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Community Networks: Community-Centered Schools

• In what ways can we more effectively use existing resources within facilities that are owned and operated by one jurisdiction. The presence of a clinic in Brooklyn Center High School is just one example of an effective co-location. What other resources could be brought together?

• Rate this idea on a scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high) according to the following criteria

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  Human Capacity.  How much does this idea:

  * uncover and build on individual-family-community strengths/assets
  * make transparent the processes, structures, policies impacting the individual-family-community?
  * help illuminate influences of social-economic-cultural context for the individual-family-community?

  

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  Civic Infrastructure.  How much does this idea:

  * build connections, networks, collaborative structures
  * create community resources, assets, equality of opportunity
  * increase social capital, economic independence and civic engagement

  

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  Fairness / Equity.  How much does this idea:

  * have the potential for positively impacting racial, gender or other disparities beyond socio-economic status
  * provide greater and more convenient access to resources as needed along the prosperity continuum

  

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  Scope of impact and potential efficiency.  How much does this idea:

  * require accessing multiple policy areas
  * help integrate resources across areas

  

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  Rules and regulations.  How much does this idea alter use of or need for rules and regulations?

  

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  Incentives / Resources.  How much does this idea:

  * Change incentives for stakeholders
  * Focus resources along a new or different path toward prosperity

  

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  Replicability.  How replicable is this idea?

  

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  Scalability.  How scalable is this idea?

  

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  Ability to impact.  How great is our ability to implement this idea?

  

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  Palatability.  How palatable or politically feasible is this idea? 

  

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by Julia McCarthy on Jan 25, 2011 @ 2:00am

I have been involved with the Brooklyn Center Health Resource Center. It's part of the community schools initiative in that district. St, Paul Schools and Wilder Foundation are planning similar work under the Promise Neighborhood grant.