5.15 PM - Economic Mobility Progress Update Copyrighted
April 20, 2026
City of Dubuque WORK SESSION #
City Council
ITEM TITLE: 5:15 PM - Economic Mobility Progress Update
SUMMARY: Community Impact and Neighborhood Support Director
Antonio Mouzon will provide an Economic Mobility Progress
Update
SUGGUESTED
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
1. MVM Memo Work Session for Updates on Economic Mobility Progress
2. Staff Memo Work Session Community Impact & Economic Mobility
3. Community Impact City Council Work Session 4.20.26
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Dubuque
THE CITY OF �
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Work Session for Updates on Economic Mobility Progress
DATE: April 16, 2026
Community Impact & Neighborhood Support Director Antonio Mouzon is providing
information for the April 20, 2026, 5:15 p.m. Work Session for Updates on Economic
Mobility Progress.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Antonio Mouzon, Community Impact & Neighborhood Support Director
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Dubuque
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Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°'�Z°lZ
2013•2017
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Antonio J. Mouzon, Community Impact & Neighborhood Support Director
SUBJECT: Work Session for Updates on Economic Mobility Progress
DATE: April 2, 2026
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide updates regarding Economic Mobility
through the Office of Community Impact and Neighborhood Support. This session will
be held 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m, April 20, 2026.
BACKGROUND
The Office of Community Impact and Neighborhood Support was established to foster a
thriving Dubuque community by advancing system-level strategies and direct
community engagement. Since its inception, the department has expanded to include
the functions of the former Economic Mobility Department, strengthening its capacity to
address community needs holistically. The office now oversees key initiatives including
Economic Mobility, the Multicultural Family Center, AmeriCorps programs, volunteerism
and community service infrastructure, neighborhood support efforts, and equitable fine
and fee prevention services. This integrated approach enhances collaboration,
leverages resources, and improves the City's ability to support residents in achieving
stability and access to opportunity.
DISCUSSION
This session will highlight key initiatives focused on advancing upward mobility through
a comprehensive, systems-level approach. The discussion will emphasize cross-sector
collaboration efforts that align City services with community partners to maximize impact
and reduce duplication. It will also outline engagement frameworks designed to
strengthen relationships with residents, elevate community voice, and ensure programs
are responsive to evolving needs. Additionally, the session will explore strategies that
address barriers to stability and opportunities such as access to resources, social
connectedness, and service navigation, while reinforcing pathways for long-term
success. Collectively, these efforts are intended to support the development of a more
connected, resilient, and vibrant community.
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DEFINITION OF respect,dignity,and belonging that adequate income and assets to support control over their lives,can make choices,
UPWARD come from contributing[o their family, their and their familys material well-being and exert influence over larger policies
MOBILITY work,and community,and are valued and actions that affect their fu[ure.
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education representation
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income diversity Transportation ► Healthy,affordable accountability
access
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child care sociceconomic � �fety from trauma
representation
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data-driven learning
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"This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you all so much for your work on this. It
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help!" - Opening Doors Program Director
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IAP2's Spectrum of Public Participation was designed to assist with the selection of the level of participation that defines the
public's role in any public participation process. The Spectrum is used internationally, and it is found in public participation
plans around the world.
INCREASING IMPACT ON THE OECISIOrd
INFORM CONSULT INVOLVE COLLABORATE EMPOWER
- To provide the public To obtain public To work directly with To partner with the To place final decision
with balanced and feedback on analysis, the public throughout public in each aspect making in the hands of
- objective information alternatives and/or the process to ensure of the decision the public.
to assist them in decisions. that public concerns including the
� understanding the and aspirations are development of
problem, altematives, consistently alternatives and the
opportunities and/or understood and identification of the
solutions. considered. preferred solution.
We will keep you We will keep you We will work with you We will look to you for We will implement
informed. informed, listen to and to ensure that your advice and innovation what you decide.
acknowledge concerns concerns and in formulating
and aspirations, and aspirations are solutions and
provide feedback on directly reflected in incorporate your
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decision. feedback on how the decisions to the
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Process Overview
Phase 1:
• Understand Data Related To Poverty & Economic
Mobility
• Review/Assess Current Equitable Poverty Prevention
Plan
• Community Resource Ecosystem Mapping (Internally &
Externally)
• Socialize Collective Impact Approach
• Designing Community Engagement Co Design Process & �
Strategy -
Phase 2:
• Community Outreach —Who Is Most Impacted By �
Problem
• Community Co-design Spaces �,
• Identify Priority Areas
Phase 3:
• Facilitate Thriving Community Task Force (Where Are -
You Within The Framework)
• Draft Shared Roadmap (Everyone Owns Responsibility
Partners And Community Members)
• Validate Priorities And Metrics
Phase 4:
• Co-implementation
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Co m m o n Th e m es � Lots of resourc�s and prograg s, but:
Limited visibilit between or anizations
• Silos— between city departments and between
F ro m Co m m u n ity � orgp nizations g p
Du lication in some areas and a s in others
• Consensus on need for greater coordination and
Pa rt n e rs collaboration
• Not all voices are represented
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Role of the City
� Office Of Community
Impact And •
Neighborhood Support
As "Backbone" � �
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• Convener
• Connector � , � , , � , � �
• Catalyst
• Exemplifying SPIRIT
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Six Conditions of Systems Change
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CH A N G E �semi-explicit)
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• System Change .. - Transformative Change
— Institutionalization of collective impact (implicit)
approach
• Exec Summary of Initiative
• Community Roadmap
— Communit members have �
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ownership and belonging
— Partners have clearer
alignment & shared metrics
— Collaborative architecture �
(Playbook)
• Empowered Residents
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— Greater representation of resident voice ^� �, °. �
and agency Y- �
— Stronger social capital and streamlined �
upward mobility ecosystem � �
— Easier resident access to services
• Community Investments & :�
Resource Assessment �
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