Collaborative Partners

The Harrison, Monona, and Shelby County Hub (HMS Hub) is a three-county collaboration focusing on supporting children and families, increasing prevention, decreasing referrals to the child protective systems, and decreasing out-of-home placements. The collaborative will create a platform that will act as a communication catalyst, or central information exchange, establishing and strengthening relationships, identifying gaps and barriers, and finding solutions. The mission of the HMS Hub is to create new resource paths of communication and reduce trauma for children and families of Harrison, Monona, and Shelby counties by expanding protective factors through increased service connections. Collaborative Purposes: •To better serve children and families in the three-county community •To inspire and mobilize a collaborative network •To support the collective work of educators, organizations, and nonprofits serving children and families •To identify gaps and duplication of services and programs •To establish and strengthen relationships with families and service organizations •To implement solutions using the combined strength of the collaborative community Guided by the 5 Conditions of Collective Impact, HMS Hub partners agree to develop the following conditions: 1.All participants have a common agenda for change, including a shared understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it through agreed-upon actions. 2.Collecting data and measuring results consistently across all the participants will ensure shared measurement for alignment and accountability. 3.Participants will develop a plan of action that outlines and coordinates mutually reinforced activities for each participant. 4.Participants commit to open and continuous communication across the participants to build trust, ensure mutual objectives, and create common excitement and motivation. Meeting Schedule: TBD Partners: Participation in the HMS Hub is open to organizations and individuals interested in fostering the vision by actively engaging in the planning and work of the Hub. Process: The HMS Hub embraces open discussion and informal agreements to make most decisions through a consensus of ‘majority rule’. Formal choices will be made through open discussion among partners present at the meetings. Decisions that require a vote will be conducted with the “Fist to Five” method. A Fist means: “I object and will block consensus, or I need more discussion/information.” •1 Finger means: “I’ll just barely go along.” Or “I don’t like this but it's not quite a no.” or, “I think there is a lot more work to do on this proposal.” In consensus, this indicates standing aside, or not agreeing but not blocking the consensus. •2 fingers mean: “I have reservations, but I’ll go along.” •3 fingers mean: “I like most of it, but not all, or I’m neutral.” •4 fingers mean: “I am mostly satisfied with this idea – I can support and assist.” •5 fingers mean: “I am very pleased with this idea and can fully support and assist with it.”