What is a Community Impact Circle?

A Community Impact Circle is a dedicated, intentional tool and approach used by organizations in a specific and defined geographic area that agree to work together to focus their diverse missions on a common outcome for that geographic area using a concentrated, coordinated approach.

The key to a Community Impact Circle is to break down silos of independent action and to provide a workspace, both face-to-face and web-based, that allows for coordinated action for divergent community organizations (nonprofit, public service and commercial) with varying expertise to pool resources in a planned action to obtain a specific community outcome for a specific period of time. All of the organizations have separate missions, but all have a common community goal that can be reached together.

Community Impact Circles could be as simple as all the after-school providers in a neighborhood getting together to track results and share learning for planning and impact or as comprehensive as community family shelters, school systems, arts programs, housing agencies, workforce investment boards, prison reentry programs, career education programs, health programs, and community action agencies all coming together in a city to provide a support network for a cradle to career success for all children.

Privacy and Learning

Local Community Impact Circles will have privacy options for documents and communication but will be encouraged to share their knowledge with other Community Impact Circles in other regions of the state doing similar work and working on turning the curve to improve community results.

Features

• Invite specific users
• Add programs
• Add/record multiple outcome indicators to track your progress
• Project management tools
• Document sharing and knowledgebase

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