Today’s Presenters

Liane Wong, The David and Lucile Packard

Foundation

Joan Alker, Georgetown University Center for

Children and Families

Jann Jackson,

The Annie E. Casey

Foundation

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Communicating During the Webinar

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I. Introducing the Children’s Health Leadership Network

II. The changing landscape for children’s health advocacy

III. A program based on leadership competencies

IV. Details and qualifications for Class 1

V. Important dates and how to apply

VI. Your questions via the Q&A window

Webinar Overview

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• A new leadership development program to strengthen the field of state-based advocates for children’s health policy

• Funding from three foundations over the course of several classes will build a powerful collective of nearly 100 advocates

• Network of strong, adaptive and diverse leaders uniquely positioned to inform policy and implementation that puts health and well-being of children and families first

The Children’s Health Leadership Network

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• Past decade marked by significant advances in reducing the number of uninsured children nationally – now stand close to 5% uninsured

• Ongoing battles to protect and expand coverage gains for families and improve access to quality care as health systems realign and transform

• State variation in child health and well-being, greater health disparities in lagging states likely along with opportunity in states implementing and innovating

Changing Landscape for Children’s Health

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Changing Landscape for Children’s Health

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The Children’s Health Leadership Network will integrate three sets of leadership competencies:

• Child Health Policy: Georgetown Center on Children and Families

• Core Competencies of Effective Child Advocates: Casey KIDS COUNT team

• Results-Based Leadership: Casey’s Talent and Leadership team

Integrating Sets of Leadership Competencies

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Building a Knowledge Base

• Provide research-basedinformation on children and families health coverage options and current issues in the field

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Core Competency Areas

Sources of Coverage

Financing

Benefits

Affordability

Data Analysis

Policy Analysis and Strategy9

• Identifying policy opportunities• Setting policy objectives• Seizing emerging opportunities• Prioritizing goals in evolving policy

landscape

Policy Analysis and Strategy

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Core Competencies of EffectiveChild Advocacy Organizations

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Results-Based Leadership Competencies

Five core competencies that equip leaders to make organizational and system changes intended to produce results:

• Be results-based and data-driven

• Address disparities in outcomes to achieve equitable opportunities

• Use the self as an agent of change

• Master adaptive leadership skills

• Collaborate with others

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RBL: Key Foundational Skills

Among the core skills of Results-Based Leadership (RBL):

• Results-Based Accountability (RBA) – Differentiates between population and program level results and

develops impactful strategies to make a measureable contribution to the achievement of results

• Results Based Facilitation (RBF) – Used to design, lead and contribute in meetings and conversations

that effectively move groups from talk to action and hold participants accountable for advancing the work

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• 16-month program (January 2016 – April 2017)

• 15 participants

• Four-day Child Health Policy Institute– Introduction to results-based leadership principles and core competencies

– Deep dive into child health policy

– Overview of effective advocacy strategies needed to improve outcomes in meaningful and measurable ways

• Subsequent seminars – of 2 ½ days will cover the use of data for quality improvement, leveraging networks, measuring the success

of strategies and more

• Individual work assignments– between formal sessions will provide the opportunity to apply new skills with the help of online tools and

resources.

• Executable child health policy agendas– Throughout the program, each participant will execute on a child health policy agenda with defined targets

developed in alignment with current roles and responsibilities to achieve by the end of the program

The Program

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• At least three to five years’ experience in children’s health or advocacy;

• Commitment to reduce health inequities, improve child health outcomes and advance social change;

• Commitment to personal growth and learning, peer learning and being part of a community of learning and network;

• Commitment to attend all seminars, be present and engaged;

• Aptitude to integrate policy and politics in a sophisticated way; and

• Position of organizational influence and support of executive director or board chair.

Qualifications

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• Application materials and other information are available on the Casey Foundation’s website at www.aecf.org/leaders.

• Submit application materials by 5 p.m. ET September 21, 2015

• First network class announced November 2015

Important Dates

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• Seminar 1 (Policy Institute): January 26-29, 2016

Location: Washington, D.C.

• Seminar 2: March 22-24, 2016

• Seminar 3: May 18-20, 2016

• Seminar 4: July 13-15, 2016

• Seminar 5: Sept 27-29, 2016

• Seminar 6: November 9-11, 2016

• Seminar 7: January 11-13, 2017

• Seminar 8: March 1-3, 2017

• Seminar 9: April 26-28, 2017

Important Dates

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Your Questions

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Learn More

Thank you!

A recording of the webinar will be provided to registrants and posted at www.aecf.org

Application materials can be found here.

Need help? Email kshatzkin@aecf.org.

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