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Bridges Out of PovertyEconomic Prosperity for All – No Exceptions
WORKFORCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SUMMIT 2015
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People and organizations use Bridges to develop programs and strategies that:– Improve relationships at the individual level.– Improve outcomes at the organizational level.– Change systems at the community level.
Bridges helps:– Prevent poverty.– Alleviate suffering.– Support people in transition.– Eliminate poverty.
THE BRIDGES MODEL IS NOT A PROGRAM
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“the extent to which an individual, organization, or community does
without resources.”
BRIDGES DEFINITION OF POVERTY
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BRIDGES DEFINITIONS
Generational Poverty
vs
Situational Poverty
Resourced
vs
Under-Resourced
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Mental Model for Poverty
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Mental Model of Middle ClassMiddle Class Is an Achievement-Based World
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Mental Model of Wealthy Class
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Survival, relationships, entertainment
Work, achievement
Financial, political, social connections
POVERTY
MIDDLE CLASS
WEALTH
DRIVING FORCES
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Key question: Was it presented well? Presentation important
Key question: Did you have enough? Quantity important
Key question: Did you like it? Quality important
POVERTY
MIDDLE CLASS
WEALTH
FOOD
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Present most important - Decisions made for the moment based on feelings or survival
Traditions and history most important -
Decisions made partially on basis of tradition/ decorum
Future most important - Decisions made against future ramifications
POVERTY
MIDDLE CLASS
WEALTH
TIME ORIENTATION
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Power linked to personal respect - Ability to fight - Can’t stop bad things from happening
Power/respect separated - Responds to position -Power in information and institutions
Power in expertise, connections - Power in stability - Influences policy and direction
POVERTY
MIDDLE CLASS
WEALTH
POWER
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If you choose… XYZ, then you have chosen… ABC.
Is that what you want?
TOOL
Future orientation, choice, and power…
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“the extent to which an individual, organization, or community does
without resources.”
The resources are the following …
BRIDGES DEFINITION OF POVERTY
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FINANCIAL - Being able to purchase the goods and services of that class and sustain it.
EMOTIONAL – Being able to choose and control emotional responses, particularly to negative situations, without engaging in self-destructive behavior. Shows itself through choices.
MENTAL - Having the mental abilities and acquired skills (reading, writing, computing) to deal with daily life.
SPIRITUAL - Believing in (divine) purpose and guidance.
RESOURCES
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PHYSICAL - Having physical health and mobility.
SUPPORT SYSTEMS - Having friends, family, and backup resources available to access in times of need. These are external resources.
RELATIONSHIPS/ROLE MODELS - Having frequent access to adult(s) who are appropriate, nurturing, and who do not engage in destructive behavior.
KNOWLEDGE OF HIDDEN RULES - Knowing the unspoken cues and habits of a group.
RESOURCES - CONTINUED
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BUSINESS & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICECascade Engineering
Grand Rapids, MI
Working Bridges Burlington, VT
Future Story Project South Bend, IN
The SourceGrand Rapids, MI
WorkLife PartnershipDenver, CO
Cincinnati Works Cincinnati, OH
Clarian Health SystemsIndianapolis, IN
Vectren CorporationEvansville, IN
Goodwill’s Good Signs for Getting Ahead
Indianapolis, IN
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Cascade Engineering, Grand Rapids, MI:• Reduced Turnover costs from $1.7m to $167,000• Mandatory Orientation for all employees• Organized Business Coalition to assist employees with
barriers
Business assisting with Financial issues:• Micro loans set up through Credit Union
Cincinnati Works:• Employment Agency – providing Bridges training for
employees and GA training for candidates
BRIDGES AND BUSINESS
HEALTHCARE – ST. LUCIE COUNTY
SLC Hospital
Employees in Jobs identified with high Under-
Resourced Persons
Turnover Rate
(16.8%)
Cost @ $3,000 each
Hospital A 287 48 $144,000
Hospital B 187 31 $ 93,000
Hospital C 170 29 $ 87,000
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Danville Area Community College, Danville, IL
Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson, KS
Ivy Tech Community Colleges, IN
Kent State University, Salem, OH
Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
NW Louisiana Technical College, Minden, LA
Ohio Campus Compact, OH
Peru State College, Peru, NE
Riverside Community College District, Riverside, CA
Southwestern Oregon Community College Coos Bay, OR
Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ
Trinidad State Junior College, Trinidad, CO
Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Zane State College, Zanesville, OH
COURTS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE• Ohio’s 4 year, 4 phase
Initiative– Columbiana County
Municipal Court– Marion Municipal Court– Montgomery County
Juvenile Court– Clermont County Municipal
Court
• Allen County Superior Court, Indiana, Judge Charles Pratt
• Orange County, Vermont, Assistant Judge Prudence Pease
• Oklahoma Reentry Programs
• Dixon Correctional Facility, Baton Rouge, LA
• NE Colorado Jails and Prisons
• Utah Department of Corrections
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THE BRIDGES MODEL IS NOT A PROGRAM
Getting Ahead provides people in poverty with the same information found in
Bridges Out of Poverty, which was developed for
professionals and others in the community working to
end poverty.
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Bartlesville, OK Inkster, MI Presov, Slovakia
Baton Rouge, LA Lewiston, ID Riverside, CA
Billings, MT Lisbon, OH Salem, OH
Boulder, CO Marshall, MO Salina, KS
Bucks County, PA Menominee Nation, WI Schenectady, NY
Burlington, VT Minneapolis, MN South Bend, IN
Columbus, OH Newark, OH Springfield, OH
Evansville, IN Newton, KS Sterling, CO
Farmington, NM Newton, NJ Syracuse, NY
Gettysburg, PA Owen Sound, Ontario Toledo, OH
Indianapolis, IN Pensacola, FL Youngstown, OH23
GETTING AHEAD COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
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“I usually couldn’t concentrate when our groups began because I was too caught up in all of my problems. I also wondered how is it possible to learn anything when no one is telling us what to do? Yet every Tuesday someone comments, ‘Isn’t it amazing how much we learned?!’”
–Bernard, Billings, MT
INVESTIGATOR COMMENTS
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• Involves facilitated study conducted in a safe learning environment.
• Enables “investigators” to examine their own experience of poverty as well as explore issues in the community that impact poverty − banking, housing, jobs, transportation.
• Guides investigators through an assessment of their own resources and how to build those resources as part of their move to self-sufficiency.
• Puts the concepts, tools, and relationships in the hand of people in poverty.
GA CURRICULUM
Integrity and trust: Your word is good, you do what you say you will do, and you are safe.
Motivation and persistence: You have the energy and drive to prepare for,
plan, and complete projects, jobs, and personal changes.
Formal register: You have the emotional control, vocabulary,
language ability, and negotiation skills to succeed in school and/or work settings.
RESOURCES FROM GETTING AHEAD
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• Parent Academy, St. Lucie County, 8 classes • GraceWay Village, St. Lucie County, 3
classes • First United Methodist Church, St. Lucie
County, 1 class to date• Economic Opportunities Council, Indian
River County, 2 classes• CareerSource Research Coast, 2 classes,
Region 20• Fellsmere Community Action, Indian River
County, pending
GETTING AHEAD IN REGION 20
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“Through the Getting Ahead Program, I learned how to set smart goals and realized
that poverty isn’t all about money.”
Getting Ahead Classes
“When I started the Getting Ahead Program, I was blind to the decisions I was making that kept my life at a standstill. The Program helped open
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my eyes to see the resources that are available to get my life moving forward.”
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“I learned there are three different economic classes, poverty, middle and wealthy. Right now I am at the poverty class but by learning about the Hidden Rules, I know ifI follow them, I will be able to come out of poverty.”
“What l learned in the Getting Ahead Program is that poverty is not just based on money, it’s the way you use your resources to get by in life.”
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“The incentives we earned while in the program, really helped us and took a lot of stress off our backs. Government Assistance is low and not enough to survive on. With the incentives, we were able to focus
with a clear head on what needed to be done and excel in the program.”
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• Available as Live Webinar, $299 for 6 hours over 2 days.
• Prerequisite: Take the 1-Day Bridges Out of Poverty Training
• Facilitator training includes the following topics: philosophy, theory, motivation and incentives, long-term support, mental models, content and process, and practice sessions. Includes training and facilitator materials.
• www.ahaprocess.com
GETTING AHEAD FACILITATOR TRAINING
To see if Bridges Out of Poverty and/or Getting Ahead in a Just Getting’ By World is offered near your community, go to:
http://www.ahaprocess.com/aha-locations/
BRIDGES AND GA LOCATIONS
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Bridges Out of PovertyEconomic Prosperity for All – No Exceptions
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