Empower Target Champions
- Target Champions are key groups or organizations that set and commit to outcome-level goals aligned with at least one Cradle to Career milestone.
- They determine how many more children and young people will meet Cradle to Career outcomes as a direct result of their efforts.
- These champions can include nonprofit organizations, coalitions, local governments, neighborhood groups, school districts, higher education, businesses, and others that directly impact Cradle to Career outcomes.
- We are positioned to support up to 3,100 youth through 7 of the 11 confirmed Target Champions. We anticipate their impact alone to be up to 60,000 by 2030. This will increase as more targets are confirmed!
Strategy #1: Recruiting and Supporting Target Champions
Regional Target Champions are key groups or organizations that set and commit to population-level goals aligned with at least one Cradle to Career milestone.
They determine how many more children and young people will meet Cradle to Career outcomes as a direct result of their efforts. They set targets that contribute directly to RMP’s shared regional goal of enabling 71,000 additional young people up to age 35 to meet Cradle to Career milestones by 2030, with an interim target of 3,398 by 2024.
These champions can include nonprofit organizations, coalitions, local governments, neighborhood groups, businesses, and others that directly impact Cradle to Career outcomes. We are positioned to support up to 2,200 youth through 4 of the 5 confirmed Target Champions. We anticipate their impact alone to be approximately 42,000 by 2030.
Currently there are several different organizations committed as Regional Target Champions, you can learn more about them here.
Key Action Steps for 2024
- Identify and recruit Target Champions that will support at least double RMP’s 2024-2025 goal by the start of the school year.
- Provide Target Champions with coaching and technical assistance to help them name their number and track progress and impact of their work.
- Host community of practice sessions to facilitate knowledge sharing and collaboration among Target Champions.
- Highlight and share the stories of Target Champions to inspire and engage others.
- Look for, identify, and work to bring in resources and funding to support Target Champions and their efforts.
Performance Measures and Metrics
Below are the data points we are using to track progress and impact of this strategy. Additionally, each Target Champion has their own set of metrics that they are tracking as well. These metrics are tracked in real time and will be publicly available through The Resiliency Project Data Hub.
- # Entities who have stepped up as Target Champions
- # Target Champions who have established a goal aligned to RMP’s 71K target
- # Target Champions who have successfully aligned their work towards this goal
- # Target Champions having their intended impact (a.k.a. reached their goal)
- # children and young people entities have “committed to” impact towards RMP’s annual target of 3,398
- # children and young people actually impacted through Target Champion work
Learn More about becoming a Regional Target Champion
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Contact Jody Nowicki, Senior Director of Collaborative Action, JodyNowicki@RMPBackbone.org, learn more or to become a Regional Target Champion. |