The first step in creating a community dashboard was to agree where we are headed together. Throughout 2008, members of the CAN Board of Directors, the CAN Community Council and the many collaborations and non-profit organizations that participate in CAN Issue Area Groups engaged in a process to identify common goals for all people in our community. |
 |
WE ACHIEVE
OUR FULL
POTENTIAL |
We have the education, skills and opportunities to achieve our full potential and lead meaningful, joyful lives.
We have adequate income, resources and supports to live independent lives. |
OUR BASIC
NEEDS
ARE MET |
We live in a community where the basic needs of all are met.
We live in affordable and stable housing with access to open space and public amenities.
We have safe, affordable, accessible and reliable transportation. |
WE ARE
HEALTHY |
We live, work, learn and play in accessible, safe, clean and healthy physical environments.
We have adequate nutrition and achieve and maintain optimal physical and behavioral health. |
WE ARE
SAFE, JUST
& ENGAGED |
We are free from abuse, neglect, crime, violence and injustice.
We respect and value diversity.
We are aware, socially connected, and contribute to our neighborhoods, individual communities, and the community at large.
We have the opportunity and willingness to lead by utilizing our talents, passions and interests to improve the community. |
|
The Community Action Network appointed a Dashboard Steering Committee in 2009 comprised of people who represent a broad array of issues, including health and human services, transportation, education, workforce, mental health and criminal justice. This Committee used as its starting point the work of many collaborations in the local community and around the nation that have developed outcomes and indicators to measure community progress. The Committee began with more than 80 indicators and, over the course of the year, condensed those to the 16 indicators included on the Community Dashboard. The Dashboard Steering Committee continues to work with the CAN Board of Directors to make the Community Dashboard more useful and relevant for local community planning. To read more about the work of the Dashboard Steering Committee, click here. |
|
