NEORIONORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL INDICATORS AND OBJECTIVES

MAY, 2012

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Improvement in the quality of life for Northeast Ohio communities and their residents as indicated by positive movement in specific measures (MOVE THE NEEDLE)

Health, social, and economic conditions contribute to quality of life for individuals and families

It is possible to approximate quality of life by tracking measurable indicators

Improvements in the lives of individuals and families can lead to improvements of whole communities

Selection of health, social, and economic indicators which, taken together, provide reasonable measures of quality of life

Data on indicators for the region, counties, cities, school districts, and “peer regions”

Regional and sub-regional objectives for quality of life improvements as measured by indicators

Extensive use of common demographic data by local governments and nonprofit organizations in strategic planning, goal setting, and evaluation of their work

Alignment of health and social services to achieve specific improvements in the status of families and individuals lead to improved quality of life

Assumptions and Rationale

Goal

Outputs Outcomes

Long-Term Objective

Broad application of data and objectives to resource allocation, initiatives, and service delivery by local governments, private funders, and nonprofit provider organizations

General sense of common purpose among public and nonprofit organizations providing financing or otherwise supporting delivery of health and social services

Extensive local government and nonprofit alignment around shared health, social and economic objectives(ALIGNMENT)

Numerous governments and providers build-on or leverage activities of other organizations for greater change within communities and across the region (COMMON PURPOSE)

Northeast Ohio Regional Indicators & Objectives (NEORIO)

Health and social services can prevent and ameliorate problems and barriers for individuals and families

Apply Community Solutions’ advocacy capacity to build shared, measurable objectives and common purpose among local governments and nonprofit agencies

Strategies

Build on prior community input and goal-setting initiatives (e.g., Voices & Choices)

Bring CCS’s demographic research capacity & partnerships to bear on community problems

Establish advisory council and team of field consultants to align myriad local government and nonprofit organizations around a common set of measurable quality of life improvements

Clear explanation of relationship between indicators and objectives

Broad understanding of how health, social, and economic problems are interconnected and cross populations(AWARENESS)

Project Map

Northeast Ohio Regional Indicators & Objectives (NEORIO)

Selected Indicators

HEALTH INDICATORS1.Prenatal Care2.Low Birth Weight3.Teen Births4.Chlamydia5.HIV6.Tuberculosis7.Disabilities8.Behavioral Health9.Health Insurance Coverage10.Years of Potential Live Lost

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC INDICATORS11.High School Completion12.Educational Attainment13.Employment14.Unemployment15.Income Inequality16.Renter Housing Affordability17.Residential Racial & Ethnic Segregation18.Child Maltreatment19.Domestic Violence20.Elder Abuse

NEORIO indicators are measurable, are comparable using data available for the region and the state, impact a large part of the

community, have potential for positive change, and are associated with other aspects of quality of life.

The Center for Community Solutions has selected twenty indicators that are the core statistics for the NEORIO initiative. We will use these indicators to identify measurable goals and report regularly to the

community.

2011 Accomplishments

Established project parameters– Selected indicators– Defined the

“region”– Developed project

map and initiative plans

– Identified comparison areas

– Developed logo

• Released first indicator reports

• Engaged field consultants

• Introduced social media and received press attention

• Engaged with other regional initiatives

• Hosted two forums

NEORIO has ambitious plans for 2012 and beyond

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•Update data for each indicator for all 16-counties

•Begin to identify trends in data to determine if health, social, and economic conditions are moving in a positive direction in our region. •Evaluate the 20 NEORIO indicators to determine if changes should be made to be more responsive to community issues and newly available data.

•Identify measurable objectives for each indicator

•Conduct sub-regional analysis to identify communities within our region where progress on these conditions will need to occur if we are to “move the needle” on the indicator data for Northeast Ohio

•Strengthen collaboration with other local and regional initiatives

•Conversations have already begun with other local and regional efforts including the Sustainable Communities Consortium.

•Build a team of field consultants

•Bruce Akers (Cuyahoga); Chuck Calvert (Medina); Kathleen Chandler (Portage); Iris Meltzer (Summit); Matt Stefanak (Mahoning/Trumbull); Amy Szmania (Lorain); Ron Victor (Lake/Geauga)•These individuals will provide intelligence about their county, help Community Solutions establish or strengthen relationships with key opinion leaders, and obtain endorsements of the NEORIO objectives.

•Begin the process of alignment

•Advocacy efforts will be directed to a wide variety of civic leaders, nonprofit executives and professionals, and public officials, who will be asked to adopt these objectives and align services and funding with them. •Alignment may include committing to use NEORIO data to inform planning processes, adopting one or more NEORIO objectives as goals for the group, participating in regional conversations about health, social, and economic conditions and how to improve them, or agreeing to form partnerships with other groups.