Berkshire United Way

1. Board of Directors Retreat February 18, 2016 • Berkshire United Way

2. Berkshire United Way Retreat Objectives • Commit to achieving the community goals BUW has adopted. • Identify strategies that work to achieve these goals. • Invest more (staff time, expertise and supportive program funding) into strategies that work to achieve the goals. • Understand where Collective Impact is being used effectively and how results are measured • Use the “Six Hats” process to consider one recommendation for how we invest more or less in a strategy.

3. Berkshire United Way Agenda: 8:00 – 8:15 Welcome and objectives Kris Hazzard and Chris Mathews 8:15 – 9:45 Effective Collective Impact Brittany Ramos DeBarros 9:45 – 10:00 Break 10:00 – 10:15 A recommendation to explore Kris 10:15 – 11:15 Parallel thinking process to Deb Blatt explore the recommendation (includes breakout groups) 11:15 – 12:00 Next Steps and Close Deb facilitates

4. Getting Results Through Collective Impact By Brittany DeBarros

5. Living Cities

6. Living Cities Members

7. Living Cities works with selected cities and the larger field to test, adopt, and apply a new type of urban practice aimed at dramatically improving the economic well-being of low-income people in cities

9. Enduring Change Ways of working SHIFT Programs and Policies Existing Resources

10. What is Collective Impact? Cross-sector table(s) Shared result Commitment to change behavior to achieve shared result Feedback loops that signal progress toward shared result Collective impact is what we do, RBA is how we do it.

11. Collaboration Collective Impact Convene around Programs/Initiatives Work Together to Move Outcomes Use Data to Improve Use Data to Prove Addition to What You Do Is What You Do Advocate for Ideas Advocate for What Works

12. Key Principles of RBA Data-informed, transparent decision-making Start with the ends, and work backward toward the means Identify measures of accountability Work with partners effectively

13. Two Types of Measures Performance Accountability Population Accountability About the well-being of client populations Measure “what” you are doing About the well-being of whole populations Measure “how” you are doing Shared Result 6-10 Year Outcomes 3-6 Year Outcomes Performance Measures

14. Feedback Loop in Action Strategies Shared Result 6-10 Year Outcomes 3-6 Year Outcomes Performance Measures Your strategy should align your efforts with the shared result you seek to achieve

15. What Should The Cross-Sector Table Do? BUILD Hypotheses, Bets, Tests, Proofs of Concept, Hunches, Promising Practices MEASURE Progress using feedback loops LEARN What’s working, what’s not, and most importantly WHY *Lean Start Up Method

16. What Should The Cross-Sector Table Do? PIVOT SWARM Away from what doesn’t work Towards what does *Lean Start Up Method

17. Enablers Facilitate Behavior Change PIVOT Always asking and understanding WHY SWARM Away from what doesn’t work • Resources • Policies • Processes • Practices, etc. Towards what does ThoughtfullyReplaceWhat Doesn’t Work With What Does Over TimeAt All Levels Of Impact

18. Berkshire United Way The Mobile Food Bank of Western MA comes to Community Health Program in Gt. Barrington on the first Tuesday of every month from 12-1. Chapter One, South Berkshire Kids, and Family Services at CHP provided literacy support and donated children's books to 200 families. Many stories exchanged hands and we as a community are one small step closer to closing the achievement gap for young children!

19. Berkshire United Way Early Childhood PCI • Population Goal: • 90% of students will achieve reading proficiency as demonstrated by 3rd grade standardized tests. • Performance Goals: • Increase % of students Birth - 5 enrolled in programs – early intervention, home visiting, and EEC licensed early education and care programs • Increase % of early education programs that have reached Level 2 or above on the Quality Rating and Improvement Scale (QRIS) • Increase % of students that are measuring progress in Social Emotional Development and Language Development • Increase % of Grade 3 students who report college aspirations • Increase family engagement • We currently support programming and activities focused in these areas of service: • Quality Early Childhood Education • Out of School Time Activities • Early Intervention Services/Assessment, Referral, Treatment • Building Strong Competent Families

20. Berkshire United Way Positive Youth Development PCI • Population Goal: • Between 2014 and 2020, Berkshire County’s high school graduation rate will show a continuous upward trend • Performance Goals: • Pittsfield Prevention Partnership: • By 2017, reduce 30 day alcohol and marijuana use by 8th graders by 10% and lifetime prescription drug use by 10th graders by 10% • Face the Facts: By 2020, reduce teen birth rate by 50% • We currently support programming and activities focused in these areas of service: • Mentoring • Civic Engagement and Youth Leadership • College and Work Readiness Skills • Pro-Social and Risk Reduction • Assessment, Referral, Treatment • Building Strong Competent Families

21. Berkshire United Way Financial Stability PCI • Population Goal: • Reduce the percentage of Berkshire County families that are low-income (200% of poverty) from 24% (7,846) to under 20% (under 6,576) by 2020 • Performance Goals: • Increase Job Retention • Increase Income • Increase Financial Capability Skills

22. The leadership team recommends the use of collective impact as the primary strategy to achieve the community goals and that Berkshire United Way serves as the backbone organization for these efforts.  This may result in a reduction to program funding.  Berkshire United Way

23. Thank You! Berkshire United Way