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The DeKalb County Experience with MAPP Funding and
Resources
Teresa DaubDeKalb County Board of
HealthSeptember 27, 2005
Presentation Objectives
1. Provide background and context to explain how DeKalb County initially funded the MAPP process.
2. Describe how the MAPP process helped the county attract new funding.
MAPP Phase One(Organize for Success)
Determine the necessity of undertaking the MAPP process.
Identify and organize participants. Design the planning process.Assess resource needs and
secure commitment.Conduct a readiness assessment.Manage the process.
Resource Needs
• Personnel
• Operational Support
• Champions (Agency and Community)
Securing Commitment:Personnel
• DeKalb County Board of Health (3 FTEs)
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (.5 FTE)
• Grady Health System (.5 FTE)
Total: 4 FTEs
MAPP Implementation Structure
Steering Council (SC) Facilitated by two volunteer Co-Chairs
Membership: 25-30 Community Members Staff Support provided by MAPP Partners
CTSA CHSA LPHSA FOCAEach Facilitated by two Co-Leaders (1 from Steering Council)
Additional Participants: community volunteersStaff Support provided by MAPP Partners
Securing Commitment:Operational Support
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• DeKalb County Board of Health
• Grady Health System
• United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
Total: $75,000
Securing Commitment:Champions
• Agency: Director, Board, Internal Readiness Team, Staff Volunteers, MAPP Support Staff
• External: Agency Partners, MAPP Initiating Group, Steering Council Co-Chairs, Steering Council, Community Volunteers
Lessons Learned
Critical Components for Building Resources:
• Organizational Culture• Purpose• Timing• Staff
Attracting New Funding
Grants• Kaiser Steps Sustainment Grant ($100,000)• Steps to a HealthierUS ($1 million+)
Operational Support• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta• DeKalb County Board of Health• Grady Health System • United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
Lessons Learned
MAPP Provided Three Keys for Successful Funds Seeking:
• Clear Purpose• Substantiated Health Priorities• Collaboration Infrastructure
Future Directions
• Tobacco Coalition, Steps Leadership Team and Healthy DeKalb Meeting to Discuss Sustainability, October 2005
• Healthy DeKalb Committed to MAPP/Mini-MAPP, every 1-2 years
Benefits of MAPP
• Establish stronger partnerships within community
• Proactively manage change rather than react to it
• Improve community health• Create and strengthen public health
systems• Assure the implementation of the 10
Essential Services. . .
Leveraging Resources
“There is representation from DeKalb Medical Center, Grady Health System, and
connections to Emory University. By business standards, these individuals are
competitors. However, with the MAPP process in place, they sit in discussion at
the same table.”
-Cathy Gearring from Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaNACCHO Exchange
Summer 2002
Contact Information
Teresa DaubPublic Health Advisor, beginning 10/3/05CDC Office of Chief of Public Health Practice
Edna HollowayHealthy DeKalb (MAPP) CoordinatorDeKalb County Board of Health [email protected]