Cites RBA as key to her work on budget reform in Connecticut. And check out the election story in The Day: “Urban, accountability are both winners.” Whenever Diana Urban drives to work, she’s listening to her local NPR station. And anytime talk turns to the state budget, the Connecticut representative calls in to chat. “The hosts now say, ‘OK, it’s …
Keevers Made to Measure Rebuttle – Article from NSW misrepresents RBA – OBA
Download the complete PDF with footnotes here I am sorry that you did not contact me before releasing the Illawarra Forum’s February 2010 publication of “Practicing Social Justice” and in particular Report 3 of that monograph, “Made to measure.” As described in this letter and in the more detailed attachment, Report 3 contains numerous errors regarding the Results-Based Accountability TM …
Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Self-Assessment
The Results Leadership Group has released an excellent poster sized implementation checklist. Click on this link f more information. Thanks to Justin Miklas. Check it out here.
Redefining the Role of United Ways with Results-Based Accountability and Asset-Based Community Development
This paper by Dan Duncan, Senior Vice President, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona shows the powerful ways in which RBA and Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) methods can be used together. ABCD is one of many other bodies of work that fit well with RBA/OBA. Another example is the work of Jim Collins in “Good to Great.” Check …
Montgomery County, Ohio releases it’s 10 Year Progress Report
The Montgomery County Family and Children First Council (FCFC) has released its 14th Annual Progress Report on Community Outcomes, Indicators and Strategies. The FCFC began this well recognized work in 1998 and released its first version of the report, “Turning the Curve” in February 1999. The FCFC provides this report each year to update the community on the status of …
Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges
Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges from the Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter in Burlington, Vermont: Trine Bech, authored this paper summarizing the exceptional work of the shelter staff and residents using Results Accountability methods to turn a declining trend in rate of positive exits for young people from the shelter. A key to their success …
Turning the Curve on Positive Discharges from Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter
Section I. In the Beginning: Spectrum Youth and Family Services is a community-based youth service agency with community outreach, shelter, transitional living, educational and substance abuse treatment programs serving approximately 2600 youths per year. The youth homeless shelter serves as an entry point for short term, temporary supported housing, where the youth identifies how they got to be homeless and …
18 Years of Building Community on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia
The Working Bee. Whian Whian is a very small rural community located approximately 25Kms from Lismore on the Far North Coast of NSW. The population would struggle to exceed 150 people. There is a very small primary school (16 kids) and a community hall across the road from the school that is managed by the community. The majority of the …
Turning Curves, Achieving Results
Five Annie E. Casey Foundation Fellows (Craig Levine, Molly McGrath, Brenda Donald, Dennis Campa and Yolie Flores Aguilar) describe their successes using Results Accountability to measurably improve the well-being of children and families in Essex County, NJ, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, San Antonio TX, and Los Angeles County, CA. Don’t miss the inspiring introduction by Molly McGrath. Download the Complete …
Some Recommendations for Action on Drunk Driving
Create an Accident Review Board to investigate all alcohol related accidents – (like the Federal Transportation Safety Administration does with airline and other transportation accidents) and determine the causes of each crash. Create an ongoing Drunk Driving Action Group (DDAG) with a broad array of public and private sector partners. A subset of this group would meet monthly to consider …
