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Our Methodology:
One Voice for Volusia is using a research, planning and
community mobilization framework designed by Drs. Hawkins and
Catalano. This model, based on their risk and protective factor
research, involves a process that includes:
Convening
for the purpose of educating and providing networking
opportunities among health and human services
Facilitating
impartial and progressive methodologies to positively affect
systemic change
Monitoring
community trends affecting quality of life issues
Encouraging
open dialogue about key community issues
Advocating
for the efficient and effective use of community resources
Fostering
diverse partnerships among all sectors of the community
Mobilizing
the community to support measurable outcomes and an effective
evaluation of all health and human services programming
Engaging
leaders and citizens by developing and implementing community
improvement strategies through priority-setting and consensus
building
Collecting,
analyzing, interpreting,
and sharing indicator data with the
community
Supporting
other coalitions locally and throughout the state to further the
field of work.
Our Goals:
To
increase community protective factors and decrease risk factors to
reduce:
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Youth Substance Abuse
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Juvenile Delinquency
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Violence
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Teen Pregnancy
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School Dropout
Our Mission:
Through
collaboration One Voice for Volusia mobilizes all sectors of the
community by strengthening our organized capacity to meet human
needs.
Our Vision:
Our Community will provide opportunities for youth and families to
be self-sufficient and productive contributors to society.
The History of One Voice for Volusia:
One Voice for Volusia coalition
began in 1997 as a juvenile justice initiative to bring together
multiple sectors of the community to implement strategies to reduce
juvenile delinquency. As the coalition grew its focus expanded to
include not just delinquency, but four other adolescent problem
behaviors: substance abuse, violence, school dropout and teen
pregnancy. Utilizing the Community that Care® model for
community mobilization, One Voice members developed and implemented
strategies across many sectors to decrease community risk factors
and increase protective factors.
In 2001, as a result of
the increased focus and mission, One Voice for Volusia formed its
own non-profit corporation. One Voice has continued to grow and
react to the needs of the community and has become known as a
community leader in research as well as the premier source for
community data. As an established and trusted resource, the
coalition now mentors other neighboring initiatives and groups and
leads the way in studying the process of local funding and planning
decisions. By examining best practices and models from throughout
the country, One Voice has implemented community efforts to
establish a shared vision for local health and human services, which
will result in long-term positive changes for the community as a
whole.
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