The HMG National Center, in partnership with the Collective Impact Forum and Connecticut Children’s Childhood Prosperity Lab, is excited to announce a new opportunity for the HMG National Affiliate Network to enhance understanding and application of systems change and systems leadership competencies among HMG leaders via a Learning Community.
This Learning Community will utilize a new curriculum developed by Collective Impact Forum and the HMG National Center. The curriculum centers six core competencies associated with system thinking and system change leadership skills that HMG leaders can apply in their work and share with their communities to advance a more collaborative, systemic approach to implementing the HMG Model.
Over the course of the Learning Community, project partners will support participants to:
- Gain a foundational understanding of each of the six core competencies
- Determine how to apply the six core competencies to an identified existing opportunity area
- Develop a plan to support application and assess resulting impact
- Implement strategies to apply the six core competencies to the identified opportunity area
System Leadership Learning Community Information Session | June 2024
The HMG National Center hosted an optional info session on June 27th, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET that shared an overview of the RFA and submission requirements. This session also covered the goals and format of the System Leadership Learning Community.
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Opportunity Highlights
- Open to HMG systems across the National Affiliate Network
- Up to 10 HMG systems will be accepted to participate
- Participating HMG systems will receive a stipend of $3,000 to be distributed at the conclusion of the project
- Learning Community will run from August 2024 – September 2025
Eligibility
- Must be an affiliate of the HMG National Network.
- Must have an active HMG Leadership Team, i.e. a steering committee that guides the HMG system as it evolves. The HMG Leadership Team is made up of representatives from agencies, community partners, and individuals who have expertise in early childhood services in their region/state. Leadership Team members share mutual interests, serve similar populations, and have the capacity to move an agenda forward.
- Teams should consist of 2-3 participants per system, at least one of whom is a HMG lead.
- For the purposes of this project, the HMG lead is defined as someone whose role is as primary manager/coordinator for HMG-related activities at either the state or local-level, with at least 50% of their role being the advancement of the implementation of the HMG Model.
- Other participants should serve in roles that help carry out HMG operations or support local implementation of the Model (i.e. members of the Leadership Team and/or partners that help implement Core Components of the Model), decision makers within their respective organization, and/or have the capacity and authority to lead change.
- Must have participated in or viewed the recording for the Water of Systems Change Webinar.
- Preferred: HMG leads with at least 6 months of experience in current role by the start of the Learning Community.
Key Dates
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- June 27, 2024: Optional information session
- July 31, 2024: Applications Due
- August 9, 2024: Acceptance notifications
- August 22, 2024: Kick-off
- August 2024-September 2025: Learning Community
