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Caregivers Coalition of Morris County:Building Public & Private Partnerships
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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Begin with your mission
Our mission:
The mission of the Caregivers Coalition of Morris County is to promote knowledge of, sensitivity to and action around caregiving issues.
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Be clear about your goals & objectives
Our goals:
• To strengthen services and resources to caregivers in Morris County.
• To improve access to information about caregiving, and about available and appropriate services.
• To identify and respond to gaps in services to caregivers.
• To advocate for policies and legislation to improve the quality of life for caregivers.
• To provide caregiver educational programs and resource information to social service providers, health care providers, family caregivers, corporations and businesses, and the community.
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Who is needed at the table?
• Know your community
• Who are the leaders?
• Who do you know?
• Who do your members know?
• Who shares your vision?
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Keeping people engaged
• Key people
• Success attracts partners
• Inclusiveness: the table is round
• Ownership: let go of (some) control; determine and prioritize the objectives together
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Sell your uniqueness
The Caregivers Coalition of Morris County is unique because:
• We are an ‘across the lifespan’ Coalition
• Our work is guided by caregivers as well as professionals
• Depth and breadth of our partnerships
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Sell your effectiveness
• Measure your success
• Talk about your success; not about how many meetings you had!
• Action language – we created a Caregiver Support Program!
• How are caregivers lives better because of your work?
Develop partnership opportunities
• Caregiver Support Project/Care Partner Program
• Lunch & Learns
• Co-sponsored Conferences
• Corporate Affinity Groups
Develop sponsorship opportunities
• Staff and Coalition support
• Caregiver Awareness Day
• Conference
• Pathways for Caregivers Guide
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Give credit!!!
• Logo opportunities
• Press
• Verbal acknowledgement
• Written acknowledgement
• Make a fuss!!!
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Thank you
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Carol E. DeGraw, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Manager, Community Impact
United Way of Morris County
www.uwmorris.org
973-993-1160, ext. 128
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