Celebrating Our Partners and Spring Calls-to-Action
“The rules for interaction from collective impact create an alignment within complex relationships and sets of activities which, when combined with shared intentionality, causes previously invisible solutions and resources to emerge.”
Celebrating Partnerships
From Collective Impact and community collaboration research, partnerships have been shown to improve communication, increase trust and respect, breakdown misconceptions, and develop efficient, effective, and sustainable solutions. First 1,000 Days Sarasota is building partnerships, enhancing connections, and providing networking opportunities for community agencies to learn from one another. See some of the feedback from our end of the year 2020 Partner Survey below.
In the 2020 Annual Partner Survey we also asked professionals to highlight organizations and/or professionals within our community. We had an overwhelming response celebrating many partnerships and leaders in our region. Thank you to all participated, we look forward to continuing this tradition in the upcoming years. Please check our social media accounts as we continue to highlight these organizations and individuals over the upcoming months.
Partner Spotlight: Sarasota Memorial Health Care System & CenterPlace Health
Benefit Assistance and Navigation is a huge need for families in the community. Sarasota Memorial Health Care System and CenterPlace Health have had some recent process changes to help improve this complex barrier.
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has some real “behind the scenes heroes” in their Patient Assistance Program helping families with benefit navigation. The program is a great resource for families needing assistance signing up for Medicaid or financial support if they are uninsured. We have recently added their program as a service on Unite Us! Pregnant women planning to deliver at Sarasota Memorial Hospital and/or have recently delivered a baby qualify for this service. Clients can be referred through the Unite Us platform by using the Health Insurance/Benefits sub-type.
CenterPlace Health has hired a new Community Health Worker, Ximena. Ximena will be rounding on CenterPlace Health patients on Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Mother Baby unit five days a week. Her role is to ensure patients have a follow-up appointment for baby and mom and are connected with available resources in the community. We are thankful to have another kind and knowledgeable professional assisting families in the community.
Partner Calls-to-Action
As our initiative continues to grow, we call upon our partners to help us with the following:
E-mail Chelsea the name and contact information of your marketing team within your organization.
Encourage families to go to First1000DaysSarasota.com to learn about early brain development and sign up for a free text messaging service with developmental activities.
“Like” and “follow” the First 1,000 Days Sarasota Facebook and Instagram Pages and share relevant content on your organization’s page. We specifically need assistance promoting events such as: the parent portal website, community murals, and upcoming sidewalk chalk campaign
Learn more about Unite Us with our Community Engagement Manager, Stephanie Harris, by joining a Unite Florida Information Session. click here to sign up.
E-mail Chelsea if you would like to join one of the community workgroups listed below.
Join a 2021 Workgroup!
Education and Outreach
Help us develop ways to spread the message of early brain development and our parent portal website. Our network of community partners is strong and we are finding creative solutions to disseminate information to parents in the community.
Access to Care
Antenatal and postpartum mental health can be a contributor to long-term health and behavioral conditions in children. This group will: identify resources in the community, determine whether there are any capacity concerns or gaps in services, provide tools to help practicing professionals screen and refer for services, and start a countywide campaign to educate the general public on supports available.
Professional Development
In order to help others, we must ensure professionals in the community are well-supported and equipped with the tools they need to provide quality and compassionate care. This workgroup is working on bringing trainings to our community in areas of trauma informed care, equity, and cultural competence.
National Partnerships: Nemours Integrator Learning Lab
As a member of Nemours Integrator Learning Lab supported by The Kresge Foundation, First 1,000 Days Sarasota is proud to share:
Nemours Children’s Health System just released the “Take Two” series- highlighting two reflections and two pieces of advice for network partners carrying out integrative activities that enable multi-sector networks to transform systems and advance health equity for a community or population. The series offers advice from real-world leaders of population health networks- including members of First 1,000 Days Sarasota, in Part Three. Topics Include
1. Forming Integrative Networks
2. Re-Invigorating Integrative Networks
3. Planning for Network Sustainability
4. Deepening Community Engagement
To view the series: Click Here