nefloridacounts

1. www.nefloridacounts.org

2. NE Florida Counts Investors Shands Jacksonville St. Johns County Health Department St. Johns River Rural Health Network St. Vincent’s HealthCare Sutton Place Behavioral Health One Voice for Volusia Volusia County Health Department Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare Volusia/Flagler Family YMCA Halifax Health United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Council on Aging of Volusia County County of Volusia Healthy Start Coalition of Flagler/Volusia Northeast Florida Health Services, Inc. Baptist Health Brooks Rehabilitation Duval County Health Department Flagler Hospital Florida Hospital Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Memorial Health Nassau Alcohol Crime Drug Abatement Coalition Baker County Health Department Clay County Health Department Flagler County Health Department Nassau County Health Department NE FL Healthy Start Coalition Safe and Healthy Duval

3. Why Regional? • “Regionalism” is an approach being used for economic development purposes via the Chambers of Commerce. • Reduces invisible county borders to enhance service delivery, health care utilization, and sustainability policies such as transportation, land use, etc… • Huge Economies of Scale- Saved the region $550,000 annually. • Allows the community to leverage regional resources during tough economic times • Assists in identifying planning and service delivery overlap, duplication and wasteful spending • Promotes collaboration and meaningful partnerships

4. Community Benefits • Economies of Scale • Leveraging regional resources expanded regional assets and saved the region $550,000 per year • Community Assessment ToolA living community report card, constantly updated to forecast the needs of NE Florida’s growing and diverse population • Strategic Planning InstrumentCommon platform of information to promote prioritized system changes for effective allocation of resources in response to community needs • Best Practice RepositoryClearing-house for dissemination of best practices which support the establishment of benchmarks and assist in the development of improvement strategies • Collaborative PlatformPortal to contextual information, resources, services, news, and events that forge resilient public and private partnerships • Educational LibraryCentral source of unbiased information to increase public education and awareness on issues that affect Northeast Florida residents • Advocacy PlatformConduit of information that serves as a guide for responsible policy recommendations for decision-makers

5. Governance • In the spirit of a collaborative effort: • Legal EntityThe Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida will serve as the fiscal sponsor and legal entity in contract with Healthy Communities Inc. • NE FL Counts Steering CommitteePartners who contribute $10,000 or more will serve as a member of the NE FL Counts Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will be a “working” group charged with designing the dashboard and selecting indicators, as well as reviewing applications and selecting recipients for the NE FL Counts Student Scholarships. • Elected Steering Committee MembersPartners who do not meet the $10,000 Regional Investor level can be elected to serve as an honorary member of the NE FL Counts Steering Committee • NE FL Counts Advisory CommitteeAll partners have the opportunity to serve as members of the NE FL Counts Advisory Committee. Under the direction of the NE FL Counts Editor & Community Relations Coordinator, the Advisory Committee will be charged with developing and managing dashboard content, developing content submission policies, and developing reports for the Steering Committee.

6. Evaluation Milestones 1. Using web analytics to track site usage over time (also can track which content areas are viewed most frequently) 2. Pop-up user survey - to find out more information on how and why users are using the site 3. Stakeholder survey - to see if key people in the community are aware of the tool and find it valuable 4. Number of citations of site in literature/online 5. Number of incoming links to site  6. Placement in top 10 Google results for key search terms

7. Evaluation & Tracking Community Dashboard Promising Practices Collaboration Centers • 1200 in database • Programs and policies • Evaluation based • 100-150 indicators • Color coded • Constantly updated • HP 2010/2020 tracker • Local priorities tracker • Comparative and longitudinal evaluation Capabilities • Form working groups • Set local goals • Manage achievement of objectives A “Living” Community Needs Assessment, understand what is working and not working in the community/state, move from data gathering to informed action • IRS 990 Requirements (Schedule H, sections II and VI), SB 697, HC Reform • Strategic planning • PHAB assessments • MAPP programs • Link to GIS and data warehouse systems Brings stakeholders together, develop local goals, drive community engagement, facilitate communication to form and manage working groups Promotes public health and community development best practice sharing Track progress to goals: • HP 2010/2020 goals • Locally defined goals

8. For More Information If you’d like to learn how you can become a part of NE Florida Counts or would like more information, please contact Amanda Herring at (904) 723-2162 ext. 144 or amanda_herring@hpcnef.org An initiative of