Title
Receive an oral report on the Strategy Maps Framework being developed by the Impact Monterey County Network.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Receive an oral report on the Strategy Maps Framework being developed by the Impact Monterey County Network.
SUMMARY:
Monterey County Health Department has been working with various collaboratives and initiatives in the county to merge it's Community Health Improvement Plan with the priority areas of Impact Monterey County Network and create a unifying framework for county organizations to use in order to have more synergy in efforts to reduce health inequities in the county.
DISCUSSION:
In 2016, the Impact Monterey County (IMC) Network was formed, bringing together leaders of various collective impact initiatives and collaboratives working to address community priorities identified in the Impact Monterey County 2014/15 Assessment. The Network is envisioned as a place for convening leaders and practitioners, connecting cross-sector and cross initiative partners around opportunities for alignment and coordination, measuring our impacts, sharing resources and trainings, building awareness and support for policies and practices that support the objectives of the four priority areas.
The Network developed member capacity in 2016 and 2017 with several trainings in collective impact, selected and elevated a core group of indicators to track progress toward outcomes across the four domains, and developed the Strategy Map framework. The framework is a tool that supports cross-sector and cross-initiative collaboration through coordination of strategies and alignment of mutually reinforcing activities. The Strategy Maps were developed by first reviewing key strategic plans for various county initiatives, county and state plans, and then further developed and refined through multiple in-person and web-based meetings with over 55 participants from more than 20 county organizations and...
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