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Success Stories     

Maryland Office of Children, Youth, and Families

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Oregon Commission on Children and Families

Santa Cruz County

Vermont Agency for Human Services

Turn the Curve Success Stories

1. Turning the curve on 16 to 18 Year Olds Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in Newcastle, UK:  Sara Morgan-Evans, Local Connexions Manager in Newcastle, UK describes her team's multi-year success using Outcome Based Accountability, working with other partners, to produce a significant reduction in this important measure of youth disengagement.

2. Turning the curve on Positive Youth Shelter Discharges from the Spectrum Youth and Family Services Homeless Shelter in Burlington, Vermont: Trine Bech, authored this paper summarizing the exceptional work of the shelter staff and residents using Results-Based Accountability methods to turn a declining trend in rate of positive exits for young people from the shelter. A key to their success was involvement of the youth themselves.

3. to 7. Turning Curves, Achieving Results: Five Annie E. Casey Foundation Fellows (Craig Levine, Molly McGrath, Brenda Donald, Dennis Campa and Yolie Flores Aguilar) describe their successes using Results-Based Accountability to measurably improve the well-being of children and families in Essex County, NJ, Chicago, IL, Washington, DC, San Antonio TX, and Los Angeles County, CA. Don't miss the inspiring introduction by Molly McGrath.
 


8. Baltimore Leadership in Action program turns the curve on children ready for school in Baltimore City

9. MADD turns the curve on alcohol related traffic deaths.

10. Santa Cruz County's united effort turns the curve on teen alcohol use: Together for Youth / Unidos Para Nuestros Jovenes.

11. Tillamook County turns the curve on the teen pregnancy rate.

Other Results-Based Accountability
Success Stories

12. Contra Costa County’s Children’s Report Card tracks state, county and  neighborhood trends for 23 Indicators under 5 Results.

13. Contra Costa County’s Children and Family Services Budget relates county expenditures to community results.

14. Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council uses the power of outcomes and indicators from planning to budgets

15. Los Angeles County government organizes major planning efforts around County-Wide Results

16. Maryland: Getting to Results, Building a Prototype for Results-Based Accountability in Maryland, Excerpt from Maryland 2001 Kids Count Factbook, by Phil Lee, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs

17. Placer County's Commission for Children and Families uses "Request for Results" as alternative to "Request for Proposal

18. San Mateo County's Outcome-Based Management System Aligns Program Performance Measures, County Budget and Community Results.

19. San Mateo County's Children's Summit Moves 350 Participants from Talk to Action.

20. The Santa Cruz county-wide data book is a powerful tool for community change.

21. Missouri and Vermont: Building Senior Leadership Support for Results-Based Accountability: A Dialogue Between Gary Stangler and Cornelius Hogan

See also the examples and stories in Trying Hard is Not Good Enough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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