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Policy and Legislative Advisory Network Core Team Begins Strategizing on 2022 Policy Priorities
The Policy and Legislative Advisory Network Core Team met Friday, August 20. During this session, they developed a rough list of potential policy priorities for 2022. These identified priorities will be taken to community members most impacted to further inform, and researched, polished, and presented in draft form during the next Core Team meeting. This […]
Housing X Education Core Team Kicks Off This Tuesday
A small team of partners is convening this Tuesday to begin a landscape analysis to determine if there is an opportunity for more collective work through RMP around housing and education in this region. This effort is one of the five collective work areas prioritized by the Partnership Accountability Network to date, and is led […]
Backbone Team Providing Facilitation Support to City of Aurora’s Youth Violence Prevention Community Mobilization Group
As part of its youth violence prevention efforts, the City of Aurora’s Youth Violence Prevention Community Mobilization Team, made up of local community members, community organizations, and representatives from the Youth Violence Prevention Program. The Backbone Team will be providing neutral facilitation support for the first meeting of this group on Thursday, August 26 to […]
Steering Committee Strategizes Action in Half-Day Strategic Retreat
The Steering Committee convened for a half-day strategic retreat last Friday, August 13. A special thank you to Riverdale Animal Shelter for hosting. During the retreat, the Steering Committee: Provided input on the Partnership’s Scorecard and Data Infrastructure Determined policy opportunities to scope Adopted new Steering Committee chair structure Endorsed plan for sustaining backbone infrastructure […]
Policy and Legislative Advisory Network Core Team Will Convene this Friday to Draft 2022 Policy Priorities
The Policy and Legislative Advisory Network Core Team is slated to meet this week. Details below: Date: Friday, August 17, 2021 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Location: Zoom During this session, the Policy and Legislative Advisory Network Core Team will: Determine rough outline of 2022 priorities Determine how to involve the community […]
Parent Interviews Underway to Inform City of Aurora’s Youth Violence Prevention Work
The Backbone Team is supporting the City of Aurora to gather voice and perspective around youth violence to inform its youth violence prevention work. In addition to conduction focus groups with key stakeholder groups, the Backbone Team is also conduction individual interviews with parents, as their schedules are less conducive to a scheduled time all […]
Update on American Rescue Plan Act & Collective Opportunities
During a recent session, members of Rocky Mountain Partnership’s Credential Attainment Collaborative Action Network (CAN) Navigation & Wraparound Supports Action Team identified an opportunity for the Backbone Team to compile information regarding where American Rescue Plan Act dollars are flowing in the community, and where those dollars are coming from. Partners shared that this would […]
Focus Groups Underway to Inform City of Aurora’s Youth Violence Prevention Work
The Backbone Team is supporting the City of Aurora with eight focus groups over the next couple months to gather voice and perspective around youth violence to inform its youth violence prevention work. Last week, the Backbone Team conducted two focus groups: one with youth, and one with the City’s parks and recreation employees. Additional […]
Credential Attainment Action Team Kicks Off
Credential Attainment Action Team Focused on Navigation and Wraparound Supports Identifies Clear Next Steps for Action An action team kicked off action last Wednesday to support coordination of existing navigation and wraparound services along a community members’ journey to attain a credential. Approximately 15 community partners and two community weavers were in attendance! The Action […]