Empowering Communities: Wilmington Community Advisory Council Initiatives
Explore the impactful initiatives led by the Wilmington Community Advisory Council, such as addressing systemic racism, fighting the pandemic, and enhancing community partnerships to improve overall well-being. Through strategic collaboration and data-driven approaches, the council aims to create positive changes and support vulnerable populations in Wilmington.
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WILMINGTON COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL : SCOPE OF WORK PRESENTED BY HENRY SMITH III, PH.D. CHAIR
ADVANCING THE LEGACY Continue to work with community partners, including youth-serving organizations, community coalitions, and grassroots groups, to strengthen their capacity to deliver evidence-based solutions to positively impact the social determinants that lead to violence and vulnerability in communities.
SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC Continue to coordinate the Wilmington COVID-19 Community Mobilization Group in partnership with the City of Wilmington and key partners and community coalitions across the city to address the public health crisis impacting the health and well-being of City youth and their families. Mobilize and align efforts for communication, outreach, screening, testing, vaccination adoption, and compliance with CDC and State guidelines.
SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM Work with the United Way of Delaware to plan and implement the Racial Justice Collaborative to address the recovery from the impacts of COVID- 19 and underlying education, health, economic, and social justice issues facing City youth and their families.
IMPROVE THE MEASUREMENT OF OUR IMPACT Use data to guide the work and assess the impact of our collective efforts. a. Support the implementation of a performance measurement plan based on the best practices to monitor progress, ensure continuous quality improvement, and evaluation of impact. b.Continued analysis of relevant aggregate population level data on the social determinants impacting the children, youth, and families in the high- risk neighborhoods of the City of Wilmington.
ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS Provide communications support to promote awareness of the Council s work with community partners and messages related to the purpose of this scope. Research and develop grant applications to secure funding to support WCAC operations and the work of community partners.
A PART OF OUR STORY UNDER-REPORTED MAY THE WORK I VE DONE SPEAK FOR ME $7.5 M from the US Department of Education to the Delaware Department of Education for trauma informed behavioral health services $40,000 from New Castle County to the WCAC to support the COVID-19 community mobilization efforts in the City $1.0 M from the US Department of Justice to the Delaware Criminal Justice Council for youth employment and leadership development conducted by the City Department of Parks and Recreation $15,000 from Delaware State University to the WCAC to support a study among community residents about how they make choices about how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic $370,000 from the Delaware Partnership for Healthy Communities to community coalitions in the City and from the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic to Network Connect to promote healthy development in the community Assisted Network Connect to receive funding from the State Division of Social Services to support youth employment and leadership development.
OUR NEWEST PROJECT Behavioral Health Initiative: This is our newest project, a partnership with the State s Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and the University of Delaware s Partnership for Healthy Communities that has resulted in a contract for Network Connect and CIT to head an effort to improve behavioral health services in Wilmington.
ONGOING BACKBONE SUPPORT WORK Support the engagement of youth to ensure that youth have an active voice and are partners in the work of the WCAC. Liaison with other state and local governmental entities, committees, coalitions, or other collective efforts that are focused on similar work to help high-risk children, youth, and their families in the City of Wilmington to identify and act on opportunities for collaboration. Provide staff support to all meetings of the WCAC and its working groups, including planning, recording, and following up on actions to be taken; dissemination of information; and tracking of progress. Provide support to the newly established board of directors of the now 501c3 WCAC.
