Dr. Saketha Williams Dean of Adult Education Oconee Fall Line Technical College

1. Community Collaboration Dr. Saketha Williams Dean of Adult Education Oconee Fall Line Technical College

2. COLLABORATION: MORE THAN JUST A WORD Keys to Unlocking Georgia’s Potential Marcell Johnson Community Support Specialist Georgia Family Connection Partnership

3. GEORGIA FAMILY CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP WHY KIDS COUNT AND COLLABORATION MATTERS

4. Georgia’s youth and social services organizations… before 1990

5. IN 1990… Georgia Ranked 48th in the nation in child well-being

6. COLLABORATION We began to work together in communities, across state agencies, within public-private sectors to help struggling familiesprogress toward contributing, self-sufficient lives.

7. OUR VISION Thatall children in Georgia are healthy, ready to start school and do well when they get there, and thatevery family is stable and self-sufficient.

8. We bring together at the same table – the social worker, the nurse, the sheriff, the teacher, the minister, the business person, the public servant, and parents, thenlet them figure out the best wayto help their kids thrive.

9. ONLY NETWORK OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION Collaborative organizations in159 countiescommitted to improving the quality of life for children & families

10. CORE PRINCIPLES • Collaboration • Local decision-making • Accountability • Public-private partnerships • Leveraging resources

11. GEORGIA FAMILY CONNECTION… leverages $5 for every $1 of state funding

12. IN 2012 GEORGIA RANKED… 37th in the nation in child well-being

13. GEORGIA FAMILY CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP A public-private nonprofit intermediary that supports the Georgia Family Connection statewide network

14. We providetechnical assistance, training, and support.

15. We convene and connectlocal, regional, state, and national partners.

16. We provide data, research, and evaluation.

17. Transforming statewide systems begins in your neighborhood.

18. IN 2012, GEORGIA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 8.5% Georgia DOL

19. IN 2007-2011… 7.9 % of Georgia’s teens were high school dropouts. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey

20. IN 2007-2011… 10.9 % of Georgia’s teens (ages 16 to 19) were not in school and not working. U.S. Census Bureau

21. GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL “Communityinvolvement and localdecision-making are vital to addressing the issues facing our citizens.”

22. Please consider us your data resource. Working together is our key to unlocking Georgia’s potential. Marcell Johnson: marcell@gafcp.org For KIDS COUNT data- Naja Williamson: naja@gafcp.org Find your local collaborative at gafcp.org

23. WHAT COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE IN GEORGIA Marcell Johnson Community Support Specialist Georgia Family Connection Partnership Dale Aldridge Executive Director of Adult Education Southwest Georgia Technical College Albenny Price Interim Program Administrator Atlanta Public Schools

24. COLLABORATION SETTING: RURAL EXAMPLE Collaborative Partners • Courts & Law Enforcement • Department of Labor/WIA • Correctional Facilities • Local Businesses • Local Civic Groups/Churches • Non-Profits • Technical College • Local School Boards • Family Connections • Library • CLCP’s • Housing Authority

25. COLLABORATION SETTING: URBAN EXAMPLE Collaborative Partners • Atlanta Workforce Development Agency • 100 Black Men of Atlanta • Atlanta Public Schools

26. THE “WIN-WIN” IN COLLABORATION Marcell Johnson Community Support Specialist Georgia Family Connection Partnership

28. CAREFUL! Common problems with trying to establish a link between collaboration and success: • Undue credit for outcomes • Complexity

29. TRADITIONAL PROGRAM LOGIC (more on this later today)

30. COLLABORATIVE MODEL 1:SINGLE TARGET GROUP

31. COLLABORATIVE MODEL 2:MULTIPLE TARGET GROUPS

32. COLLABORATIVE MODEL 3:ARE YOU LOST YET?

33. Community Setting FAMILY CONNECTION COLLABORATIVE SystemChanges Decision making Finance Strategy Mix Activities/Programs Indirect Direct Results for Children, Families and Communities Community Setting

34. COOPERATION

35. GOVERNANCE

36. GOVERNMENT

37. EMPOWERMENT

38. SERVICE

39. CLARKE COUNTY PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER Their Story . . .

40. CLARKE COUNTY PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER

41. ECHOLS COUNTY ATTENDANCE STRATEGY TEAM Their Story . . .

42. ECHOLS COUNTY ATTENDANCE STRATEGY TEAM 20% 18% 16% 14% 12% Echols 10% Georgia 8% Region 11 6% 4% 2% 0% 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

43. WAYNE COUNTY STAR Their Story . . .

44. WAYNE COUNTY STAR

45. LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS IN GEORGIA ($1B IN 2007) COMPONENTS OF TOTAL COST

46. COLLABORATION AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT • Number of collaboratives who “targeted” this indicator? • Comparison to counties in other Southern states

47. COLLABORATION AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT • Results • Savings – Lives and $$$$ http://www.gafcp.org/index.php/communicate/tmp_publications/cat/evaluation_snapshot

48. COLLABORATION AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

49. COLLABORATION AND TEEN PREGNANCY

50. DISCLAIMER All of the findings presented are from correlational studies, which means that collaboration cannot be claimed with certainty as the cause of indicator changes.