Week of October 1, 2018

Greetings Collaborators, here are the highlights from this week:

Monthly meeting of the Collaborative – The big event of the week was the monthly meeting where those who attended were briefed on the activities and projects of the last month– of which there were many!   New projects from the meeting were added to the l ist. The groupdecided that the monthly meetings are a great way to stay connected,so they will continue. It is wonderful to have such an involved and participatory collaborative, it makes us strong and more effective.

Duet training – several Collaborative members attended Dynamic Collaborationtraining led by Melissa Ransdell  of Duet. They gained a deeper understanding of  the  principle behind Dynamic Collaboration.There were great questions and discussions and many wonderful insights. For now it makes the most sense for the Core team to operate using Dynamic Collaboration and the larger Collaborative meetings to remain more traditional and conversational.

Potential Funding opportunity –Strengthening Families (DCYF) that  seems  to  have a  lot of potential  for us!  Anne  & Felicia are working on it, if you  have  thoughts or input, please let them know. Application deadline is Oct. 22

We have lots of projects underway, the current list follows. If you see something you want to support, please contact the project owner.

Till next time!