Measuring Impact: Turning the Curve on Important Community Issues

June 1st, 2010

Anita Stellinga – United Way of Peel Region

Sandra Solonik – Region of Peel, Human Services

Investing for

ResilienceCommunity Investment Strategy

The Sustenance

Cluster

The Adaptation

Cluster

The Opportunity

Cluster

The Engagement

Cluster

Resilience } The ability to thrive in the face of tough times and constant change.

All individuals and families are resilient and thrive within a vibrant Peel community

Resilient People

Strong Families

Vibrant Neighbourhoods and Communities

What did you tell us? Leadership – everyone has a

role to play

Address priorities differently

Collaboration - display, support, enable collaboration & system coordination

Focus on “building capacity” & increasing access to resources

Achieve higher quality & impact Addressing gaps

Community wide planning

Community Impact Roles

Community Investment Strategy:

What have we done so far? Outcome development & measurement Shared the RBA framework with the Peel community Committed to working with the RBA model Created opportunity for cross sectoral collaborative

discussions Trained RBA to community members (Train the Trainer)

Started population indicator development Linked to current community work - Mississauga

Summit, Peel Poverty Reduction Strategy & Peel Children & Youth Initiative

Program Outcomes & Community Planning

How does it connect?

Our next steps…

Continue to… Work on indicator development

- community consultation Build community capacity – outcome

measurement & population impact Engage the community, link to

opportunities Collaborate Track results

Today is about…..

Connecting

Engaging

Understanding

Inspiring

Identifying our POTENTIAL & VISION as a community