Implications of the Lessons Learned from a State Systems Change Initiative on Transition for Youth with Disabilities

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Johnson ◽  
Barbara Guy
Keyword(s):  
Systems Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Change Initiative ◽  
Youth With Disabilities

Sustainability Through Accountability: The Accountable Community for Health Model

2019 ◽  
pp. 149-158
Author(s):  
Marion Standish ◽  
Bonnie Midura ◽  
Barbara Masters ◽  
Patricia Powers ◽  
Laura Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Systems Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Community Collaboratives ◽  
Health Model

This chapter opens by posing the issue that public and private funders have long supported community collaboratives to address a wide range of health issues. Although these collaboratives accomplish important goals, they rarely continue beyond the funding stage or yield lasting systems change. The chapter describes the Accountable Community for Health Model as a model for sustaining community collaborations. The chapter identifies seven key elements for success. The Wellness Fund is a unique component, though many of the success factors and lessons learned are in alignment with other models.

scholarly journals Enhancing Capacity for Trauma‐informed Care in Child Welfare: Impact of a Statewide Systems Change Initiative

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian M. Connell ◽  
Jason M. Lang ◽  
Bethany Zorba ◽  
Kristina Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Systems Change ◽  
Change Initiative ◽  
Welfare Impact ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Trauma Informed

scholarly journals Building Youth Infrastructure: Early Lessons From the Youth Systems Collaborative

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 74-99
Author(s):  
Clare Ignatowski ◽  
Rachel Blum ◽  
Pia Saunders Campbell ◽  
Ricardo Perez-Pineda
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Systems Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Stakeholder Collaboration ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Systems Mapping ◽  
Change Efforts

In recent years the international youth development field has increasingly acknowledged that purposeful action at the systems level is critical for achieving positive outcomes for youth, sustainably, equitably, and at scale. In 2018 a group of international organizations formed the Youth Systems Collaborative, a community of practice whose aim is to promote international learning on youth systems change efforts. Building from the collective learning of this group, this paper offers a framework for understanding how widespread and sustained positive youth development outcomes can be achieved in low- and middle-income countries. Five enablers that advance systems change are presented: stakeholder collaboration; vision and goals; systems mapping; data, evaluation, and learning; and capacity development, as well as 4 domains within which system change occurs: policies, services and practices, norms and mindsets, and resource flows. Each of these 9 dimensions is illustrated with lessons learned from both U.S. and international youth systems change efforts. The paper concludes with a call to action for diverse system actors to apply these lessons as they support youth to reach their full potential.

The California Wellness Foundation's Health Improvement Initiative: Evaluation Findings and Lessons Learned

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 286-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Cheadle ◽  
Sandra Senter ◽  
Alicia Procello ◽  
David Pearson ◽  
Gary D. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Systems Change ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Health Partnerships ◽  
Health Partnership

Purpose. To evaluate the effect of the Health Improvement Initiative (HII), a 5-year grantmaking initiative funded by The California Wellness Foundation designed to identify the critical factors needed to bring about population health improvements through community-level systems change. Design. The evaluation of the HII used a case-study, logic-model approach to make inferences about the effect of each community coalition (Health Partnership) on its target community. The primary outcome measure was the creation of significant and sustainable community-level systems change. Setting. The HII included nine communities in California that received funding to create broad-based Health Partnerships. Subjects. Primary data were collected from a variety of Initiative stakeholders by key informant interviews, closed-ended surveys, and participant observation. Intervention. The HII provided funding over 5 years to nine Health Partnerships that were intended to be a driving force in implementing community-level systems change. The ultimate objective of the systems change process was to improve “population health,” broadly defined to include social, economic, and cultural determinants of health, in addition to traditional health status indicators. Measures. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used to assess the effect of the HII on key community systems. The primary outcomes were qualitative descriptions of community-level changes. Results. At the end of the 5 years of HII funding, six of the nine Partnerships had played a critical role in implementing sustainable systems changes that would likely have a significant effect in their target communities. Conclusion. The HII was successful in promoting community-level systems change in the majority of funded communities, although the evidence was mixed regarding the role of the Partnerships in bringing about these changes.

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