1. Building a Regional Cradle to College Career System of Youth Supports
Every Child, Every Step of the Way

2. A Different Kind of San Diego
Education Conversation
The Collective Impact Approach:
A Community-Based, Cradle-to-Career,
360 Degree Working Partnership

3. What It Is:
 A community-based cross-sector collaboration focused
on a common agenda: supporting children & youth, in
and out of school, from cradle to college or career
 Represents a community-wide recognition that it takes
more than just schools to support and educate children
 Harnesses the power of collective impact for children in
the region
 Partners retaining full autonomy

4. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
- Margaret Mead

5. Achieving Large-Scale Change through Collective
Impact Involves Five Key Elements
Common Agenda
• Common understanding of the problem
• Shared vision for change
Shared Measurement
• Collecting data and measuring results
• Focus on performance management
• Shared accountability
Mutually Reinforcing
Activities
• Differentiated approaches
• Coordination through joint plan of action
Continuous
Communication
• Consistent and open communication
• Focus on building trust
Backbone Support
• Separate organization(s) with staff
• Resources and skills to convene and coordinate
participating organizations
Source: Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work, 2012; FSG Interviews and Analysis
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6. Our Children:
• Are healthy and ready for kindergarten
• Are healthy and achieve 3rd grade literacy
proficiency
• Are healthy and achieve 8th grade math and
English proficiency
• Graduate from high school with age appropriate
skills and experience
• Successful launch into college or career
Common Agenda

7. Shared Measurement
• Partnership with The Children’s Initiative
Mutually Reinforcing
Activities
• Action Teams
o Building and implementing strategies
Continuous
Communication
• Community organizing
• Relationship building
• Constant communication and contact
• Social media
• Personal contact
Backbone Support
• United Way of San Diego County

8. Baseline
Data
Identify
The Issue
Allocation
of Resources
Relevant
Partner
Strategies
Partner(s),
Leverage,
Buttress,
Coordinate
Execute
Interventions/
Strategies
Resolve IssueEvaluation
Action Team
Partnership
Action Team
Partnership
Improvement
Cycle
Learning
Improvement Cycle
Redesign
Convene with Purpose

9. Resource Rich, System Poor
No Unified System of Support For Youth
Early
Childhood
P-12 Higher
Education
Community-
Based
Organizations
Business
and Industry
Government
Foundations
Non-Profits
Social Services

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In CI, A Broad Set of Partners Work to Achieve the Common
Vision, Supported by a Backbone and Steering Committee
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strategic guidance
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nonprofit, funder,
business, public
agency, student,
parent, resident)
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Backbone
Organization
Leadership
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11. Collective Impact is a Unique and Differentiated Approach for
Funders to Leverage Cross-Sector Talent for Large Scale Social
Change
Collective Impact provides a structure for cross-sector actors to forge a
common agenda for solving a specific social problem, and is distinct from
other forms of collaboration
Type of
Collaboration
Definition
Collective Impact
Initiatives
Long-term commitments by a group of important actors
from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a
specific social problem
Funder Collaboratives
Groups of funders interested in supporting the same issue
who pool their resources
Public-Private
Partnerships
Partnerships formed between government and private
sector organizations to deliver specific services or
benefits
Multi-Stakeholder
Initiatives
Voluntary activities by stakeholders from different sectors
around a common theme
Social Sector Networks
Groups of individuals or organizations fluidly connected
through formal or informal purposeful relationships
MoreElementsofCollectiveImpact
Source: FSG Interviews and Analysis

12. Launching a Collective Impact Initiative Has Three
Prerequisites
Financial Resources
• Committed funding partners
• Sustained funding for at least 2-3 years
• Pays for needed infrastructure and planning
Influential Champion
• Commands respect and engages cross-sector leaders
• Focused on solving problem but allows participants to
figure out answers for themselves
Urgency for Change
• Critical problem in the community
• Frustration with existing approaches
• Multiple actors calling for change
• Engaged funders and policy makers
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Source: Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work, 2012; FSG Interviews and Analysis

13. Taking a CI Approach Offers Funders the Opportunity to
Amplify Impact, Leverage Funding, and Drive Alignment
Benefits of Collective Impact
Amplify Impact
Increase Efficiency of
Resources
Drive Alignment
 Involves multiple
partners working towards
long term, systemic
change
 Offers a holistic
approach by channeling
the energy of various
stakeholders towards
solving a problem
 Provides opportunities to
influence the system
from within and outside
by coupling advocacy
with action
 Allows more efficient
use of funding,
especially in times of
scarce resources
 Enables leveraging of
public and private
sources of funding
 Opens channels for
organizations to access
additional funding
against an issue
 Reduces duplication of
services
 Increases coordination
 Embeds the drive for
sustained social change
within the community,
facilitating “order for
free”
Source: FSG Interviews and Analysis

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15. Ready for
Kindergarten
(Pre K: O-5
years)
Third Grade
Literacy
(Grades K-5)
8th Grade
Algebra/English
(Grades 6-8)
Graduates
High School on
Time (Grades
9-12)
Successful
Launch into
College or
Career
• Child participates in
Quality Preschool
Initiative or Head Start
• Children ages 0-3 have
quality childcare
• Children ages 3-4 are
enrolled in early care
and education
• Child has early literacy
skills by the start of
kindergarten
• Attends school
regularly
• Is at grade level in
reading in grade 1
• Is at grade level in
reading in grade 2
• Is at grade level in
reading in grade 3
• Attends school
regularly
• Passes algebra in
grade 8
• Is at grade level in
English in grade 8
• Attends school regularly
• Passes grade 9 with
required credits
• Passes high school exit
exam in grade 10
• Is at grade level in English
in grade 11
• Passes Algebra II
• Graduating seniors
complete A-G
requirements
• Graduation rate
• Completes at least one
year of post-secondary
education within 16
months of graduation
• Employed
• Mother receives
prenatal care during
first trimester
• Child receives
immunization series
• Child exhibits age
appropriate social
emotional
development (ASQ)
• Child sees a dentist
before age 4
• Child sees a dentist
between ages 4-5
• Child is safe in school
and neighborhood
• Is fit in grade 5
• Exhibits social
emotional
development (still
exploring possible
indicator)
• Is safe in school and
neighborhood
• Is fit in grade 7
• Exhibits social
emotional
development (still
exploring possible
indicator)
• Is safe in school and
neighborhood
• Is fit in grade 9
• Exhibits social emotional
development (still
exploring possible
indicator)
• Is safe in school and
neighborhood
• Transitions to Adult
Health Home
• Exhibits social emotional
development (still
exploring possible
indicator)
Early Draft Roadmap

16. o Parents and Residents of City Heights
o City Heights Educational Collaborative
o City of San Diego, Mayor Bob Filner
o San Diego County Health & Human
Services
o Office of Councilmember Marti Emerald
o Office of Supervisor Ron Roberts
o Price Charities
o San Diego Regional Economic
Development Corporation
o San Diego Social Venture Partners
o San Diego State University
o San Diego Unified School District
o San Diego Youth Development Office
o SAY San Diego
o The California Endowment
o The Children’s Initiative
o United Way of San Diego County
o Office of Assemblymember Atkins
o Parker Foundation
o PIQE
o Project LEAN
o READ San Diego
o Rolling Readers
o San Diego Community College
District
o San Diego County Office of
Education
o San Diego County Probation
Department
o San Diego Family Care
o San Diego Police Department
o School Wellness Councils
o San Diego Council on Literacy
o University of San Diego
o Youth of City Heights
o Youth Voice
o American Academy of Pediatrics
o Alliance Healthcare Foundation
o City Heights Business Association
o City Heights Community Development
Center
o Community Housing Works
o Copley Family YMCA
o Cornerstone
o First 5 San Diego
o Galinson Family Fund
o Hervey Family Fund
o Jewish Community Foundation of San
Diego County
o JPMorgan Chase Foundation
o Juma Ventures
o La Maestra Family Clinic
o McGrory Family Fund
o National Conflict Resolution Center
o Neighborhood House Association
Core Partners Partners

17. Win
• Monroe Clark Health & Wellness Center
San Diego Unified School District, California Endowment, Price Charities, La Maestra,
San Diego Family Care
• Immunizations
County of San Diego Health & Human Services, Price Charities
• Hoover Cluster Organized
Parents, San Diego Unified School District
• Safe Passages
San Diego Unified School District, Monroe Clark Middle School, Wilson Middle School,
Central Elementary, Price Charities, Children’s Hospital
• Glasses
Shiley Eye Center, San Diego Unified School District, Hervey Family Foundation, Price
Charities
• Parent Leadership Group
Parents, California Endowment, Price Charities
• Project Management
United Way, California Endowment, Parker Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation
• Roadmap Active / Data Collection Started
Early Wins

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“The Partnership is a model for the rest of the state.”
- Tom Torlakeson,
State Superintendent of Public Instruction