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Community partnerships and their impact
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Commissioner Dannhauser outlines the role and impact of ACS's community partnerships program, which has been operating in 11 communities since 2007.
- Over 33,000 community residents benefited from partnerships in 2024
- Partnerships comprise roughly 400 member organizations and individuals
- Focus on information sharing, coordinated planning, and addressing family needs
- Plans to maintain partnerships in the same 11 communities with new contracts starting 1/1/2027
- Enhancements planned for community ambassador roles, outreach quality, and data capture
- Partnerships particularly effective in welcoming new New Yorkers
Jess Dannhauser
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Earlier this month we released a concept paper for the community partnerships anticipating new contracts to begin 01/01/2007 02/1927.
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Since 02/2007, ACS has partnered with community coalitions in 11 communities.
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In 2024, the partnership supported over 33,000 community residents.
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Most of the partnership's work is conducted through community facing programming and events where community members access information, resources and referrals.
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The 11 partnerships are made up of roughly 400 member organizations and individuals, each bringing distinct resources and expertise.
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Members of the partnership engage in collaborative planning and social capital building, including through monthly coalition meetings where members make connections, share information, and receive updates about new local and citywide programs.
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Since their inception, the partnerships have come to be known as hubs for information sharing, coordinated planning, addressing individual family needs and referrals to support.
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As described in the concept paper, our vision for the future is to maintain community partnerships in the same 11 communities.
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This will allow the new contracts to build on our coalition infrastructure developed over the last years.
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We also plan to enhance the leadership role of the community ambassadors as community assets who both co lead engagement events and help connect local residents to resources and information.
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To deepen partnerships outreach to focus on quality over quantity through a close understanding of families needs and providing connections to resources using warm handoffs.
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Deepen the partnerships impact by focusing on recruitment and retention of coalition members, high quality service referrals, enhance the partnership's capacity for capturing qualitative and quantitative data to demonstrate their reach and impact on the families.
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The partnerships I have to say have been particularly effective in welcoming new New Yorkers.
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There's no more important mission than keeping children safe from harm.