’ knowledge,

skills, values, and collective action.

Bonner Transformation Goals

Campus Change

Develop and integrate community engaged learning

courses & programs.

Programs



Organizations

Programs


Campus Change

Build campus center that leads effort to make

place-based community engagement deep, pervasive, integrated & developmental.


Systems

Organizations

Programs


Campus ChangeLeverage Bonner Network as

a community of best practice, and resource for higher

education locally and nationally



Mobilize students, faculty, staff, & community members to support individuals & places.

Community ChangeBonner Transformation Goals

Programs


Train & support leaders who develop & manage evidence-based programs and projects.


Organizations

Partner in capacity-building for organizations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and resources.

Programs



Systems

Partner in capacity-building for collaboratives working to achieve measurable community and systemic change.

Organizations

Programs



three types of change

CommunitiesStudents

Level of Work

Goals for Individual Development

Goals for Campus Development

Goals for Community

Development

Macro Community Leaders Campus as Citizen System Change

Meso

Campus-Wide Leaders

Centers of Engagement

Capacity-Building for Organizations & Collaboratives

Staff & Faculty Leaders Engaged Teaching

Evidence-based Programs &

projects

Micro Student Leaders Engaged Learning Direct Service

Institutions

This afternoon, we focus on community outcomes

and impact

also often have aspects in common

Non-profits, government organizations, and schools

Washburn University

Big Brothers Big Sisters is not your typical organization. We help children realize their potential and build their

futures. We nurture children and strengthen communities. !

According to a national impact study: Researchers found that after 18 months of spending time with their Bigs, the Little Brothers and Little Sisters, compared to those children not in our program, were: • 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs • 27% less likely to begin using alcohol • 52% less likely to skip school • 37% less likely to skip a class • 33% less likely to hit someone • They also found that the Littles were more confident of their performance in

schoolwork and getting along better with their families. !!

TCNJ Henry J. Austin Health Clinic

will improve the quality of life through superior health care outcomes for the greater Trenton community as

their medical home of choice.

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Visitation Home A Catholic shared living residence for adults with

developmental disabilities.

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El Centro de Recursos Para Familias

multi-service, family-focused community center serving Mercer County. We commit ourselves to treat everyone with dignity and respect, continually improve the quality of services, and be responsible to the community for the

best use of our resources.

Health and Human Services Division

• improving the health and quality of life

Madison Community Health Consortium Communities and agencies working together

toward a healthier Madison County. !

MCHC networks with community agencies and groups in an ongoing process of needs assessment, project

development, implementation, and evaluation. !

Today the Consortium has an active membership of over 50 people representing 25 community organizations and

agencies and is divided into several task forces/committees responsible for ongoing health projects.

The mission statement of the Putnam County Youth Development Commission is:

• to be an advocate for youth by recognizing and speaking to specific needs in the context of the family and the larger community;

• to keep youth from entering the juvenile justice system through treatment and prevention actions;

• to educate the community about vulnerable youth and educate youth about their roles in the community; and,

• to maintain and provide to those in need a wide spectrum of information and referral materials.

Putnam County Youth Development Commission

DePauw

At your table, reflect about your community and partnerships...

What is your organization’s mission? What kinds of impact do you want to

make? How?

Capacity building

as a stepping stone

towards measurable

impact

• AmeriCorps, VISTA, Senior Corps & Social Innovation Fund

• Increasing focus on measuring community impact

• Reinforces Bonner is focusing on capacity building

• Volunteer Management • Training & Program Development • Fundraising • Communications • Research

Capacity Building Activities

(see pages 12-15)

•Efficiency / Efficacy Improved outcomes with the same level of resources or improved or consistent quality of services with fewer resources

•Scale/Reach Number of new people served, new populations served, and/or new or expanded services

•Leverage Additional resources or assets garnered through capacity-building activities such as funding, volunteers, in-kind support, and partnerships.

Capacity Building Areas

Capacity Building Outcomes

Established/expanded pool of volunteers to assist with service or program delivery.Improved policies, training, management, staff/volunteer development, and internal communications.

Improved systems for organizational / program efficiency and effectiveness.

Improved systems for organizational efficiency and effectiveness, scale/reach, and leverage.Complete environmental scan of community context, needs and assets.

Expanded/improved community knowledge of effort of the organization’s services to the community or program/organization’s knowledge for service delivery. Improvement/expansion into focus area or improvement of existing program; program delivery model and approach refined and revised to effectively reach populations in need. Expanded/enhanced sustainable and/or diversified funding & resource stream.Improved systems for organizational / program management, effectiveness, and reach.

Systemic Change Example

StriveNetwork.org

•Strive brought together more than 300 leaders of local organizations leaders to tackle the student achievement crisis.

•Their ambitious mission became to coordinate improvements at every stage of a young person’s life, from “cradle to career.”

•Strive focused the entire educational community on a single set of goals, measured in the same way.

•Participating organizations are grouped into 15 different Student Success Networks (SSNs) by type of activity, such as early childhood education or tutoring.

•34 of the 53 success indicators that Strive tracks have shown positive trends, including high school graduation rates, fourth-grade reading and math scores, and the number of preschool children prepared for kindergarten.

StriveNetwork.org

Five Principles for Success

• Common Agenda • Shared Measurement Systems • Mutually Reinforcing Activities • Continuous Communication • Backbone Support Organizations

Backbone Org

Levels of Collaboration

Systems

Partner in capacity-building for collaboratives working to achieve measurable community and systemic change.

Organizations

Partner in capacity-building for organizations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and resources.

Programs



• Volunteer Generation & Management

• Training & Program Development

• Communications and Technology

• Community-Based & Policy Research

• Fundraising, Resource Generation & Organizational Development

Capacity Building Activities

(see pages 12-15)

Discussion: !

Discuss ways campus can help your

organization’s capacity.

Capacity Building

Opportunities Planning Guide

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Check & describe

opportunities for projects

Capacity Building


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Later reframe Activities into Outcomes...

Output/Outcome AreasEstablished/expanded pool of volunteers (students, staff, faculty) to assist with service or program delivery. (Volunteer Generation/Recruitment)

Improved policies, training, management, staff/volunteer development, and internal communications. (Volunteer Management, Program Coordination and Management)

Improved systems for organizational / program efficiency and effectiveness.(Training Development, Program Development)

Improved systems for organizational efficiency and effectiveness, scale/reach, and leverage. (Technology Use, Social Media Use, Technology Systems, Community Outreach/Meetings Support)

Complete environmental scan of community context, needs and assets. (Community Assessment)Expanded/improved community knowledge of effort of the organization’s services to the community or program/organization’s knowledge for service delivery. (Research, Service-Learning, or Academic Projects)

Improvement/expansion into focus area or improvement of existing program; program delivery model and approach refined and revised to effectively reach populations in need. (Policy Research)

Expanded/enhanced sustainable and/or diversified funding and resource stream. (Financial Resources, Resource Generation)

Improved systems for organizational / program management, effectiveness, and reach. (Organizational Development)

Capacity Building


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Connect to your your Campus

Center’s strategic plans

Output/Outcome AreasEstablished/expanded pool of volunteers (students, staff, faculty) to assist with service or program delivery. (Volunteer Generation/Recruitment)

Improved policies, training, management, staff/volunteer development, and internal communications. (Volunteer Management, Program Coordination and Management)

Improved systems for organizational / program efficiency and effectiveness.(Training Development, Program Development)

Improved systems for organizational efficiency and effectiveness, scale/reach, and leverage. (Technology Use, Social Media Use, Technology Systems, Community Outreach/Meetings Support)

Complete environmental scan of community context, needs and assets. (Community Assessment)Expanded/improved community knowledge of effort of the organization’s services to the community or program/organization’s knowledge for service delivery. (Research, Service-Learning, or Academic Projects)

Improvement/expansion into focus area or improvement of existing program; program delivery model and approach refined and revised to effectively reach populations in need. (Policy Research)

Expanded/enhanced sustainable and/or diversified funding and resource stream. (Financial Resources, Resource Generation)

Improved systems for organizational / program management, effectiveness, and reach. (Organizational Development)

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