SVP Tucson envisions a community where everyone thrives. We are leading systems change to address multigenerational poverty in Tucson and Pima County using the 2Generation approach as defined by Ascend at the Aspen Institute. SVP has an opportunity to be the lead convener for a cross-sector (public and private) multi-stakeholder (nonprofit, philanthropic, business) prosperity initiative in our region.  We would like to know the best models, practices, and strategies for leading a community wide task force to reduce poverty and increase opportunity.  

To address an issue as complex and entrenched as multigeneration poverty an entire community must come together with shared understanding, goals, metrics, and accountability. Shifting systems for individualized care to family focused care including tracking outcomes for both children and the adults in their lives must be intentional. Recognizing the historic inequities that have kept certain demographics in poverty and aligning funding streams to develop shared resources, goals and outcomes requires a balance between innovation and evidence. Identifying who, what, when where and how to change systems (public and private) requires involvement of all levels of staff from CEOs to case managers and coaches. We envision that researching and understanding the structures of a successful community-wide task force include the following activities and questions: 

Success for this project would be a well-researched report/recommendation/presentation that shares the following:  

What is the best model/s for leading a convening of cross-sector partners to alleviate multigenerational poverty in a community-wide effort.  Essentially a how-to-guide for a community convener that centers family voice and whole family wellbeing.