Project HOPE UpdateJanuary 7, 2013
Mike Van Milligen, City Manager
City of Dubuque
50 W. 13th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001
Dear Mr. Van Milligen
I would like to request a place on the agenda for the City Council meeting of February
4, 2013. There are many great things happening with the Project HOPE initiative on
which I would like to keep the City Council updated. I envision this to be about a
fifteen (15) minute presentation.
Sincerely,
Eric Dregne
Vice President of Programs
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
cc Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk
PROJECT
HOPE
Spring 2013 update
Project HOPE Coalition
Project HOPE seeks to improve inter - agency collaboration and increase
access to services in order to connect disengaged youth and adults to
education and employment opportunities.
Core Strategy Team
Meet monthly to drive process
6 -8 Leaders representing:
Education
Workforce
Housing /Social Service
Government
Private Sector
Philanthropy
Targeting Disengaged Communities
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Project HOPE Coalition
• Core Strategy Team (6-8)
• Meets monthly
• Facilitated by the Community Foundation
Common Agenda
• Agreed upon by Key Stakeholders
• Shared vision
• Common understanding of the problem
Shared Measurement
• Collecting Data
• Measuring results
• Holding each other accountable
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
• Differentiated Activities
• Coordinated
• Reinforcing the Common Agenda
Continuous Communication
• Between internal /external partners
• Builds trust
• Creates common motivation
Collective Impact, Kania & Kramer
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter 2011
Project HOPE Objectives
Project HOPE seeks to improve inter - agency collaboration and increase access to services in order
to connect disengaged youth and adults to education and employment opportunities.
Improve coordination among providers
Connecting people to education /skills training
Increase pathways to employment
Support the Circles Initiative
Help families build financial assets
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Connecting people to education /skills
Reengagement Center
Reconnects high school drop-
outs to education
Opened in NICC's Dubuque
Center August of 2012
Reconnected 58 young people
to education
13 students have already
received Diplomas or GED's
What's next?
- expansion — build capacity
- connections to training and
employment opportunities
Increase pathways to employment
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Interviews for existing jobs upon
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Goal: train 200 workers for jobs
in the next 18 -24 months
Challenges:
- need additional trainers
- funding for tuition scholarships
Support Circles° Initiative
Getting Ahead and Circles
Key Priority for Project HOPE
Build the capacity through;
- Focused approach
- Right size staff /volunteers
Strengthen connections to
services that help address
barriers to employment
Increase connections to jobs
and education opportunity
Strengthen partnerships between
Project HOPE partners and Circles
Help families build financial assets
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