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The Pathway to Leadership: Lessons from Clinic Leadership Institute

aphilips — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:42:36 +0000

The Blue Shield of California Foundation is partnering with the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco to design and implement Clinic Leadership Institute (CLI). CLI is an 18-month leadership program designed to prepare the next generation of community clinic leaders for executive leadership positions in order to sustain a strong and vibrant community clinic system in California.

BTW informing change is conducting an ongoing evaluation of CLI. “The Pathway to Leadership: Lessons from Clinic Leadership Institute” highlights evaluation findings based on the experiences of the first two cohorts and offers key ways in which those in the community clinics field can support CLI participants and other emerging clinic leaders.

Building Capacity to Promote Community Health: The Experience to Date of the Community Clinics Initiative’s Networking for Community Health Program

aphilips — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:05:34 +0000

In 2008, The Community Clinics Initiative (CCI) launched their Networking for Community Health (NCH) grantmaking program. The program was designed to support California community clinics in strengthening their working relationships with both traditional and non-traditional partners. Over the past three years, CCI has supported clinics’ projects that work on a wide variety of issues, including improving access to nutritious food, engaging youth and coordinating health services, among others.

This report examines the ways in which the NCH program has enhanced the capacity of clinics and their partners to improve community health. It describes the conceptual framework of the NCH program, presents evaluation findings to date and offers practical suggestions for other funders and communities interested in pursuing a similar approach to improve community health.

A Snapshot of the Community Clinic Voice

aphilips — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:02:21 +0000

Social Web sites have rapidly grown into large, sophisticated networks that can span the globe.This brief provides a snapshot of one nonprofit online community—the Community Clinic Voice. The Community Clinics Initiative (CCI) supports the Voice to aid health care safety net professionals in building stronger, healthier communities.

The brief explores the Voice model, including its structure, evolution, members and the benefits that they gain from utilizing the Voice. It also summarizes CCI’s approach to online community management and considerations for those who are interested or involved in developing or maintaining online communities as a tool to support the work of the nonprofit sector.

The Bridging Role of Community Health Promoters

aphilips — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:56:31 +0000

Community health workers, public health aides, promotores and peer educators are all terms used to describe the role of community health promoters. These workers are recruited from communities to apply their knowledge of the area and their personal connections with residents to promote the public’s health. The Community Clinics Initiative requested that BTW examine the role of community health promoters in their Networking for Community Health grantmaking program. This brief documents the role and effectiveness of community health promoters in the program.

Creating Connections for Healthier Communities: The Community Clinics Initiative’s Networking for Community Health Program

aphilips — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:51:35 +0000

In 2008, The Community Clinics Initiative (CCI)’s launched their new Networking for Community Health grantmaking program. The program provides California community clinics with two-year grants to strengthen networking efforts with other organizations to promote the health of the communities they serve. Grantees’ networks have addressed a variety of community health priorities, from exposure to toxins to access to healthy food and regular exercise to disaster planning.

At a mid-point during the inaugural cohort, BTW informing change created a “visual summary” that describes the program’s key findings and learnings in a visually appealing, easy-to-use and condensed format.

Community Clinic Leadership in California: State of the Field and Implications for the Future

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:53:19 +0000

What kinds of actions taken now would ensure that community clinics have the leaders they need to meet the impending challenges of coming years? In 2008, two leading health care funders in California—the Blue Shield of California Foundation and the Community Clinics Initiative, a joint project of Tides and The California Endowment—engaged a team of consultants from BTW informing change and CompassPoint Nonprofit Services to assess the state of leadership in the community clinics field and answer this question.

Three separate studies were undertaken, and the results of all three are summarized in this publication. Community Clinic Leadership in California: State of the Field and Implications for the Future is a snapshot of the current leadership landscape and calls out important implications for consideration by clinic leaders, their funders and other community clinics stakeholders.

Mission Critical: The State of CEO Leadership in California Community Clinics

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:44:48 +0000

This report describes the findings and implications from an assessment of CEOs within California’s community clinics field. It looks at CEO’s perspectives on their current position, career path and aspirations, job challenges and rewards and the types of support that are most important for them to be successful in their work.

The report is part of a larger compendium of studies that provide a snapshot of clinic leadership within the state and key implications to stimulate discussion and action among clinic leaders, their nonprofit and for-profit partners, funders and other stakeholders in the community clinics field.

Taking the Pulse: The State of Medical Director Leadership in California Community Clinics

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:30:49 +0000

This report describes the findings and implications from a study of Medical Directors within California’s community clinics field. It looks at Medical director’s career pathways and their current job satisfaction, the most significant rewards and challenges of their leadership position, the extent to which they share leadership with others and important sources of support and training. It is part of a larger compendium of studies that provide a snapshot of clinic leadership within the state and important implications for consideration by clinic leaders, their partners, funders and other community clinic stakeholders.

The Pipeline Promise: A Study of Emerging Leaders in California’s Community Clinics

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:19:17 +0000

This report describes the findings and implications from a study of emerging leaders within the community clinics field in California. It looks at the degree to which their group of clinic staff are interested in and poised to become future CEOs, medical directors or other senior leaders in community clinics and consortia and what types of support they need to do so. It is part of a larger compendium of studies that provide a snapshot of clinic leadership within the state and important implications for preparing the next generation of clinic leaders.

Building for the Future: The Community Clinics Initiative’s Major Capital Campaign Gifts Program

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:17:04 +0000

From 2003 thorough 2007, the Community Clinics Initiative (CCI) invested more than $17 million in community health centers to undertake capital projects and enhance their fund-development capacity. BTW has worked with CCI over the past few years to evaluate the MCCG Program.

As the Program comes to an end, BTW has produced a brief report that provides grantmaking considerations for funders who are thinking about, or already involved in, capital funding programs for nonprofit organizations. The report, “Building for the Future,” also provides a short description of the MCCG grantmaking approach and key impacts that resulted from the program.