What Is This?

A full-day of action-oriented problem solving that weaves together state and local prevention efforts to make long-term impacts in the community.

October 10th will be a fantastic convening of more than 50 area programs, non-profits and institutions as well as multiple private businesses, state-level entities and community experts.  The Community Impact Network will be hosting this opportunity to build a better community-based prevention system that will increase incomes of local residents, reduce reliance on government assistance and capitalize on the partnerships needed for such an effort.

Why Is This Important?

Twenty-three Community Collaboratives throughout Nebraska are working with state-level partners to reshape the child and family wellbeing system and everyone needs a place at the table!  This multi-year effort to shift the paradigm of how we can all work together to support families and grow Nebraska has the local community at the center: driving local connections, capitalizing on strengths and tracking impact.  The Bring Up Nebraska/CIN Collaborative Summit is one of four meetings taking place in 2024 for local stakeholders to meet with state-wide Departments of Labor, Education, Economic Development, Health and Human Services, Economic Assistance and other agencies to coordinate efforts to build the most robust Community Well-being Prevention system in the country by 2025.

Agenda

Location: Hastings Auditorium – 400 N. Hastings Ave

10:15am – Optional Coffee Networking. A casual opportunity to meet local and state-wide partners.  (Barista’s and Back Alley Bakery)

11:00am – Welcome!

11:15am – Program: Community Impact Network Showcase – learn about the work of this local collaborative and it’s connection to community wellbeing and statewide work

12:00pm – Lunch (Runcie’s Catering)

12:15pm – Presentation/Keynote: Jerry Milner – Family Justice Group “Integrating Local and Statewide Partners to Create a Community Prevention System” – see Dr. Milner’s bio here

12:45pm – State Partners Sharing of Commitments, Future Work

1:00pm – Focus Area Conversations.  During this period attendees will dig deeper into current initiatives and discuss partnership barriers, future work and potential commitments.  There will be time to attend two such Focus Areas (Prenatal Plan of Safe Care, Early Childhood, Social Determinants of Health/Findhelp referrals, Poverty Alleviation/Bridging Forward, Workforce Development and Collaboration Mindsets)

1:50pm – Next Steps/Take Aways

2:00pm – Complete

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Collaborative Partners
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Children/Families Supported

Statewide Plan for Community Well-being

A multi-tiered strategic plan to create a system that supports families to sustainability BEFORE a crisis occurs has been in the works for several years…bringing together habitually siloed entities into broader collective work:

By 2025, we will…

  1. Improve authentic collaboration between lived experience partners, system partners, local school districts, and community collaboratives and community members.
  2. Increase community collaborative infrastructure that leads to equitable well-being outcomes.
  3. Improve services and supports that build Protective and Promotive Factors in children, youth, families, and communities, including:
    1. Education, postsecondary education, and career services and support for children, youth, families, and communities hosted both inside and outside of the traditional school day.
    2. Supports and services for youth/young adults and young parents/families.
    3. Access to and increased capacity of early childhood services in communities.
    4. Access to and increased capacity of physical and behavioral health services in communities.
    5. Access to economic stability and concrete support for children, youth, families, and communities.
  4. Strengthen the well-being workforce in Nebraska.