Investing for Community Change Innovative Funding Practices and Evaluation Investing for Community Change Good Morning I am Diane Altwasser a community planner at Untied Way I have been with United Way just over 5 years. I am happy to be here this morning to tell you about how the money that is raised in the community gets invested back into the community invested in building the well being of children, individuals, families and communities. Our focus is assisting those that are the most vulnerable in the community to have the opportunity to lead healthy sustainable quality lives. We want to be able to demonstrate both individual and community impact as a result of our investment in the community. Diane Altwasser, Angelica Miller Community Impact Planners November 4, 2013

Groups of Organizations Policy/Systems Change Community Impact Traditional Community Impact United Way Fund Agencies and Programs Impact on Individuals Lives Fund Agencies and Programs + Neighborhoods Collaborations Research & Evaluation Groups of Organizations Citizen Engagement Policy/Systems Change Shifting Public Attitudes Impact on Social Conditions Impact on Populations Impact on Resources Impact on Policy Impact on Attitudes United Way

Lack of school participation From Simple to Complex Simple social issues Hunger Bulling Lack of school participation Lack of money

Complicated solutions with high certainty From Simple to Complex Complicated solutions with high certainty Social Issues Poverty School failure Health

From Simple to Complex Complex

Use expertise, experiment and Create stability, look for opportunities to innovate. Learn-by-doing, see what emerges, adapt. Develop common ground, compromise or compete. Follow the ‘best practice’ recipe. Use expertise, experiment and build knowledge.

Innovative Funding Practices From social change to social innovation Simple community issues Complicated community issues Complex community issues

Simple tools for complex issues Theory of Change Strategy Maps Process of collaboration for social innovation Evaluation

Simple Tools for Complex Issues A theory of change: There is nothing as practical as good theory. Carol Weiss

Children and Youth Reach Their Full Potential Strategy Maps Kids Children and Youth Reach Their Full Potential 30 % of Funding Poverty Build Resiliency and Enable Possibility for Families and Individuals Living in Poverty 14 % of Funding Communities Build Resilient Communities, Families and Individuals That are At-Risk of or are Experiencing Poverty 54 % of Funding

Simple Tools for Complex Issues

Use expertise, experiment and Simple Tools for Complex Issues Create stability, look for opportunities to innovate. Evaluation Learn-by-doing, see what emerges, adapt. Develop common ground, compromise or compete. Follow the ‘best practice’ recipe. Use expertise, experiment and build knowledge.

So when is an UWC Investment Successful? Evidence-based and achieving outcomes Collaboration Investments Addressing a critical community need Community owned Results Purposely addressing, simple complicated and/or complex situations Policy shifts Systems behave differently All Stakeholders see their role within the Sector

High Impact Initiatives

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