This document provides an overview of the Children's Health Leadership Network, a new leadership development program for state-based children's health advocates. It will include nearly 100 advocates over several classes funded by three foundations. The program integrates leadership competencies in child health policy, advocacy, and results-based leadership. It consists of seminars over 16 months to build skills in policy analysis, data usage, and achieving measurable outcomes. Participants must have experience in children's health and commit to learning and advocacy goals. The first class applications are due in September 2015.

2. Today’s Presenters
Liane Wong,
The David
and Lucile
Packard
Foundation
Joan Alker,
Georgetown
University
Center for
Children and
Families
Jann
Jackson,
The Annie E.
Casey
Foundation
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4. I. Introducing the Children’s Health Leadership Network
II. The changing landscape for children’s health advocacy
III. A program based on leadership competencies
IV. Details and qualifications for Class 1
V. Important dates and how to apply
VI. Your questions via the Q&A window
Webinar Overview
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5. • A new leadership development program to strengthen the field of
state-based advocates for children’s health policy
• Funding from three foundations over the course of several
classes will build a powerful collective of nearly 100 advocates
• Network of strong, adaptive and diverse leaders uniquely
positioned to inform policy and implementation that puts health
and well-being of children and families first
The Children’s Health Leadership Network
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6. • Past decade marked by significant advances in
reducing the number of uninsured children nationally
– now stand close to 5% uninsured
• Ongoing battles to protect and expand coverage gains
for families and improve access to quality care as
health systems realign and transform
• State variation in child health and well-being, greater
health disparities in lagging states likely along with
opportunity in states implementing and innovating
Changing Landscape for Children’s Health
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7. Changing Landscape for Children’s Health
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8. The Children’s Health Leadership Network will integrate
three sets of leadership competencies:
• Child Health Policy: Georgetown Center on Children
and Families
• Core Competencies of Effective Child Advocates:
Casey KIDS COUNT team
• Results-Based Leadership: Casey’s Talent and
Leadership team
Integrating Sets of Leadership Competencies
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9. Building a Knowledge Base
• Provide research-based
information on children
and families health
coverage options and
current issues in the field
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10. Core Competency Areas
Sources of Coverage
Financing
Benefits
Affordability
Data Analysis
Policy Analysis and Strategy
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11. • Identifying policy opportunities
• Setting policy objectives
• Seizing emerging opportunities
• Prioritizing goals in evolving policy
landscape
Policy Analysis and Strategy
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12. Core Competencies of Effective
Child Advocacy Organizations
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13. Results-Based Leadership Competencies
Five core competencies that equip leaders to make organizational and
system changes intended to produce results:
• Be results-based and data-driven
• Address disparities in outcomes to achieve equitable opportunities
• Use the self as an agent of change
• Master adaptive leadership skills
• Collaborate with others
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14. RBL: Key Foundational Skills
Among the core skills of Results-Based Leadership (RBL):
• Results-Based Accountability (RBA)
– Differentiates between population and program level results and
develops impactful strategies to make a measureable contribution
to the achievement of results
• Results Based Facilitation (RBF)
– Used to design, lead and contribute in meetings and conversations
that effectively move groups from talk to action and hold
participants accountable for advancing the work
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15. • 16-month program (January 2016 – April 2017)
• 15 participants
• Four-day Child Health Policy Institute
– Introduction to results-based leadership principles and core competencies
– Deep dive into child health policy
– Overview of effective advocacy strategies needed to improve outcomes in meaningful and measurable ways
• Subsequent seminars
– of 2 ½ days will cover the use of data for quality improvement, leveraging networks, measuring the success
of strategies and more
• Individual work assignments
– between formal sessions will provide the opportunity to apply new skills with the help of online tools and
resources.
• Executable child health policy agendas
– Throughout the program, each participant will execute on a child health policy agenda with defined targets
developed in alignment with current roles and responsibilities to achieve by the end of the program
The Program
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16. • At least three to five years’ experience in children’s health or
advocacy;
• Commitment to reduce health inequities, improve child health
outcomes and advance social change;
• Commitment to personal growth and learning, peer learning and
being part of a community of learning and network;
• Commitment to attend all seminars, be present and engaged;
• Aptitude to integrate policy and politics in a sophisticated way; and
• Position of organizational influence and support of executive director
or board chair.
Qualifications
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17. • Application materials and other information are available on the
Casey Foundation’s website at www.aecf.org/leaders.
• Submit application materials by 5 p.m. ET September 21, 2015
• First network class announced November 2015
Important Dates
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18. • Seminar 1 (Policy Institute): January 26-29, 2016
Location: Washington, D.C.
• Seminar 2: March 22-24, 2016
• Seminar 3: May 18-20, 2016
• Seminar 4: July 13-15, 2016
• Seminar 5: Sept 27-29, 2016
• Seminar 6: November 9-11, 2016
• Seminar 7: January 11-13, 2017
• Seminar 8: March 1-3, 2017
• Seminar 9: April 26-28, 2017
Important Dates
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19. Your Questions
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20. Learn More
Thank you!
A recording of the webinar will be provided to
registrants and posted at www.aecf.org
Application materials can be found here.
Need help? Email kshatzkin@aecf.org.
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