1. Building Our Capacity to Support and
Inform Community Change Leaders

2. Goal
To become the local
information hub for community
change leaders.

3. Challenges

4. Challenges
• Small organizations cannot easily
access critical information

5. Challenges
• Small organizations cannot easily
access critical information
• Especially difficult to find local
content & objective analysis

6. Challenges
• Small organizations cannot easily
access critical information
• Especially difficult to find local
content & objective analysis
• Lack of information flow among
groups

7. Solution
• Local news bureau
• Analysis of models & options
• Networking support

8. Local Info Hub

10. Policy Analysis

11. Networking

12. Networking
• Policy forums
• Support coalition planning (e.g.,
focus groups, board meetings)
• Locally focused email listserv

13. Examples
• Prisoner Re-Entry
• Immigration

14. Prisoner Re-Entry:
Employment Barriers

15. Prisoner Re-Entry:
Employment Barriers
News tracking national, state, and local
updating & localizing issue brief;
Analysis
produce a white paper
hosting local forum
Networking
& follow-up activities

16. Prisoner Re-Entry:
Employment Barriers
News tracking national, state, and local
updating & localizing issue brief;
Analysis
produce a white paper
hosting local forum
Networking
& follow-up activities

17. Prisoner Re-Entry:
Employment Barriers
News tracking national, state, and local
updating & localizing issue brief;
Analysis
produce a white paper
hosting local forum
Networking
& follow-up activities

18. Immigration:
Municipal ID Cards

19. Immigration:
Municipal ID Cards
News tracking national, state, and local
Analysis research new issue brief
hosting statewide forum
Networking
& follow-up activities

20. Immigration:
Municipal ID Cards
News tracking national, state, and local
Analysis research new issue brief
hosting statewide forum
Networking
& follow-up activities

21. Immigration:
Municipal ID Cards
News tracking national, state, and local
Analysis research new issue brief
hosting statewide forum
Networking
& follow-up activities

22. NJ PolicyOptions Network
Advisory/Editorial
Statewide Director Board
AmeriCorps*VISTA
NJ PolicyOptions
Coordinator
Camden Trenton New Brunswick Newark
Princeton

23. National PolicyOptions Network
Advisory/Editorial
National Staff
Board
USA
New Jersey North Carolina Kentucky New Mexico