BUCKS-MONT COLLABORATIVE
PO BOX 66, HARLEYSVILLE, PA 19438 www.bucksmontcollab.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: GOAL:TO BE A CATALYST FOR ACTION, ENGAGING MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO FOSTER A COHESIVE AND EFFECTIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM IN MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES.

PRODUCE RESULTS-ORIENTED IMPACT ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ISSUES IN MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS COUNTIES THROUGH INFORMATION SHARING, NETWORKING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS.

-MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS PROVIDE INFORMATION UPDATES, INFO EXCHANGEAND INTER-AGENCY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. RESULTS OF RELEVANT STUDIES ANDRECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED AND PROBLEM-SOLVING TASK GROUPS EMERGE.50-60 LEADERS OF NONPROFITS, BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, THEFAITH COMMUNITY, AND GOVERNMENT ATTEND OUR MEETINGS. DUE TO COVID-19, WE HAVE TRANSITIONED FORMERLY IN-PERSON MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, EVENTS, AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO VIRTUAL.-E-NEWSLETTERS AND WEBSITE UPDATE MEMBERS & OTHERS ON OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE SECTOR FOR TRAINING, COLLABORATIONS, BEST PRACTICES, STUDIES, NEW SERVICES, JOBS, EVENTS, ETC. TO ASSIST OUR MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN LEARNING ABOUT CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO SERVICES DURING COVID-19, OUR E-NEWS WENT FROM MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION TO TWICE A WEEK AND THEN ONCE A WEEK.-ACT AS A CATALYST FOR COLLABORATIONS CURRENTLY BENEFITING OURCOMMUNITY, INCLUDING, MOST RECENTLY, OUR TRAUMA INITIATIVE, THE "THIS IS US" ADVOCACY COALITION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, HEALTH SPARK FOUNDATION'S "BUILD BACK BETTER" EFFORT-OUR ACCESS TASK FORCE HAS DEVELOPED A VETERANS RESOURCES REFERRAL GUIDE AND DIRECTS ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER RESOURCES -THROUGH OUR COLLABORATIVE ADVOCACY NETWORK, WE ARE SHARING WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NONPROFITS IN ADDITION TO THEIR SOCIAL VALUE. HOST AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE OR CANDIDATES FORUM. PROVIDE ADVOCACY TRAINING AND TOOLS TO MEMBERS.-THROUGH OUR TRAINING INSTITUTE, PROVIDE SKILLS TRAINING FOR NONPROFIT LEADERS & EMERGING LEADERS AS WELL AS TRAUMA TRAINING TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF NONPROFIT AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS - HAVE TRAINED MORE THAN 1900 PROFESSIONALS IN TRAUMA 101 AND/OR TRAUMA 102 - ARE IN PROCESS OF GRADUATING OUR SECOND COHORT OF "TRAUMA COMPETENT PROFESSIONALS" MARKING 30 SESSIONS OF CLASS ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE ASSIGNMENTS. WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN OFFERED ON NUMEROUS OTHER NONPROFIT-BUSINESS RELATED SKILLS.-WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPLORING START-UP OF A BUCKS-MONT TRAUMA COALITION AT THE INVITATION OF THE PA ATTORNEY GENERALS'S OFFICE. (PA INTENDS TO BECOME A TRAUMA-INFORMED STATE.) LIKELY AREAS OF EMPHASIS WILL BE: HEALING FROM THE TRAUMA OF COVID AND FINDING WAYS TO PREVENT OR HEAL RACIAL DISCRIMINATORY TRAUMA. -HOSTED TWELVE COMMUNITY SUMMITS GEARED TO RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUESAND FOSTERING POST-SUMMIT ACTION.2020: POSTPONED TO 2021 DUE TO COVID-192019: TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE: FROM OVERWHELMED TO FINDING HOPE2017: HOW CHANGE HAPPENS: WHY SOME SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SUCCEED WHILE OTHERS DON'T2016: TRAUMA & RESILIENCE2015: TRAUMA & ADVERSITY & WHAT HELPS HEAL2014: COHESIVE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES IN MONTGOMERYCOUNTY2012: BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY THROUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER,WITH AUTHOR AND COMMUNITY BUILDER PETER BLOCK2011: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO REDUCE YOUTH SUBSTANCEABUSE2010: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF ELDER CAREGIVING2009: PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE: UNITING OUR COMMUNITY TOREDUCE CHILDHOOD OBESITY2008: LEVERAGING THE POWER OF COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS2007: CULTURAL COMPETENCE2006: TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP IN SUMMIT ON THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF AGINGBABY BOOMERS-HOW TO SERVE THEM WELL AND ENGAGE THEM IN VOLUNTEERISM- ADMINISTERED THE NORTH PENN NONPROFIT ACADEMY FROM 2004 THROUGH JUNE 2010 PROVIDING LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO MORE THAN 400 NONPROFIT LEADERS.-SECURED THE LEAD GRANT TO FUND A DENTAL CLINIC FOR OUR REGION'S UN- ANDUNDER-INSURED RESIDENTS. THE CLINIC WAS A SERVICE OF NORTHPENN VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION (WHICH WAS ACQUIRED BY ABINGTON HEALTHIN 2013) AND, SINCE JANUARY 2007, HAS PROVIDED ACCESS TO DENTAL CAREFOR THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS.-BEGAN THE DIALOGUE IN OUR (FORMER) FINANCIAL STABILITY CABINET THAT GREW INTO THE YOUR WAY HOME MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOUSING/HOMELESSNESS PROVIDERS' CENTRALIZED INTAKE SYSTEM -PROVIDED THE SPARK, THROUGH OUR (FORMER) FINANCIAL STABILITY CABINET, TO BEGIN A VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY. SINCE ITSINCEPTION IN 2009, THE PROGRAM HAS RETURNED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO LOWAND MODERATE-INCOME FAMILIES. NORTH PENN UNITED WAY HAD PROVIDED THELEADERSHIP FOR THIS PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY MANY OF OUR MEMBER AGENCIES.

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