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Responsibilities

  • Identify and implement strategies that will result in residents achieving the vision of the Coalition (initiatives, public policy efforts, leveraging existing resources, collaboration development, etc.).
  • Establish and implement a measurable plan for the identified strategies and vision attainment.
  • Identify and articulate growth and prosperity happening in because of the Coalition’s strategies.
  • Develop short and long-term strategies designed to produce desired system changes (initiatives, other community change activities, etc).
  • Participate in related advocacy and public policy activities related to the community outcome.
  • Promote and support multi-system collaboration.
  • Provide technical support and training to participating agencies and other community members.
  • Develop a resource plan to identify financial, human, and in-kind resources required to support recommended strategies of the Coalition.
  • Develop funding and grant opportunities.

Expectations

  • Willingness to actively participate in one or more aspects of the Coalition activities (training sessions, meetings, community events, etc).
  • Willingness to learn about economic security issues and community issues, to analyze and synthesize data, and to view solutions at a system-wide level.
  • Willingness to engage in frank and candid discussions about community issues and solutions.
  • Commitment to open communication and consensus decision-making.
  • Commitment to diversity.

Timeline

  • Coalition members are asked to commit to one three-year term.
  • Coalition members may serve for two terms.
  • The Coalition shall meet year-round.
  • Frequency of meetings depends on the scope of work of the Coalition.
  • The Coalition meets quarterly and the Steering Committee meets monthly.  All members are invited to any meetings, but are not required to attend Steering Committee meetings.

Conflict of Interest

Coalition members must disclose any direct or indirect relationships that may have the appearance of conflict of interest with regards to decisions made by the Coalition. When such situations arise, members should disclose their relationships and remove themselves from participation and/or voting.

Economic opportunity is a critical path to personal and community health that cuts acorss all aspects of social services, employment, and private and public sectors. The stronger the Coalition membership base is, the greater likelihood we will have of collectively increasing the community's access to economic opportunity at all income and resource levels.
~Home for Good