NNIP Work Plan and Network Update Kathy Pettit NNIP/Urban Team & Executive Committee May 7, 2015

NNIP Assessment Completed by Aspen Institute in 2014 Full report available on NNIP website Two overarching themes – High praise for NNIP as a community of practice – NNIP could do more to raise its visibility and influence

NNIP Work Plan : Purposes Articulate strategic principles for decisionmaking on new and future work Plan for near-term activities and staffing Review priorities and how we are investing across our goals Share upcoming plans with supporters, colleagues and partnership Create framework for identifying gaps and cultivating new ideas and support

NNIP Activities 1.Build and strengthen local capacity – Current partners: Leah, Rob, Bob, Eleanor – New partners: Kathy, Sheila 2.Inform local and national policy – Tom, Max, Jeff 3.Build support for community information field – Kathy, Sheila, Mark 4.Cross-cutting activities

1. Build and strengthen local capacity: Current partners Build local partner capacity Increase network participation Increase partner and network accountability

1. Build and strengthen local capacity: Sample of ideas Meeting presessions for deeper training Foster peer learning – introduce affinity groups around geography or topic Increased engagement between meetings (check-in calls, conferences, idea showcase) Better integration for new and junior staff (welcome note, buddies, participation ideas) Make responsibilities to network clear – give more feedback

1. Build and strengthen local capacity: New partners Develop explicit principles for growth Develop standardized materials and protocols to use and share Prepare annual plan for outreach and assistance

2. Inform local and national policy Manage existing cross-site projects Develop new cross-site projects – Assess and prioritize topics – Write initial top concept designs Communication – Develop content about local policy impacts – Consider audience and channels

Gentrification/mixed income Suburbanization of poverty Affordable housing Rebound neighborhoods Income inequality 211 and 311 systems Social determinants of health Heathy housing Health and community development Re-segregation of schools Chronic absenteeism Crime and prisoner re-entry Social capital 2. Inform local and national policy Cross-site ideas

3. Build support for community information field Develop communications materials for targeted audiences Conduct outreach and build relationships Examples – Federal agencies – Federal Reserve network – Community foundations – Others? Help us expand and prioritize the list

4. Cross-cutting activities Develop content Improve network branding Improve communications Diversify funding for network operations and special projects

Questions General reactions to work plan process? How do we offer ways for partners to engage in planning at different levels of intensity? What are we missing? Any burning priorities? What are the larger questions we should be asking? What roles are there for partners in each set of activities?