Transcript Summit 2010 - Healthy Summit

Summit County Social Services Advisory Board
A Quality of Life Project
Summit 2010
James B. McCarthy, Summit County Executive
Karen Talbott, Chair, SSAB
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Social Conditions in Summit County:
The Dynamics of Racial Disparity
Population (2000)
Persons Below Poverty:
Children under age 5
Children under age 18
Seniors over age 65
TOTAL
Black
Num. Pct.
542,899
71,120
13%
452,810
83%
52,991
6,180
19,170
4,975
18,791
2,996
9,036
959
35%
48%
47%
19%
30,528
2,496
8,520
3,945
58%
40%
44%
79%
White
Num. Pct.
No First Trimester Prenatal
Care
12%
24%
9%
Teen Births per 1,000 Total
Births Ages 15 to 17, 19951998
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70
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Social Conditions in Summit County
(continued)
Unemployment Varies by Race
and Gender…
Total unemployment rate:
Persons Age 16 +
While Other Health and
Social Conditions Vary by
Location…
Percent Without Health Insurance
5%
Unemployment rate for…
Black Women
White Women
11%
5%
Black Men
White Men
12%
4%
Hudson
West Akron
1%
25%
Elder Abuse & Neglect per 1,000
Hudson
Central Akron
2
53
Child Abuse & Neglect per 1,000
Hudson
Central Akron
4
98
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Increase in Total Human Services
Spending 1999-2001
$347,623,296
$304,230,452
$293,440,634
1999
2000
2001
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Human Services Revenues From
All Sources, 2001
Area Agency on
Aging
Health Department
4%
2%
Children's Services
13%
Job and Family
Services
15%
MR/DD
16%
Juvenile Court
5%
Total Human
Services
Revenues:
$347,623,296
Metro RTA
AMHA
8%
17%
Philanthropic
4%
ADM Board
16%
Revenues From All Sources By Agency
Akron Metro Housing Authority
Alcohol, Drug, Mental Health Board
MR/DD
Job and Family Services
Children's Services
$62,935,099
$55,125,548
$54,758,891
$53,362,453
$43,692,630
Akron Metro RTA
Juvenile Court
Philanthropic Organizations
Area Agency on Aging
Health Department
$26,788,991
$17,308,812
$14,250,254
$13,113,880
$6,286,738
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Local Human Services Revenues,
2001
Other Local
Funds
25.1%
Voted Levies
53.7%
Other
County
Funds
3.1%
General Fund
8.8%
Philanthropic
9.3%
Local Revenues: $153,292,057
Voted Levies
Other Local Funds
Philanthropic
General Fund
Other County Funds
$82,256,571
$38,534,305
$14,250,254
$13,499,454
$4,751,473
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Summit 2010: Quality of Life Project
Expectations
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Streamline services
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Reduce duplication
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Enhance collaboration
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Manage financial resources efficiently
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The Mission of Summit 2010:
Quality of Life
Initiated by Summit County Executive,
James B. McCarthy, the overall intent
of this project is to strengthen
collaboration between the county’s
major public health and social service
delivery systems, and the effectiveness
of services they finance or deliver.
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Phase I - Project Initiation
The Social Services Advisory Board (SSAB) was
designated to oversee the project with up to 25
members from Health and Human Services
organizations and the three levy funded agencies.
SSAB’s responsibilities include:
1. Evaluate the health and human services needs of the community
2. Assess the design and structure of the social service system
3. Provide oversight of the three levy funded agencies in the county
4. Designate work groups to guide the project and develop the Health
and Social Services Plan.
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Project Components:
Environmental Scan
The environmental scan presents a detailed assessment of
health and social conditions in Summit County, including:
• A summary report of interviews of community leaders and
ordinary citizens.
• A comprehensive analysis of human services funding.
• A detailed presentation of health and social indicators by
geographical cluster.
• Detailed street-level maps and resource guides of
community assets.
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Project Components:
Workforce Development Plan
The Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity Plan
for Summit County includes:
• Detailed interviews with Summit County workforce
development stakeholders.
• A complete labor market analysis.
• A detailed assessment of the public and corporate
employment training system.
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Project Components:
Partnerships for Success Plan
Partnerships for Success (PFS) is a state model that focuses on
the issue of juvenile delinquency prevention with three
planning stages:
• A Needs Assessment which defines targets for change
within a community.
• A Resource Assessment which creates a profile of current
programs and services.
• An identification of Strategic Actions which analyzes gaps
in the system and develops a five-year strategic plan .
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Project Components:
Health and Social Services Plan
Building on the projects previous components, planning teams
developed action steps to address the project’s objectives in
the following areas:
• Income, Education, and Workforce Development
• Early Childhood
• Partnerships for Success
• Older Adults
• Family Health
• Systems Management and Oversight.
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Project Components:
Targeted Neighborhood Strategic Plans
This portion of the project developed neighborhood-level
plans for improving health and social conditions in East
Barberton, Buchtel, and Lakemore.
Each of the teams of neighborhood representatives:
• Identified issues and concerns specific to their
neighborhoods
• Identified community assets
• Determined gaps in health and social services
• Developed detailed action plans to address the concerns
identified
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Summary Overview of Project
Timeline
August 2002
PHASE I
Environmental Scan
Partnership for Success
Workforce Development
January 2004
Planning teams
begin SSAB Health &
Social Services Plan
Dec. 2003
Neighborhood
Planning Teams
began meeting
October 2004
Neighborhood
Teams Begin to
Meet againBarberton
Buchtel, and
Lakemore
July 2004
SSAB Approval:
Health and
Social Services
Plan
July 2005
PHASE II
Implementation
Phase for
SSAB Health
and Social
Services Plan
Phase II – Summit 2010: Quality of Life
Implementation Plan
In July 2005, implementation of the Health and Social Services
Plan began, assisted by The Center for Community Solutions.
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Ten Goals for 2010
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Data Tracking and Evaluation of 20 Indicators
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Affiliate and Working Committees
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Action Steps to Implement the Plan
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Neighborhood Planning Teams
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Implementation Plan Components:
Ten for 2010 Goals:
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These are primarily large-scale, system-wide
improvements that could positively influence how
all agencies and organizations functioned within
Summit County.
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Most of these goals are being addressed by affiliate
committees and work groups under the direction of
the SSAB Board.
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Implementation Plan Components:
Ten for 2010 Goals:
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County-wide communications plan
Establish and maintain a Primary Medical Services
Collaborative
Establish and maintain a comprehensive
prevention and early intervention program
Create a system to increase coordination and
communication between courts and public social
services systems
Establish Income, Education and Work Force
Development as committee to address these
issues.
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Implementation Plan Components:
Ten for 2010 Goals:
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Establish and maintain a Partnership for Success
coordinating body to address youth issues
Create an “Older Adult Independent Living Task
Force”
Establish and maintain a Health and Human
Services Finance Initiative
Develop a case management data system
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Create a data system to track progress
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Implementation Plan Components:
20 Indicators Tracked Over Time
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These indicators were selected as measures
that, if improved between now and 2010,
would also improve the quality of life for
Summit County residents.
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Communities with the greatest need were
identified and numeric targets established
for the action steps outlined in the Health
and Social Services Plan.
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Implementation Plan Components:
Tracking 20 Indicators
Income, Education & Workforce Development
• Increase the number of people living above poverty
• Increase the number of African-Americans living above
poverty
• Reduce unemployment
• Increase the number of people with a high school diploma
• Increase housing affordability
• Reduce the number of households receiving Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families
• Reduce domestic violence
• Reduce overall violent crime
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Implementation Plan Components:
Tracking 20 Indicators
Early Childhood
• Increase the number of African-Americans under age 5
above poverty
• Increase the number of children receiving immunizations by
their second birthdays
• Reduce child abuse and neglect
Partnerships for Success/Juvenile Comprehensive Planning for
Youth
• Increase the number of African-Americans under age 18
above poverty
• Increase secondary school attendance
• Reduce the teen birth rate, focusing on African-American
youth
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Implementation Plan Components:
Tracking 20 Indicators
Older Adults
• Increase the number of African-American older adults living
above poverty
• Increase self-sufficiency of seniors living alone
• Reduce elder abuse and neglect
Family Health
• Increase the number of people with health insurance
• Increase the number of pregnant women receiving first
trimester prenatal care
• Reduce Years of Potential Life Lost from all causes
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Implementation Plan Components
Getting the Work Done!!
Affiliate Committees
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Court and Social Services
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Partnerships for Success
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Income, Education and Workforce
Development
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Criminal Justice Advisory Board, Public Safety
Subcommittee
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Implementation Plan Components
Getting the Work Done!!
SSAB Work Groups
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Systems, Management and Oversight
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Finance Forum
Data Tracking
Data Sharing
Family Health
Older Adults
Early Childhood
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Implementation Plan Components:
Developing Action Steps
Each of these groups is responsible for:
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Prioritizing the Initiatives.
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Creating detailed Work Plans with Action Steps.
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Developing a plan for evaluating progress on the 20
indicators.
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Three Neighborhood Planning Teams
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Each neighborhood team chose a targeted area for
intervention was defined by residents of the community.
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Each area developed goals and action steps that would
improve their communities.
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All three neighborhoods created a resource directory for
their residents and held a service fair. In Lakemore and
Barberton, a community survey was completed.
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The groups continue to set priorities and implementation
strategies.
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Summit County Social Services Advisory Board
A Quality of Life Project
Summit 2010
James B. McCarthy, Summit County Executive
Karen Talbott, Chair, SSAB
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