Early days of Collaboration
Ben Nelson
Who was the governor who prompted the state lead movement that included the SEARCH Conference?
First funder of the Partnership
Who is the State of Nebraska?
The first President of the Panhandle Partnership.
Who was Alice Maupin with Regional West Medical Center?
The first challenge tackled to make service provision better for the people served.
What is the common intake form?
1998
What year was the Panhandle Partnership was incorporated?
Parking lot meetings, peeling out cars and flying rocks
What actually happened after some of the initial trust building meetings where governance was the focus?
The Foundation that recognized the importance of Collective Impact and has provided a significant amount of funds toward the Panhandle Partnership.
Who is the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation?
The Partnership's long time paid consultant.
Who is Joan Frances?
Hundreds of computers and Service Point Software.
What did the Million dollar grant to the Partnership provide to the members?
Common Agenda, Shared Measurement, Mutually Reinforcing Activities, Continual Communication, and Backbone Organization.
What are the elements of Collective Impact?
The reason meetings were well attended during the development stage of the Partnership.
What is fear of what would be decided in your absence?
The tangible example of blended funds to benefit all members, individuals and agencies, that involved a local educational institution.
The first staff member of the Partnershp
Who is Tyler Irvine?
This sounds represents part of why the Service Point roll out was not successful.
What is dial up internet?
The Panhandle style of working with Partners.
What is the Culture of Collaboration?
The element most lacking during the early development stages of the Partnership.
What is trust?
Rural Healthcare Network's HRSA grant.
What organization/grant funded the Children's Outreach Program?
The current Executive Director of the Partnership.
Who is Faith Mills?
An efficient and effective method used for member communication.
What is a list serv?
The directory kept current with phone calls by WNCC students.
What is the Western Nebraska Resource Guide?
The committee that was able to move forward and bring the rest of the Partnership with it in the early years.
What is the Services Committee?
Braiding funds though United Way, FAD, State of Nebraska, United Health Care, Healthy Blue, Snow Redfern and others.
What is Sherri Blome a pro at for the Respite Program?
The members of the Partnership
Who are the drivers of the partnership?
The Partnership handed this wonderful gift to the President of the Panhandle Public Health District when it was formed in 2002.
What is the Panhandle's first Community Health Assessment and Improvement Plan?
Lifespan Respite, System of Care Birth to 8, Older Youth System of Care, Panhandle Prevention Coalition, Panhandle Coalition for Housing and Homelessness
What are the names of the various initiatives?