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Building a Strong Foundation for Community-Based Collaborative
SustainabilityLeslie Levine
Technical Assistance & Research ManagerLiveWell Colorado
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Presenter Disclosures
Leslie Levine
No relationships to disclose
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Our History
Funding initiative launched in March 2007Vision and innovative partnership of:– Colorado Health Foundation– Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment – Kaiser Permanente
Established as a nonprofit in 2009To reduce barriers preventing healthy eating and active living (HEAL) behaviors in Colorado
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Integrating Sustainability into Community Partnerships
Sustainability Planning implemented in 2011FinancialInstitutionalCultural
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Financial Sustainability
What funding is needed to effectively implement planned interventions (short, intermediate, and long-term)?What funding sources are available that have an interest in HEAL in a specific community?What actions need to be taken in the near future to leverage LWC funding into additional resources?What assets does a community have, and will it need, in order to ensure financial sustainability of this HEAL movement?
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Institutional Sustainability
Which organizational structures need to adopt policies and values in order to sustain the HEAL movement?Which individuals that are a part of our coalition can drive institutional sustainability within their organization or community group? Who are we missing?What current efforts need to be sustained and which ones are no longer necessary?What are the indicators of institutional sustainability and how will we measure it?
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Cultural Sustainability
What would cultural sustainability look like in our community?How would organizations, the media, educators, politicians, and residents behave if HEAL became a cultural norm?What existing cultural barriers do we have the capacity to influence?What are some pre-existing examples of culture change our community has witnessed and what can we learn from them?What is going to be our most significant contribution to integrating HEAL into our community’s culture(s)?
Theory of Impact
Low-income Colorado families
don’t have opportunities to live healthy lives
Coloradans are
healthier
Coloradans are better
educated
Coloradans are more
economically prosperous
Problem ImpactCatalyzer
Community Voice
Improved Physical Environment
Culture of Entrepreneurship
Communities lack places for
people to play
Schools can’t offer
healthy options
Communities don’t have
healthy and affordable
food
Communities aren’t safe enough for
healthy behaviors
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Paths Toward Success
Needs AssessmentLeadership DevelopmentSupportive Fiscal AgentQuality StaffParticipative Governance
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Lessons & Challenges
The path to obesity prevention is not obesity prevention…Nonprofits, government and foundations must organize their efforts before they enter a community…Community champions are at the very center of impact, invest in them…A holistically vibrant community has many definitions, find out how local leaders define success…
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Park Hill/City & County of Denver
Embraced Community VoiceImproved Physical EnvironmentCulture of Entrepreneurship
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Thank you
Leslie LevineLIveWell Colorado
www.livewellcolorado.org
