Measuring Impact: Turning the Curve on Important Community Issues June 1 st, 2010 Anita Stellinga United Way of Peel Region Sandra Solonik Region of Peel, Human Services Investing for Resilience Community Investment Strategy The Sustenance Cluster The Adaptation Cluster The Opportunity Cluster The Engagement Cluster Resilience } The ability to thrive in the face of tough times and constant change. All individuals and families are resilient and thrive within a vibrant Peel community Resilient People Strong Families Vibrant Neighbourhoods and Communities What did you tell us? Leadership everyone has a role to play Address priorities differently Collaboration - display, support, enable collaboration & system coordination Focus on building capacity & increasing access to resources Achieve higher quality & impact Addressing gaps Community wide planning Community Impact Roles Community Investment Strategy: What have we done so far? Outcome development & measurement Shared the RBA framework with the Peel community Committed to working with the RBA model Created opportunity for cross sectoral collaborative discussions Trained RBA to community members (Train the Trainer) Started population indicator development Linked to current community work - Mississauga Summit, Peel Poverty Reduction Strategy & Peel Children & Youth Initiative Program Outcomes & Community Planning How does it connect? Our next steps Continue to Work on indicator development - community consultation Build community capacity outcome measurement & population impact Engage the community, link to opportunities Collaborate Track results Today is about.. Connecting Engaging Understanding Inspiring Identifying our POTENTIAL & VISION as a community