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Using Effective Tools To Put Data To Use:
A Collective Impact Story From Providence, RI
Elizabeth Devaney, Providence After School Alliance
Rebecca Boxx, Providence Children and Youth Cabinet
Systems-building intermediary Original funding from Wallace Foundation in 2004 Focus on increasing access to high quality
programming AfterZone Hub Quality improvement
Building an afterschool system– PASA’s Story
Shared definition of quality Data management Program Assessment & quality coaching Professional development for staff & partners
High quality programming Highly trained & committed staff
Building a quality improvement system
Monitor attendance and retention
Data tracking for management and accountability
Quality leads to participation
Participation leads to improved outcomes
Data sharing with PPSD for targeted services
Using Data to Drive Quality
System Level - Monitoring Participation
School 2009-10 School Year 2010-11 School Year
Total School Enrollment
AfterZone Participation
% of school population
served
Total School Enrollment
AfterZone Participation
% of school population served
Nathan Bishop 239 182 76% 502 283 56%
Esek Hopkins 379 229 60% 481 222 46%
DelSesto 349 191 55% 469 257 55%
Roger Williams 751 344 46% 720 351 49%
Bridgham 571 206 36% 603 219 36%
Gilbert Stuart 706 332 47% 774 272 35%
Perry 609 268 44% N/A N/A N/A
Total 3,604 1,752 49% 3,549 1,603 45%
Program Level - Monitoring Attendance
Youth Level - Monitoring Intensity
% of youth attending 3+ days per week % of youth attending 30+ days per year % of youth attending 2+ program types % of youth attending 2+ sessions per year % of youth attending 2+ years
Lessons Learned
It takes time to customize a data tool Data tool must be useful on the ground Someone needs to monitor and manage data
tool People will get on board when they are ready Needs evolve as your system evolves – choose a
tool that is nimble
Inception of Full Service Community
Schools (FSCS) Initiative 2008
Year four – FSCS serves 7 schools, 3000 individuals
(2012)
Institution of the Mayor’s Children and
Youth Cabinet based on the STRIVE model
(2010)Data sharing agreement allows for
timely exchange of
individualized student data
between district SIS and Youthservices
Full Service Community Schools in Providence - Context
Additional funders, partners
expand set of programmatic
targets and outcomes
System continuously modified to
accommodate programmatic
needs
Year one – FSCS serves one school,
300 individuals
Youthservices chosen as web –based, cost effective data
system
Build out a “system of
data systems” in support of
Providence’s collective
impact strategy
Utility of Integrated Data System Manage partners to a set of outcomes Communicate progress to varied stakeholders Monitor quality and fidelity of programming Provide individualized data to inform student
supports Collect and integrate foundational data in support
of collective impact outcomes
Tools for Monitoring– Milestone report
Tools for Communication– Principal Report
Tools for Student Support – Student Profile
Implications for Providence Children and Youth Cabinet Programmatic data and tools the foundation of a
city wide dashboard Negotiating of data sharing agreements between
institutions, CBOs and schools have city-wide implications
Beginning of longitudinal linking of data across major initiatives start of a cradle to career story
Collaborative culture of accountability key to success of collective impact strategy