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The start of a new year offers us a fresh perspective from which to examine the last. At the Center for Community Outreach (CCO), 2016 was characterized by incredible growth - new staff, new funding streams, and most importantly, new community programs. In this issue of the CCO e-Bulletin, we look forward to sharing with you some of the ways in which we've grown over the past year.
As always, please
the CCO e-Bulletin with others that you believe may be interested. Previous editions of the e-Bulletin are archived on the
CCO website.
If you would like hard copies of our annual report or if you have suggestions for future editions, questions, or concerns, please contact
Becky Wagner
and she will put you in touch with the person best able to respond - your feedback is always welcome!
Thank you for your interest in MCHS community engagement and community health improvement efforts.
Ronda Kopelke, Director
Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach
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 Wisconsin Afterschool Network (WAN)
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Since 2008, Marshfield Clinic has provided leadership for the Wisconsin Afterschool Network (WAN) via funding from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. In 2016, a large
mapping project was undertaken to better understand the needs of the statewide afterschool community. Based on responses from
521 programs reaching more than
79,000 children, WAN undertook strategies to strengthen its capacity to provide professional development and technical assistance to the programs that serve these children.
The WAN website, available at
wiafterschoolnetwork.org has been retooled to communicate its mission, vision, and goals with a significant focus on upcoming events in a live calendar format. Resources for programs are available online and include numerous tools for program management, program design, training, and technical assistance.
WAN also developed a comprehensive professional development strategy designed to improve afterschool practices to ensure that outcomes are focused on the academic, social, learning, health, and wellness success of participating children. This strategy included
7 day-long institutes,
6 webinars, and
2 community of practice events across Wisconsin.
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Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Afterschool
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The Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Afterschool program is designed to provide a case management
process that promotes academic success, social/emotional development, and healthy active living
for children ages 8-18. Last year, 29
AmeriCorps members served
in
13
afterschool programs located in the Marshfield Clinic service area providing service to more than 600 children.
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Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Members for the 2016 - 2017 Service Year |
New in 2016, Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Afterschool partnered with the
University of Wisconsin (UW) - Milwaukee to implement the evidence-based Academic Plus
program at all sites.
UW-Milwaukee staff provided AmeriCorps members with professional development and technical assistance throughout the year. Members
also benefited from use of the web-based Desire2Learn (D2L) platform.
Academic Plus promotes engagement between AmeriCorps members and teachers through teacher surveys conducted three times per academic year. Surveys consist of 10 questions about student work habits. Evidence has demonstrated that working with children to improve these 10 work habits can improve outcomes.
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Youth Net
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Youth Net is a comprehensive afterschool program located in the former Sacred Heart School in Marshfield, providing year-round programming to over 300 students ages 8-18. There was a significant growth in services last year designed to promote academic success,
social/emotional development, and
healthy active living.
In
the fall of 2016, staff began meeting with the Marshfield Clinic Telehealth Department to look at expanded options for families to connect with Marshfield Clinic Pediatric Resident Physicians. In the past, residents have connected with families via telephone or in-person visits at Youth Net. The option of telehealth will create a richer conversation and opportunity for the families and residents to build a stronger relationship. Telehealth will go live at Youth Net in February 2017.
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Students participate in a mindful
coloring activity at Youth Net |
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This past year also saw a significant focus on wellness related to mental health through the generous support of funds from Security Health
Plan (SHP). D
r. Michael Schulein, Clinical Psychologist, Marshfield Clinic Behavioral Health Department, provided weekly support groups to 16 Youth Net participants,
focused on identifying, managing, and regulating emotions in healthy ways. Four staff were trained in teaching mindfulness practices to children and are using that training during 15 minutes of daily wellness for everyone in the building. A health educator from SHP also facilitated an onsite yoga club.
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Community-Wide Mental Health
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Thanks to the generous support of SHP, CCO staff expanded mental health conversations through development
of a Mental Health Workgroup to engage community leaders from law enforcement, healthcare, human services, city administration, school districts, and other non-profit organizations. Efforts to expand representation to include parents and families are underway. Future meetings will focus on making Marshfield a trauma-informed community.
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Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
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Marshfield Clinic has a long history of supporting substance abuse prevention efforts through the Marshfield Area Coalition for Youth (MACY) and Northwoods Coalition. Thanks to support from the City of Marshfield and Ministry St. Joseph's Hospital, the prevention efforts of MACY grew by leaps and bounds over the past year.
Northwoods Coalition prevention efforts also realized substantial growth. Increased funding from Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) allowed staff to distribute financial resources to support the efforts of local coalitions across the MCHS service area. An additional federal grant through the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Partnership for Success, garnered by (DHS) was also awarded to bolster strategies to reduce non-medical use of prescription drugs in eight
high need MCHS counties.
A multi-year award from DHS led to expansion of treatment for opioid-use disorders through a partnership with
12
organizations across northcentral Wisconsin to form the HOPE Consortium. To learn more about the treatment and recovery efforts of HOPE Consortium, please subscribe to the monthly HOPE e-Bulletin and visit the HOPE website.
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Community Connections Team
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The Community Connections Team (CCT) began as a partnership between Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc., Marshfield Clinic, and the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (UWEC) with the goal of engaging volunteer community health workers to provide referrals to community-based services for patients with identified social needs. Following a successful pilot program at the Marshfield Clinic Eau Claire Center, CCT expanded to the Chippewa Falls Dental Center and Clairemont Center in early 2016 and more recently to the Community Resources Department at the Marshfield Center.
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Healthy Lifestyles - Marshfield Area Coalition
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The Healthy Lifestyles - Marshfield Area Coalition (HL-MAC) works to promote
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Healthy Lifestyles - Marshfield Area Coalition Walk to School Day (Photo Credit: Brittani Ariel Photography)
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healthy eating and
active living in Marshfield. In 2016, the coalition was revitalized:
- Committees were restructured with clearly defined topic areas that were communicated to encourage connection across the many coalition members, including:
- A new Local Food Expo event was a huge success and will be repeated in 2017.
- A coalition-wide survey was implemented to assess member interests. A Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps member used this information to create a database of member interests that can be used to connect members to projects on which they are able and willing to help.
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Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Volunteer Wisconsin
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The Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Volunteer Wisconsin program is in its third year, increasing from
26 members serving 26 sites to
46 members serving
38 sites. Members serve non-profit organizations located across the state to implement effective volunteer programs with evidence-based practices. For many non-profits, these efforts have allowed for tremendous expansion of volunteerism, including development of long-term goals for recruitment, engagement, and sustainability.
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AJ Leiden, AmeriCorps Volunteer Wisconsin member serving Beaver Creek Reserve in Eau Claire, with supervisor Erik Keisler, former AmeriCorps member and director of Beaver Creak Reserve |
Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Manager Brian Blahnik was quick to name AJ Leiden, AmeriCorps member serving his second term at Beaver Creek Reserve near Eau Claire as a prime example of the positive impact members have on volunteerism. AJ has worked with his host site supervisor to formalize volunteer management practices, expand volunteer opportunities, and increase recruitment of individuals who may not have considered themselves a good fit for volunteerism at a nature preserve by playing to their unique strengths. For example, while many University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (UWEC) students in the biological and life sciences had conducted their service learning projects onsite for obvious reasons, AJ also recruited a student in the finance program at UWEC who found a volunteerism niche assisting with the annual budget.
AJ's overarching goal is to, "leave a positive infrastructure for whoever comes next," underscoring the powerful impact Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps members have on the expansion of volunteerism amongst non-profits across Wisconsin.
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Community Health Improvement: Bridging Health Care and Communities
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