MOVING FORWARD: STATEWIDE PROGRESS OF MOFAS GRANTEES

Overview Building Capacity Leveraging Resources Regional Community Networks (RCNs) & Collaboration Year 2 Quarterly Report Forms

Statewide Grantee Progress A main purpose of the MOFAS Community Grants program is to help RCNs leverage their resources and build their capacity to collaborate so that they can implement culturally competent, FASD prevention, intervention, and support activities and services in a more coordinated and comprehensive fashion. The end goal is a sustainable network of FASD services in each funded region that will continue beyond the window of MOFAS Community Grant funding

Building Capacity Building knowledge and skills, particularly of first- points-of-contact Training for professionals and lay people involved with persons with FASD and their families

Activity Highlights Activities reached a total of 7,208 people

Highlights Cont’d

Building Capacity Strengthening the ability of professionals and lay persons to work together Building relationships and communication channels Achieving greater consensus on (and more consistent implementation of) best practices for prevention, assessment and support

Grantee Interview Highlights: Collaboration Each grantee RCN functions differently RCN member collaboration is limited Caveat: Form / Nature was not specified for grantees

Grantee Interview Highlights: Sustainability Plans are not clearly delineated for most in this early stage Education of professionals and laypersons is primary focus – important first step Theory of change is unspecified -- no matter what approach, think about how the activity is a step toward making sustainable change

Leveraging Resources Achieving greater economy of scale in planning and implementing prevention, intervention and support activities Sharing information, knowledge, tools, and resources for common goals Helping existing programs or networks leverage their resources to conduct needed activities

Activity Highlights Total # of activity hours: 168.5

Activity Highlights

Grantee Interview Highlights: Leveraging Resources A key strategy of this initiative is “to bring the right people to the table.” Grants are expected to assess the capacity of existing agencies to address FASD, and to recruit membership based both on the strengths and the needs within their region. Grants should seek to build or expand their RCN to include professionals or laypersons that: represent a variety of sectors, have a history of working within the field of FASD, have available resources and influence within the region, and have a history of collaboration.

Statewide Look at RCN Composition

Regional Community Networks (RCNs) & Collaboration Involve groups of partnering agencies and organizations that include representation from various sectors Build regional capacity based on existing infrastructure as this represents the best way to sustain efforts over time

Grantee Interview Highlights: RCN’s RCN memberships are formative and still emerging Membership from a variety of sectors / influential persons Most RCNs are addressing a full range of FASD work— prevention, intervention, identification, diagnosis and support Grantees’ visions for their RCNs appear to be on the right track and their progress after six months of funding is good

RCN Highlights Cont’d Collaboration: 1) the form / nature is not specified for grantees; 2) RCN member collaboration is limited Some grantees are using a “silo” approach to member involvement and others are actively linking members together Sustainability: 1) plans not clearly delineated; 2) education is primary focus; 3) theory of change is unspecified -- How is the activity a step toward making sustainable change?

Statewide Progress Grantees’ visions for their RCNs appear to be on the right track and their progress after six months of funding is good

Revised 2007 Quarterly Report Forms Activity Log Network Member Form Narrative Work Plan Progress Table