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Minnesota Site Visit 2023

On Site Consultation: Team Minnesota

July 13-14, 2023

Objectives

  • WDC team will refine their team scope of work and identify ongoing support and resource needs for success.
  • WDC team gains clarity related to how they will support efforts to align multiple streams of equity centering efforts across the Division.
  • WDC team will be able to provide Division staff with support to make commitments and take ownership of various components of the Equity Plan including one-time contributions, short-term actions and long-term efforts.
  • WDC team will develop priorities for facilitation skills, needs, and capacities to lead small group ongoing learning and practice support for select topics related to equity centering.

Tool Menu

30/30 Form
Type: Learning Guide (2023)
Challenge and Aim Statement
Type: Learning Guide (2023)
Decision Making Guide
Type: Learning Guide (2023)
Authors: Jeannine Herrick, Steve Orton
Map Your Change
Authors: Jeannine Herrick
Impact Matrix
Authors: Laura Powis, National MCH Workforce Development Center, W. Oscar Fleming
Core Conversations
Type: Learning Guide (2023)
Conversational Capacity (The Sweet Spot)
Balance of Petals
Authors: Jessica Simon, Kristen Hasmiller Lich
Keep Adapt Let Go Create
Authors: Christina Welter, Jeannine Herrick
ORID
Heart Centered Coaching and Facilitation Tips
Authors: Jeannine Herrick
The Public Health Learning Agenda
Authors: Christina Welter, The Public Health Training Centers

Hopes and Hesitations (No handout)

Agenda

Agenda (PDF)

Thursday, July 13

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Jeannine Herrick, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH

Connecting as people first, welcome and setting expectations for the day

Jeannine Herrick, MPH

Leadership Coach and Consultant
National MCH Workforce Development Center

Jeannine Herrick is a leadership coach and consultant with a public health background.  Jeannine is an adjunct instructor with UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health- Public Health Leadership Department. Jeannine is the former Director and Coach for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative which has developed and supported 100 leaders in local public health to transform the role of their agency so that they are better equipped to meet adaptive challenges in their communities. Jeannine is also on staff with the National Maternal Child Health Workforce Development Center and serves on the Adaptive Leadership/Change Management Core supporting Title V MCH teams who are tackling complex challenges related to health transformation She also supports the Leadership Academy for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Jeannine has supported MCH efforts for global and national organizations earlier in her career.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Arts from William Smith College in psychology and a MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Maternal and Child Health.

Laura Powis, MPH

Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice
AMCHP
Laura Powis headshot

Laura Powis serves as the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. She joined AMCHP in June 2020 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the National MCH Workforce Development Center evaluating the Center’s impact and supporting Title V professionals. Through the Center, she also completed a Title V graduate internship at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to her Title V experience, she has a background in global maternal and child health researching infant and community health in urban and rural communities in India. Ms. Powis has a BS in human develop from Cornell University and an MPH in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Synthesis (Making Sense of Multiple Streams of Work)

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Jeannine Herrick, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH

Synthesis (making sense of multiple streams of work)

  • Discuss themes from early data from staff system support maps (consider some pre-sorting)
  • Discuss themes from equity inventory work
  • Crosswalk with equity plan

 

Options menu (Tools that can support scoping and mapping work in stages and phases)

  • Decision making guide (when we get stuck)
  • Keep-Adapt-Create-Let Go
  • Impact matrix
  • Change Map

Jeannine Herrick, MPH

Leadership Coach and Consultant
National MCH Workforce Development Center

Jeannine Herrick is a leadership coach and consultant with a public health background.  Jeannine is an adjunct instructor with UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health- Public Health Leadership Department. Jeannine is the former Director and Coach for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative which has developed and supported 100 leaders in local public health to transform the role of their agency so that they are better equipped to meet adaptive challenges in their communities. Jeannine is also on staff with the National Maternal Child Health Workforce Development Center and serves on the Adaptive Leadership/Change Management Core supporting Title V MCH teams who are tackling complex challenges related to health transformation She also supports the Leadership Academy for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Jeannine has supported MCH efforts for global and national organizations earlier in her career.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Arts from William Smith College in psychology and a MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Maternal and Child Health.

Laura Powis, MPH

Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice
AMCHP
Laura Powis headshot

Laura Powis serves as the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. She joined AMCHP in June 2020 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the National MCH Workforce Development Center evaluating the Center’s impact and supporting Title V professionals. Through the Center, she also completed a Title V graduate internship at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to her Title V experience, she has a background in global maternal and child health researching infant and community health in urban and rural communities in India. Ms. Powis has a BS in human develop from Cornell University and an MPH in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.

11 a.m. – noon

Conclusion of Learning Journey Phase II

11 a.m. – noon
Jeannine Herrick, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH

Conclusion of Learning Journey Phase II

 

Celebration Webinar Prep

Jeannine Herrick, MPH

Leadership Coach and Consultant
National MCH Workforce Development Center

Jeannine Herrick is a leadership coach and consultant with a public health background.  Jeannine is an adjunct instructor with UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health- Public Health Leadership Department. Jeannine is the former Director and Coach for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative which has developed and supported 100 leaders in local public health to transform the role of their agency so that they are better equipped to meet adaptive challenges in their communities. Jeannine is also on staff with the National Maternal Child Health Workforce Development Center and serves on the Adaptive Leadership/Change Management Core supporting Title V MCH teams who are tackling complex challenges related to health transformation She also supports the Leadership Academy for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Jeannine has supported MCH efforts for global and national organizations earlier in her career.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Arts from William Smith College in psychology and a MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Maternal and Child Health.

Laura Powis, MPH

Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice
AMCHP
Laura Powis headshot

Laura Powis serves as the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. She joined AMCHP in June 2020 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the National MCH Workforce Development Center evaluating the Center’s impact and supporting Title V professionals. Through the Center, she also completed a Title V graduate internship at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to her Title V experience, she has a background in global maternal and child health researching infant and community health in urban and rural communities in India. Ms. Powis has a BS in human develop from Cornell University and an MPH in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.

Noon – 1 p.m.

Lunch

Noon – 1 p.m.
Jeannine Herrick, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH

Jeannine Herrick, MPH

Leadership Coach and Consultant
National MCH Workforce Development Center

Jeannine Herrick is a leadership coach and consultant with a public health background.  Jeannine is an adjunct instructor with UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health- Public Health Leadership Department. Jeannine is the former Director and Coach for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative which has developed and supported 100 leaders in local public health to transform the role of their agency so that they are better equipped to meet adaptive challenges in their communities. Jeannine is also on staff with the National Maternal Child Health Workforce Development Center and serves on the Adaptive Leadership/Change Management Core supporting Title V MCH teams who are tackling complex challenges related to health transformation She also supports the Leadership Academy for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Jeannine has supported MCH efforts for global and national organizations earlier in her career.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Arts from William Smith College in psychology and a MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Maternal and Child Health.

Laura Powis, MPH

Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice
AMCHP
Laura Powis headshot

Laura Powis serves as the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. She joined AMCHP in June 2020 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the National MCH Workforce Development Center evaluating the Center’s impact and supporting Title V professionals. Through the Center, she also completed a Title V graduate internship at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to her Title V experience, she has a background in global maternal and child health researching infant and community health in urban and rural communities in India. Ms. Powis has a BS in human develop from Cornell University and an MPH in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Planning and Preparation for Small Groups

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Jeannine Herrick, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH

Planning and preparation for small groups (logistics + aim, outcomes, supports)

  • Facilitator/Coach development to support small groups (tips)

 

Options menu (Tools Overview for Facilitation and Coaching)

 

Hopes and hesitations

  • Conversational capacity & mutual Learning
  • Six core conversations
  • Petals
  • ORID

Jeannine Herrick, MPH

Leadership Coach and Consultant
National MCH Workforce Development Center

Jeannine Herrick is a leadership coach and consultant with a public health background.  Jeannine is an adjunct instructor with UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health- Public Health Leadership Department. Jeannine is the former Director and Coach for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative which has developed and supported 100 leaders in local public health to transform the role of their agency so that they are better equipped to meet adaptive challenges in their communities. Jeannine is also on staff with the National Maternal Child Health Workforce Development Center and serves on the Adaptive Leadership/Change Management Core supporting Title V MCH teams who are tackling complex challenges related to health transformation She also supports the Leadership Academy for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Jeannine has supported MCH efforts for global and national organizations earlier in her career.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Arts from William Smith College in psychology and a MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Maternal and Child Health.

Laura Powis, MPH

Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice
AMCHP
Laura Powis headshot

Laura Powis serves as the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. She joined AMCHP in June 2020 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the National MCH Workforce Development Center evaluating the Center’s impact and supporting Title V professionals. Through the Center, she also completed a Title V graduate internship at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to her Title V experience, she has a background in global maternal and child health researching infant and community health in urban and rural communities in India. Ms. Powis has a BS in human develop from Cornell University and an MPH in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.

Friday, July 14

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Next Steps

9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Jeannine Herrick, MPH
Laura Powis, MPH

Next steps for launching and supporting small groups

  • 30/30 for this scope of work

 

Next steps for Division equity centering efforts

  • Revisit the system support map for this team

Jeannine Herrick, MPH

Leadership Coach and Consultant
National MCH Workforce Development Center

Jeannine Herrick is a leadership coach and consultant with a public health background.  Jeannine is an adjunct instructor with UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health- Public Health Leadership Department. Jeannine is the former Director and Coach for the Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative which has developed and supported 100 leaders in local public health to transform the role of their agency so that they are better equipped to meet adaptive challenges in their communities. Jeannine is also on staff with the National Maternal Child Health Workforce Development Center and serves on the Adaptive Leadership/Change Management Core supporting Title V MCH teams who are tackling complex challenges related to health transformation She also supports the Leadership Academy for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center. Jeannine has supported MCH efforts for global and national organizations earlier in her career.

Jeannine has a Bachelor of Arts from William Smith College in psychology and a MPH degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Maternal and Child Health.

Laura Powis, MPH

Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice
AMCHP
Laura Powis headshot

Laura Powis serves as the Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice on AMCHP’s Evidence and Implementation team. She joined AMCHP in June 2020 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked with the National MCH Workforce Development Center evaluating the Center’s impact and supporting Title V professionals. Through the Center, she also completed a Title V graduate internship at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to her Title V experience, she has a background in global maternal and child health researching infant and community health in urban and rural communities in India. Ms. Powis has a BS in human develop from Cornell University and an MPH in maternal and child health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Health Resources and Services Administration trainee in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Excellence. She is a member of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and recipient of the David A. Winston Health Policy Scholarship.

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Department of Maternal and Child Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 7445
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7445
Phone: 919-966-6290
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About this Project

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 5-UE7-MC26282-10 – National MCH Workforce Development Center Cooperative Agreement ($1,720,000). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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