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What makes Providence a good fit for Evidence2Success?. Commitment to children’s health, development, educational achievement City and state working together Engaged communities Data-driven decision making Public systems aligned to improve services. Photo by Loodog (Wikipedia Commons).
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What makes Providence a good fit for Evidence2Success? • Commitment to children’s health, development, educational achievement • City and state working together • Engaged communities • Data-driven decision making • Public systems aligned to improve services Photo by Loodog (Wikipedia Commons)
What is Evidence2Success? Child/Family Schools Community Public Agencies
Working together – Developing partnerships to respond to community-specific needs Citywide Partnership Members Elected officials School superintendent Public systems leaders Community partnership representatives Community Partnership Members Business leaders Civic leaders Faith leaders Resident leaders Service leaders from schools and systems CommunityPartnership #1 Citywide Partnership Community Partnership #2
Use the best data – Population-level indicators of child well-being drive priorities Risk Profile for Grade 8: Percent of Children at Risk, PPSD 2012
Choose programs that work –Tool for selecting evidence-based programs Link: www.blueprintsprograms.com
A 1 percent shift in spending to one community can have a major impact
Funding what works – Generating and securing dollars to support program priorities • Improve the use of existing public funds • Allocate state or local general funds • Maximize federal funds • Public-private partnerships • Debt financing • Social impact bonds • Generate new revenue