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INTRODUCTIONS

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Purpose of the Engagement Sessions

Increase understanding of Collective Impact  Update you on what the Collective Impact for Toronto Youth Initiative (CITY) has been up to  Understand your organizational motivations, priorities, and ideas for narrowing our common agenda  Prepare your organization to participate in the Collective Impact April Event, including making informed decisions about narrowing our common agenda and approving a governance model  Gather any feedback related to planning for a successful April Event 3

Agenda

(approx. 2hrs)  Introductions  Collective Impact: an overview  Collective Impact for Toronto Youth (CITY): What we ’ve been up to  The Toronto Context: narrowing the common agenda  Proposed Governance Model  April Event:

Making it Count!

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Activity: Participant Introductions

Please share your name and position within the organization

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Choose one or two additional questions to answer as part of your introduction:

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How are you feeling today?

What motivates you to do the work that you do?

What is something that you have learned from a young person?

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What do you value about working collaboratively? What is something you are hoping to get out of this session?

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What is something that you are looking forward to?

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COLLECTIVE IMPACT: AN OVERVIEW

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Activity: Reflection

 Take a moment to write down one or two key benefits to

Collaboration

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 Share 7

Video Introductions

 FSG Video: What is Collective Impact

FSG is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation, and research.

 CITY Video: Collective Impact for Toronto Youth 8

What is Collective Impact?

Collective Impact is the commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem .

5 Conditions of Collective Impact

 Common agenda:

all participants have a shared vision for change

 Shared measurement systems:

agreement on the ways success will be measured and reported

 Mutually reinforcing activities:

activities that support and are coordinated with the actions of others

 Continuous communication:

regular meetings and communication to develop trust, collaborative processes, and to share success

 Backbone support team:

separate organization(s) with paid staff time to plan, manage and support the Collective Impact initiative

* Adapted from: Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011) “Collective Impact,”

Standford Social Review:

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What the Research Tells Us?

 Large-scale social change comes from cross-sector coordination rather than isolated interventions of individual organizations  Greater progress could be made in alleviating many of our most serious and complex social problems if nonprofits, governments, businesses, and the public were united by a common agenda  Funders see the potential of Collective Impact projects and are often more likely to support Collective Impact than choose to fund a single organization ’s initiative  Collective Impact has demonstrated results * Adapted from: Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011) “Collective Impact,”

Standford Social Review:

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Examples: Collective Impact in Action

StriveTogether:

A collective impact project in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to improve student outcomes.

During its first five years in Greater Cincinnati, Strive noted positive improvements in 40 of the 53 educational outcomes it measured.

http://www.strivetogether.org

E 3 Alliance:

E3 Alliance involves and energizes diverse stakeholders to build community will, maintain and build momentum, and drive toward shared commitment for higher student outcomes and a strong economic future in Central Texas.

http://e3alliance.org

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Activity: Reflection

 Does Collective Impact differ from your understanding of collaboration? If so how?

 Take a moment to write down one or two added benefits of Collective Impact.

 Share  Questions about Collective Impact?

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COLLECTIVE IMPACT for TORONTO YOUTH (CITY)

What we’ve been up to

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History

June 22, 2012

- Evergreen Brickworks: Approximately 60 people gathered to explore the concept of developing a Collective Impact initiative related to improving outcomes for youth in the city of Toronto. The Collective Impact for Toronto Youth Core Team (Core Team) was formed.

Fall – Winter 2012

- The Core Team mapped their assets and proposed collective principles and a broad common agenda

Spring – Summer 2013

- The Core Team researched mapping projects, on-line tools and complimentary initiatives

Fall – Winter 2013

- The Core Team attended collective impact training and applied new knowledge to setting a framework and work plan for next steps.

December 2013

- The Core Team circulated a Request for Proposals to hire interim back bone staff

January 2014

- The Core Team hired interim backbone staff to re-engage stakeholders and drive the process for developing a shared agenda

Winter 2014

- The Interim Backbone staff engage stakeholders to update them on progress to date and gain their input on focusing the common agenda and choosing a governance model

April 28 th , 2014

- Key stakeholders are invited to attend a Shared Agenda Setting Event and vote on a governance model and processes for moving forward 14

Activity: Video Review

 CITY Video: Reflecting on Our Progress 15

Broad Common Agenda: Theory of Change

Vision / Mission / Goals Vision:

All youth in Toronto experience maximum health, and are skilled and safe so that they can be equal participants in our city.

Goals:

All youth between the ages of 13-24 the furthest away from opportunities will:

Mission

We will accomplish this through increased access to opportunities, improved cross- sectoral coordination and the development of shared

measurement systems.

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Health

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Community Outcome

Be physically and mentally healthy and emotionally well

B ROAD

Education/E mployment Community Outcome

Experience safe and caring learning environments that support social and academic /skills development

C OMMON

Civic Engagement

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Safety Community Outcome

Have their voice heard and positively impact their community

Community Outcome

Have safe places in the community where they are welcomed and supported • • • • •

Initiative Outcomes

Enhanced access to culturally appropriate mental health treatment Be supported by positive adult relationship Be more physically active Practice healthy habits Experience less anxiety, depression • • • •

Initiative Outcomes

Improved educational experiences that respond to youth needs Increased high school graduation rates More youth find meaningful employment Access diverse training and apprenticeship opp.

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Initiative Outcomes

More youth play a leadership role in informing decisions that affect them More youth are active in addressing social issues in their communities • • •

Initiative Outcomes

Improved safe transportation options Increased safe outdoor spaces for arts, sports and recreation More youth feel safe in their communities

Justice System Community Outcome

Be respected by the youth justice system • • • • • • •

Initiative Outcomes

Improved relationships between community and police (police accountability) Better reintegration into community Increased diversion Individualized sentencing Knowing rights Not committing crimes Youth have greater access to programs

Criteria for Narrowing the Broad Common Agenda

 Urgency:

Is there compelling need for collective impact in this area?

 Resources:

Are there existing and potential resources dedicated to this need/area?

 Momentum:

Are there existing projects, initiatives, or change already happening (or planned) for this area?

 Furthest Away/Marginalization:

Would a collective impact project in this area benefit youth the furthest away from supports and resources?

 Scalability:

Would it be possible to do a large-scale / cross-sectoral project in this area?

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W

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Components for Success Phase I

Generate Ideas and Dialogue

Phase II

Initiate Action

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Phase III

Organize for Impact

Governance and Infrastructure

Convene community stakeholders Identify champions and form cross-

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sector group Create infrastructure (backbone and processes)

Phase IV

Sustain Action and Impact Facilitate and refine

Strategic Planning

Hold dialogue about issue, community context, and available resources Map the landscape and use data to make case

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Create common agenda (common goals and strategy) Support implementation (alignment to goal and strategies)

Community Involvement

Facilitate community outreach specific to goal Facilitate community outreach

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Engage community and build public will Continue engagement and conduct advocacy

Evaluation And Improvement

Determine if there is consensus/urgency to move forward Analyze baseline data to ID key issues and gaps

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Establish shared metrics (indicators, measurement, and approach) Collect, track, and report progress (process to learn and improve)

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Questions about CITY ’s work to date? Next Steps…Using the criteria to narrow the broad common agenda

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THE TORONTO CONTEXT

What does the data tell us?

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Activity: Snapshot of Toronto Youth

 1: Rank each outcome area according to the 5 criteria.

Use you own knowledge of each area – the Snapshot Cards are there for additional info, but we do not expect you to read them in detail. It ’s OK if you don’t finish or if your answers change down the road – this activity is intended to create dialogue and a deeper understanding of these outcome areas.

 2: Identify your organization ’s top 2 priority areas and potential metrics you would be interested in addressing  Is your decision based on any external metrics/data that we should be aware of?

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Next Steps for Narrowing the Broad Common Agenda

 At the event we will present back what we found and highlight themes and alignment so that the group may choose a focused common agenda. 23

PROPOSED GOVERNANCE MODEL

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Proposed Governance Model

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Activity: Governance Model

 As an organization, please take time to review the Proposed Governance Model and accompanying handouts prior to April  We ’ll be looking for input on the model in April so that we can move forward with a Collective Impact infrastructure that outlines membership, responsibilities, decision making..

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MAKING IT COUNT!

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR TORONTO YOUTH

April 28

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at The 519 Church Street Community Centre

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Making it Count Event:

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Purpose

Review data gathered from the stakeholder engagement sessions  Choose the priority metric or focus that the CITY Clusters will attempt to impact (narrow the "common agenda ”)  Provide input on a proposed governance model for CITY moving forward (including decision-making and membership structures)  Determine organizations ’ commitment to being involved with the CITY initiative moving forward 28

Making it Count! Registration

 The Making It Count! event will be held on April 28 th at 519 Church St. It will be a full-day event.

 All attendees can register online at: http://www.studentscommission.ca/city/register2014.ph

p  We hope you will have a senior decision-maker, a frontline worker and a youth representative attend the event. All attendees must individually register.

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Making it Count! Expectations

 In order to be well informed for meaningful participation and decision making, we hope that all attendees of the April 28 Session.

th Making it Count! event will attend a Stakeholder Engagement  Between now and the April 28 th , we hope that organizations will review the information we have shared and develop an organizational position on the following topics: 

What outcome area are you most interested in working on through a Collective Impact approach?

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What focus/specific metric are you interested in moving the needle on? (Narrowing the broad common agenda)

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Are you committed to moving forward with this initiative and the proposed governance model?

(we ’re on board! / we’ve still got questions… /we can’t be involved at this time )

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Activity: Making it Count! What do you want to see?

 Discussion  If you attended the Collective Impact Event in 2012 at Brickworks Evergreen, what did you like/dislike?

 Do you have any recommendations for the Making it Count! April Event?  What do you hope to see/experience/get out of the event?

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THANK YOU!

We know your time is valuable – thanks for spending this time with us!

Hope to see you April 28

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at The 519!

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