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Our learning approach is to create inclusive, transparent, and compelling documentation about our work and partnership with the communities we serve. It’s about shifting the conversation from evaluating programs to deepening understanding. It's about shifting narratives to those that highlight the success and well-being of rural communities and communities of color. Health Forward is focused on building healthy and inclusive communities, and we believe in learning WITH communities.
Our learning informs the strategic approaches we take to realize the goals set forth in our purpose plan. It sheds light on the impact of our investments and guides us on needed shifts to maximize the impact of our investments. We understand that for learning to occur, we must listen, particularly to those in our communities with personal experiences related to the issues we work to address.
We aspire to measure and assess the impact of our efforts and to fine-tune the work instead of measuring success or failure. We are mindful to build learning opportunities throughout the spectrum of our work. We are deliberately shifting from program-level evaluation and accountability framing to one where learning is centered at the system and community levels.
We see learning as a multilateral pursuit wherein the metrics and indicators for measures of progress are, at times, created with our funded partners. We understand that learning can happen through many forms and mediums. Our emphasis is on centering community voices and the stories of the people most impacted by persistent inequities.
The Potential Economic and Fiscal Cost to Missouri and Kansas of Proposed Policies Limiting the Role of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (from The Perryman Group)
Data brief: Arrested Access – Policy changes are needed to make cancer care available to all regardless of immigration status
If you are one of our funded partners, we ask that you periodically provide timely reports regarding your grant-funded programs’ progress and/or any roadblocks you may have encountered on the road to success.
