2019 NJHSA Annual Conference  
ACHIEVE! 
Excellence In Person Centered Care
& 
Claims Conference Social Welfare Conference
Grand Hyatt Atlanta | Atlanta, GA
                                             March 31st - April 3rd
The Network's Annual Conference is in less than a month. In order to get the most out Monday's Plenary - Jewish Poverty Challenge:  Innovation Practices for Scaling Impact, we've prepared some tips we'll share with you over the next few weeks. Put on your thinking caps as we tackle the challenging and growing dynamics of Jewish poverty.
PREP TIPS:  Crafting Your Intervention 

Is a narrow focus constraining the impact of a successful service or program? 
In crafting a service or program, we sometimes forget to look beyond service delivery to factors such as the realignment of key partners for economies of scale, management and operational solutions, and the use of data. Take a look at the following article to gain insights into crafting your intervention .
MONDAY PLENARY BREAKFAST 
JEWISH POVERTY CHALLENGE

Join Network colleagues in an interactive planning session 
designed to advance your community's efforts in
addressing the challenging and growing dynamics of JEWISH POVERTY.

The Network's Center for Innovation and Research is excited to host the Jewish Poverty Challenge, an inaugural innovation lab experience. After attendees share local community responses to Jewish Poverty, participants will explore opportunities to increase the impact of critical mission driven services and then engage in a series of short exercises to challenge assumptions and expand perspectives on potential solutions to Jewish Poverty. The exercises will touch on many of the most significant components of the service model including: 
  • Problem definitions and related solutions
  • Client definition, assistance and involvement
  • Key actions to create, implement or scale the solutions
  • Value creation and measurement for funders, clients and partners
  • Required resources
  • Cost structure
  • Anticipated financial support and revenue streams
  • Critical partnerships/collaborations
  • Market dynamics (e.g. competitors, collaborators, facilitators, obstacles, etc.) 
By the end of the exercises, each group will have developed a "pitch deck" - a short slide presentation that describes the opportunity and touches on as many of the topics listed above. A review committee will select one or two "winners" who will receive prizes to be announced prior to the end of the Conference. 

The opportunity to participate in the Jewish Poverty Challenge is open to ALL conference attendees. To maximize participation in this session, all participants are encouraged to have access to a laptop/tablet to create pitch decks. Agencies will be encouraged to sit as teams and partner with other regional providers. Time permitting, a select number of participants will share their pitches. 

Learn more about the Monday Plenary Breakfast - Jewish Poverty Challenge here.