NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 1 What is Our - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Who Are We? Founded in 2011 in partnership with Living Cities, Inc. & Prudential Foundation, SHCI is a cross-sect sector or partner erships ships designed to reshape policy cy, practi tice ce, and and resour urce ce allocat cation on to achieve systemic change that improves educational outcomes for low-income children. Populat ation on Imp mpact act Statemen ement: t: All Newark children, regardless of zip code or household income, will be healthy and learning Systems ems Strategies: egies: Housing ing – Remove blight; create safe, affordable neighborhoods for families • • Health th – Integrate and align local health services with schools to address student need • Nu Nutriti rition – Improve student access to healthy food options STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 1

What is Our Systems Approach? Operate as a local “backbone” organization with the following core functions: • Drive leaders, practitioners, and customers across sectors to ensure child & family success • Connect children, families and communities to needed resources and services • Measure baselines and effectiveness to ensure quality and impact • Scale & Sustain effective and innovative practices through advocacy and progressive policies STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 2

Who Are Our Partners? 3

What is Systems Change in Our Work? Shifting decision-making processes, policies, and resources to produce dramatically better outcomes for citizens at scale. (Living Cities, Inc.) Requires Moving People and Practice! STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 4

What is Systems Change in Our Work? You must move Leader ders people to sustain the change! Managers Executors & Innovators STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 5

What is Systems Change in Our Work? Tes est Policy y & Capita tal Techno nology gy Pilot Data Sc Scale le Pilot for a small Design a Scale to a population or small case to larger group or geography to see how the geography with evidence/ system an eye towards document the responds to sustainability change change; STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 6

What is Systems Change in Our Work? You move policy Hom ome e Private e Acquisi sition; on; and practice to Predeve develop opment Mort rtga gages es Invest estment For Sale scale the City of Newark SWCA/ Hom omeb ebuye yer r Vacant Propert rty y Abandon doned Propert rties es Rehab change! Counse seling; Regi egist stra ration on (VPRO RO) School ol Partne ners (Noti tice ce & Seizure re) ) Financial Litera eracy Afford ordable le Rental Const stru ruction on Mini Mini-Perm rm Strategy egy Housin ing – Remove blight; Loans Loans create safe, affordable neighborhoods for families HOUSIN ING SUPPLY LY PIPELIN INE HOUSIN ING DEMAND PIPELIN INE STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 7

What Lessons Have We Learned? 1. Challenges are both technic hnical al and adaptiv tive 2. Partnerships and priorities are set through a common mon purp rpos ose and share ared d vision/im ion/impact pact 3. Backbone capacity is key; Funding for innovation is essential 4. Resources are scare; collaboration is critical STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 8

What Has Been Our Impact? Housi using ng – Helped change municipal policy and new technologies to increase efficiency; Created $8 Million capital pool to address abandoned properties and affordable housing Health th – Opened 5 school-based health centers to serve high-need schools located in “medical deserts; deployed hospital -based patient navigation team to serve families and schools; Expanding Medicaid funding to serve high-need students in high-poverty schools Nu Nutrition rition – Improved health quality of food service contract serving 10 Newark early childhood centers; introduced new municipal food policy standards; Created a “Food Innovation Zone” launching in 2017 STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 9

Questions? Tha hank nk You ou! Monique ique Bapt ptis iste-Goo Good Director, S SHCI moniq ique@sh ue@shci.org ci.org / (973) ) 621-1762 http tp:/ ://www /www.s .shci.org ci.org STRONG HEALTHY COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE NEWARK, NJ PRESENTED BY MONIQUE BAPTISTE-GOOD 10