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Ma Making ng Change hange Hap appe pen Lead ader ership ship Aca cadem demy

March h 10, , 2016

MCH Evolution

• Outgrowth of St. Louis Healthy Start Program
• Healthy Start Advisory Council
• Making Change Happen Leadership Academy

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What is MCH Leadership Academy?

• An active & resourceful group of moms, dads and community

members who have desire to change community conditions and address real barriers to improve the health and well- being of themselves, their children and families in their community

• Empowers participants to identify conditions and core issues

in neighborhoods that if changed could improve birth

• utcomes and reduce infant mortality

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How it works?

• Combination of training and support is offered in monthly group

meetings (uses leadership development, community organizing and peer-to-peer models)

• Trainings consist of hands-on, experiential learning and ‘rap’

sessions

• Topics range from fabric of oppression; building web of support;

how to use your voice to tell your story; meeting etiquette, etc.

• Builds capacity of impacted families to participate in decision-

making process

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UNDERSTAND ISSUES

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MCH is building a network of impacted families and empowered leaders to drive social change

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Making Change Happen Leadership Academy

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What MCH Leaders say?

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“We all work together, strengthen each other… that’s what it’s all about being there for one another, helping one another.“

• MCH Leader

“Before MCH, I was just a woman with kids, now I am parent leader.”

Myzonia Jenkins Scott MCH Leader

“It’s helped me to see that what I have to say and what I want to say is important and needs to be heard.“

• MCH Leader

MCH Value & Impact

• Social support and the feeling of family
• Helped to become better parents
• Learned how to carry themselves and be more confident
• Strengthened sense of pride and power to change conditions
• Positively affecting those in their communities
• Looked to by others for answers/solutions
• Provides a network of community resources

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Milestones

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Prior to 2011 2011-2014 2015 2016 Healthy Start HSAC MCH Leader recruitment and expansion; Outreach for community listening sessions Trained 29 Leaders (COFI Phase I) Family & Community Leadership Training Implement MCH Community Outreach and Education Change Project COFI Phase II Leadership/Policy Development Training Hosted Community Job and Resource Fair Birth of MCH Interactive Skill-based Legal Training Held In-District Mtg w Congressional delegation Changed the vote of state rep on child care legislation at CAD

Accomplishments & Activities

Leaders attended child advocacy days (Jefferson City) lobbying on issues such as Medicaid Expansion and legislation impacting child care and early education.

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Accomplishments & Activities

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Participated in a press conference in a state House Committee hearing on Medicaid Expansion

Activities & Accomplishments

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Responded to possible funding cuts to Healthy Start - wrote letters to Congress and President Obama and held an in-district meeting with Congressional delegation

Activities & Accomplishments

• Participated in legal

training sessions to better understand their rights

• Invited to speak publicly

including radio shows, press conferences and community conferences

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Activities & Accomplishments

Hosted a Community Job and Resource Fair @ STL Community College - Forest Park with over 50 vendors to address individual and collective needs of the community

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Timeline

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Action Timeline Phase I COFI Training

• 29 parents/community resident leaders

Fall 2015 Team Building, Goal Selection & Action Planning Spring 2016 Phase II COFI Training Fall 2016 Community Outreach and Action Spring 2017 System/Policy Change Action 2017

Impact on policy, systems and practices

• MCH builds the capacity of the community to impact policies,

systems and practices to address community conditions associated with infant mortality

• What about the capacity of our systems and institutions to

interact with the community (i.e. MCH)?

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Parent Engagement Models

• Parent

– Involvement – Engagement – Organizing

• Parent Leadership
• Peer to Peer Education
• Parent-Led Policy Councils (Head Start)
• Parent Cafés – Community Cafés
• Neighborhood Leadership Development

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Dis iscus cussion sion Questions estions

• What outcomes

mes does this s appro roac ach h address? ss?

• What are your goals

ls for this s strategy? gy? What does s success ess look k like? e?

• How

w does this s strategy egy align gn wi with the Roadmap? map?

• How

w wi will this s strateg egy y move e the needle le in addressing ssing inf nfant nt morta tality lity? ?

• How can this strategy move from ‘programs’ to address

polic icies ies and sys ystems ems-le level el change? e?

• Are there any

y early y wi wins the Cabine inet can achieve?

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Cab abine inet Prog rogress ress Tal alkin ing g Poi

• ints

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e brought rought togeth gether er a cabine inet t of moms, s, dads ds and nd educa ducation, tion, faith, h, business siness and nd health lth care leade ders, s, to fi find nd out why so many babies bies are dying ing in n St

• St. Louis.

is. Together, we’ve made progress by:

• Creating a foundation of collaborative leadership.
• Reviewing data about St. Louis’ infant mortality crisis.
• Conducting listening sessions with 126 family members to understand the stories

behind the data.

• Raising awareness about the issue
• Based on what we’ve learned so far, we have chosen a few initial areas we’d

like to revie view more e close sely ly:

• Home visiting for pregnant and new moms.
• Engaging those most impacted as partners in promoting healthy families.
• Once we confirm our initial priorities, we’ll form workgroups around each

prio iority rity and nd bring g the righ ght t resou

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ces s togeth gether er to accel elerat ate change ge.

COM OMMUNIC MUNICATIONS TIONS UP UPDATE

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Introduction Presentation Website

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• Received 51 cabinet nominations
• Secured 27 members representing key

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• 6,000 unique website visitors
• 126 Letters of Love submitted in the first month
• 150% increase in the amount of infant mortality and premature birth

related media coverage

• 300 followers on social media channels

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Action & Commitment

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