Coordinated Funders Volunteer Reviewer Training

01/29/2018 & 01/30/2018

Agenda I. Welcome and Introductions II. Review of Washtenaw Coordinated Funders FY 2018-2020 Application

Cycle III.Presentation of Washtenaw County Equity Data IV.COFU’s Theory of Change V. COFU Funding FY 2018-2020 Rationale VI.COFU’s 5 Priority Areas and Current Community Conditions

a. Early Childhood b.School-Aged Youth c. Safety Net Health and Nutrition d.Housing and Homelessness e. Aging

VII.Reviewers Role in Advancing Equity VIII.Review and Closing

Introductions

Washtenaw Coordinated Funders FY 2018 -2020 Application Cycle

Purpose: Increase your understanding of equity as a concept, inequity in our community, and how that informs your role in recommending where our community resources are allocated.

Key questions we will answer during volunteer reviewer training: o Why equity? o What is my role as a reviewer to advance Equity? o What do I need to know about myself as I move into this work?

Two Futures: One Community

Source: Opportunitywashtenaw.org

Washtenaw County’s Challenge

COFU Funding Rationale Category and/or Priority Population Target % Allocation

Prevention Services & Programs 35 - 45%

Crisis Intervention Services & Programs 55 - 65%

Individuals and families residing in the zip codes of 48197 & 48198 70 - 75%

Individuals and families residing in census tracts with a low or very low opportunity score rating on the Washtenaw Opportunity Index 25 - 50%

Individuals and families with annual incomes at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level 75 - 85%

Families with newborns enrolled in Medicaid and/or families with children enrolled in the MIChild program 20 - 35%

Homebound Seniors 20 - 35%

Individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness 15 - 30%

Community Conditions Sector Leaders - 50 mins total Pull out storytelling resources from grantee convenings -

Where are you seeing inequity in the community as it relates to your work?

Share a story that’s representative of the inequity you’re seeing. What are you most concerned about? Guiding questions for their stories - please include:

Data slide itself A specific client story - Elizabeth

Early Childhood Increase the developmental readiness of children with high needs

so they can succeed in school

Data Source: MI School Data (2015-2017), American Community Survey: U.S. Census Bureau, WISD Early Childhood Department

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School-Age Youth: Graduation

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Students w/ DisabilitiesNot EL

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3rd Grade English Language Arts (ELA) Proficiency (2017) 79.6% 79.8%

78.6% 77.0%

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Class of 2016Class of 2015Class of 2014Class of 2013

4 Year High School Graduation Rates

Statewide All Washtenaw

50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Statewide

Ann Arbor

Dexter

Manchester

Saline

Ypsilanti

Central Academy

4 Year High School Graduation Rate Class of 2016 by District

5,926 (12.6%) Chronically Absent Students in Washtenaw County in 2016-17

Chronic Absence = 10%+ days missed Varies by District:

5.5% in Dexter to

28.5% in Ypsilanti

Data Source: MI School Data (2015-2017)

School-Age Youth: Safety

Adults Reporting Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

Suicide Attempts: Emergency Room Admissions Intentional Injuries & Poisoning for Washtenaw County

Youth <18 years old (April 2011-June 2014)

Data Sources: Michigan Profile for Health Youth (MiPHY Survey 2016) & Adreanne Waller, Washtenaw County Public Health Epidemiologist

School Safety Mental Health Relationships

Community Conditions: Safety Net Health and Nutrition

1. Even using the same scale, only Saline City has same age range for Blacks and Whites.

2. All of the other minor civil divisions have an average age of death for blacks 4 to 18 years younger than those for whites’.

3. Ann Arbor, Scio and York Townships average ages of death for black residents are all age 56.

Washtenaw County Health Department analysis, MDHHS data, Adreanne Waller.

Community Conditions: Safety Net Health &Nutrition

Community Conditions: Housing and Homelessness

Homeless System of Care includes everything from coordinated entry -> eviction prevention -> street outreach -> emergency shelter -> transitional housing -> permanent housing (rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing & other permanent housing)

Community-level outcome: Reduce # people who experience homelessness

Coordinated community response, with focus on permanent housing as main goal

Housing & Homelessness – Rental Data

Housing & Homelessness – Inequities

Homeless Population Demographics (CY 2016)

Washtenaw County

State of Michigan

Total # people experiencing homelessness

5,346 (62% individual HH; 38% HH w/ children)

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# literally homeless individuals, residing on the streets or in emergency

shelters

3,425 66,483

% literally homeless who are African American (% in general population)

59% (13%) 53% (14%)

% literally homeless who have a diagnosed disability (% in general

population)

44% (6-15%) 44% (10%)

In Washtenaw County, there are only 18 affordable and available rental units for every 100 extremely low-income

renter households (ELI) (Source: The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s - 2014 Out of Reach report &

The Urban Institute’s Housing Assistance Matters report)

Community Conditions: Aging

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Exploring Our Role In Advancing Equity

Presented by: Yodit Mesfin Johnson J 2018

NEW improves the impact and performance of fellow

nonprofits by working alongside leaders to create

high-quality strategic solutions that advance

their mission in our communities.

Empowered Leaders, Flourishing Nonprofits, and Vibrant Communities.

Session Presenter YODIT MESFIN JOHNSON, Chief Operating Officer/VP Strategy Focus on sustainability, oversight of NEW’s staff, operations and program initiatives. Nationally recognized leader and advocate in diversity, business development, nonprofit

management and social entrepreneurship. Experience in corporate, entrepreneurial, and nonprofit sectors With NEW since 2008 Identify as Black/African American Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Cisgender Mom & Step Mom

Introductions

Name Length of service as a reviewer Your hometown

http://www.lookdifferent.org/snap-judgment/2-who-is-a-pulitzer-prize-winning-journalist

Icebreaker

OBJECTIVES

Learn key terms related to diversity, inclusion and equity Engage in personal and group learning activities to contextualize key concepts Explore myths and realities of Implicit Bias and how it shows up Learn debiasing strategies “The most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about.” --David Foster Wallace

“To reach others, we have to first know ourselves. And to

contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some

activity or practice that questions what we assume to be true about ourselves.”

--Adapted from A.H. Almaas

'Agreements' Listen and observe with attention.

Ask clarifying questions.

Experiment with suspending judgment/knowing as best you can. Keep our discussions confidential when it is merited.

Invite humility while cultivating curiosity.

Guiding Principles Culture is not good or bad. It just “is.” What may be considered “just the way it is” is often culturally

influenced. Our view of the world is shaped by values, perceptions, assumptions

and expectations. The more people know about their culture, and the more they know

about other cultures, the better the communication will be. The way one does or sees things, when coupled with the way others

do and see things, can lead to new improved ways of doing and seeing things.

Being different is “OK” and differences can be recognized, acknowledged and cherished.

Forms of Resistance Participating in other workshops that left us feeling “blame or

shame” Taboo about discussing diversity in mixed groups Denial of prejudice Thinking dichotomously Myth of meritocracy Inability in our dominant identity to see ourselves as a member

of a group and part of a system Learning and being taught to deny, pretend and minimize the

extent and impact of being members of marginalized groups

Context: What Is D.E.I.?

EXAMINING THE CONTEXT Oppression

Privilege

Marginalization

•System that privileges one identity group while marginalizing another

•Increased access to Power and Institutions (employment, housing, healthcare, legal justice system, education, policymaking bodies, media, transportation, etc)

•Involves a choice, whether conscious or unconscious •Is it earned?

•Increased barriers to access •Increased awareness and understanding of inequalities •Is reinforced at different, simultaneous levels

Dimensions of Diversity

What is Implicit/Unconscious Bias? Our natural people preferences

Biologically we are hard-wired to prefer people who look like us, sound like us and share our interests.

“Social categorization‟ is the process whereby we routinely and rapidly sort people into groups.

This preference bypasses our normal, rational and logical thinking.

We use these processes very effectively (we call it intuition) but the categories we use to sort people are not logical, modern or perhaps even legal.

Simply put, our neurology takes us to the very brink of bias and poor decision making.

Source: Excerpt from Kirw

an Institute's State of Science

VIDEO: TED TALKS LIVE Short - Unconscious Bias

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rspZv2a0Pp8

How Bias Impacts Us “Most of us believe that we are ethical and unbiased. We imagine we’re good decision makers, able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in our, and our organization's, best interests, but more than two decades of research confirms that, in reality, most of us fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception.” Harvard University researcher Mahzarin Banaji

As the video demonstrates, our biases affects us and our decision-making processes in a number of different ways:

Our Perception – how we see people and perceive reality.

Our Attitude – how we react towards certain people.

Our Behaviors – how receptive/friendly we are towards certain people.

Our Attention – which aspects of a person we pay most attention to.

Our Listening Skills – how much we actively listen to what certain people say.

Our Micro-affirmations – how much or how little we comfort certain people in certain situations.

Examples of How Bias Shows Up in Grantmaking Overhead rates as an indicator of organizational efficiency when comparing two

like agencies Comparing cost/unit of service for similar programs Analysis of grammar The value placed on proposals which sound more "educated" e.g. traditional

research papers Value of "credentialed" versus lived experience of staff or key volunteers

associated with proposed program The concept of "sustainability" as code which favors larger, more

traditional/institutional agencies over grassroots organizations General/core operating support vs. project/program restricted funding

Combatting Bias Develop and nurture “constructive uncertainty” Develop the capacity to use a “flashlight” on ourselves to help identify a bias; this in turn will help you appropriately act on it Understand and redirect beliefs, don’t try to suppress them Explore awkwardness or discomfort by asking ourselves, “What is triggering me in any particular situation?” Create opportunities for positive exposure Adapted from resources developed by Howard Ross for presentation at NYS SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Conference, October 2013

Combatting Bias: Trusted 10 Exercise

Using the paper provided, list

the 5 people you trust most. These could be personal or professional relationships, it won’t make a difference.

STOP.

Trusted 10: What Did You Notice? Everyone about the same? When we surround ourselves with people who are that much like us, we are never pressured to grow, see things from a different angle or challenge our own assumptions.

We meet new people all of the time, but an extremely small number of them actually make it into our “inner circle.” Look at the image and think about the people you know and see every day. Many of them fall into Level 1, which is a “Hi, how are you?” type of relationship, it’s an acquaintance – not a friendship. Certainly not a Trusted 5 or 10.

VIDEO: Howard Ross, CookRoss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Go-4Q1RCs

What Next? How We Move The Ball… Name It!

Confront issues (not people) boldly

Practice Inclusion; not tokenism (Look around the table!)

Practice Empathy

Take personal responsibility to learn and act

Be in right relationship with diverse members of community

Respect and honor difference

Be accountable for yourself and your actions

Have grace

Thank you! Important Dates to remember… • 2/12: Program/Ops Applications to Review Teams • 2/12-2/28: Reviewer Reading Period • 2/28: RFP Reviews Completed • Week of 3/5: 1st Round of Reviewer Deliberations • Week of 3/12: 2nd Round of Reviewer Deliberations • Week of 3/26: Funding Recommendation Approval