Rockford Sc-lp 0709

Study Circles Post-Survey Data: HORIZONS COM M UNITY: ROCKFORD - CHANGES IN KNOWLEDGE OF P OVERTY BEFORE AND NOW/ AFTER STUDY CIRCLES FROM P OSTSURVEYS 2.09 4.0 3.5

3.38

3.0 2.5

3.41

3.24

3 . 18

3.00

3 . 18

3.00

2.76

2.63 2.35

2 . 18

2.0

2 . 18 1. 7 1

1. 5

Rockford

1.EFOR 88 B E a v e r1.a9g4e r a t i ng 1. 5 9 N OW/ A F TER a v e r a g e r a t i ng

1. 0 0.5 0.0

P ossi bl e

D i f f er ent

R easons i t i s

H ow pover t y

St r a t e g i e s t o

I ndi vi dual

C o mmu n i t y

P ol i ci es t hat

causes of

ki nds of

di f f i cul t t o

a f f e c t s my

r educe

act i ons t o

act i ons t o

woul d r educe

pover t y

pover t y

get out of

c o mmu n i t y

pover t y

r educe

r educe

pover t y

pover t y

pover t y

pover t y Scale of 1 = Almost n ot hin g t o 4 = A gr eat deal

HORIZONS COM M UNITY: ROCKFORD STUDY CIRCLE P OSTSURVEY INFORM ATION 2.09 94.4% 100.0%

83.3%

90.0% 80.0%

61.1%

70.0%

50.0%

60.0%

44.4%

50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% I ncr eased

A l r eady t aken

V er y li kely i n

V er y l ikel y in

V er y li kel y in

knowl edge of

act i on

f ut ur e t o t ake

f ut ur e t o j oi n

f ut ur e t o suppor t

pover t y

i n d i v i d u a l a c t i o n c o mmu n i t y a c t i o n

pol i ci es t o r educe pover t y

Study Circles 56 Participated in Study Circles

LeadershipPlenty® 35 Participated in LeadershipPlenty

Community Progress: Study Circles and Leadershipplenty® Survey Results

LeadershipPlenty® Post-Survey Data: LeadershipPlenty® Pre-Survey Data:

R O C KF O R D C O M P A R E D T O A LL WA H O R IZ O N S C O M M UN IT IE S : A Y S P R O G R A M H A S H E LP E D T O A D D R E S S / C H A N G E P O V E R T Y WA IN C O M M UN IT Y F R O M LE A D E R S H IP P LE N T Y P O S T S UR V E Y S 6 .0 9

Rockford

H OR I Z ON S C OM M U N I TY: R OC K FOR D

All Washington Horizons communities

P OVER TY R A TES C OM P A R I S ON C EN S U S WI TH S TU D Y C I R C L E A D U L T P A R T I C I P A N TS

25.7%

30.0%

22.9%

20.0%

53 . 8 %

M or e pe opl e a r e a wa r e of pov e r t y

20.0%

25.0%

72 . 2 %

i n t he c ommuni t y

12 . 1%

6 6 .8 %

W a r e di s c us s i ng pov e r t y a nd We

15 . 0 %

77.8 %

wha t t o do a bout i t

10 . 0 %

4 4 .2 % 4 4 .4 %

M or e pe opl e a r e s t e ppi ng up t o a s s i s t t hos e i n pov e r t y

5.0% 0.0%

C e ns us

LP A dul t s 1 0 0 % FP G

LP A dul t s 15 0 % FP G

3 3 .6 % 3 8 .9 %

M or e l ow i nc ome pe opl e a r e i nv ol v e d i n t he c ommuni t y

LP A dul t s 2 0 0 % FP G

4 0 .9 % 3 8 .9 %

We a r e wor k i ng t o c r e a t e c ha nge s i n publ i c pol i c y

H O R IZ O N S C O M M UN IT Y : R O C KF O R D A G E C O M P A R IS O N S C E N S US WIT H LE A D E R S H IP P LE N T Y P A R T IC IP A N T S 4 .0 9

2 5.6 % 2 2 .2 %

p opl e a r e ge t t i ng he l p t o ge t M or e pe out of pov e r t y

2 3 .6 %

We e a r e t a k i ng c onc r e t e s t e ps t o

3 8 .9 %

a ddr e s s pov e r t y

Census 60

0.0%

5 7 .1

10 . 0 %

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80. 0%

LP Participants

50

Rockford BEFORE

R OC KF OR D C OM PA R ED T O A LL W A HOR IZ ON S C OM M U N IT IES: B EF OR E A N D A F T ER SELF R A T I N GS LEA D ER SHIP SKILLS F R OM LEA D ER SHIPPLEN T Y POST SU R V EY S 6 .0 9

2 9 .1

40

Rockford AFTER

30

All Washington BEFORE

13 .8 20

All Washington AFTER

5.0

2 1.1%

7 1.1%

5 .3 %

10

4.5

4.44

0

Under 18 years

18 to 64 years

65 years and over 

4.13 4.17

4.0

4.05

3.5

HOR IZ ON S C OM M U N I T Y : R O C KF O R D PR I OR EX PER I EN C E A N D C O M M U N IT Y R OLES O F LEA D ER SHIPPLEN T Y PA R T IC IPA N T S 4 .0 9

3.11

3.0

2.72 3 9 . 5%

2.5

3.17

4.33 4.10

4.11 3.89 3.94 3.78 3.73 3.81 3.72 4.02 3.74 3.72 3.73 3.50 3.39 3.17 3.06

2.58 2.62

2.78 2.67

40.0% 35.0% 30.0%

2 8 .9 % 2 1. 1%

25.0%

2.23

2.0

2 3 . 7%

2.78 2.57

2.23 2.33 2.41

4.56 4.28 4.00

4.09 4.22 3.80 3.89 3.95 3.72 3.72 3.69 3.61 3.44

2.83 2.67 2.45 2.35

3.00

3.75 3.17 3.22

2.68 2.56 2.48 2.39 2.39 2.33 2.29 2.13 2.11

20.0%

10 . 5%

15 . 0 %

1.5

10 . 0 % 5.0%

1.0

0 .0 %

0.0%

E ver

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ma k e s

not a

or di nar y

par t of t he

an elected

l eader shi p

c o mmu n i t y

deci si on

per son

c o mmu n i t y

of f i ci al

p r o g r a m?

deci si ons

ma k e r

I know t he

I am m abl e t o

I am abl e t o

I am abl e t o

I am abl e t o

I am abl e t o

I know how t o

I now how t o

r eccogni ze

wor k wi t h t he

i dent i f y t he

l ead

manage

pl an and

assess t he

val ue of

l ea ader shi p

l eader shi p i n

st ages of

pr oduc t i ve

conf l i ct i n

i mpl ement

val ue of

br i ngi ng

skki l l s i n

my

gr oup

meet i ngs.

gr oup wor k.

communi t y

gr oup

ci t i zens

o her s ot

or gani zat i on

devel opment .

change

pr obl em-

t oget her t o

sol vi ng

t al k about

ef f or t s.

i ssues .

and/ or

pr oj ect s .

gr eat er communi t y.

Scale of 1=St rongly Disagree t o 5 =St rongly Agree