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Public Health Institute:
Center for Collaborative Planning

A grant to provide leadership development training to women leaders in the fields of health, social services, or education.

The Center for Collaborative Planning (CCP), a project of the Public Health Institute, seeks to promote health and social justice by building capacity at the community level through leadership development, training, technical assistance, coaching and convening.

Counties Served:

• Madera
• Merced
• San Joaquin
• Stanislaus

Total Award: $175,000

Program Details:
CCP will be adapting their signature program, The Women’s Health Leadership program, to provide leadership training to 50 women leaders of color working in a four-county area of the San Joaquin Valley and at small nonprofit organizations focused on health, social services, or education. The project will consist of three annual cycles of leadership training with the following components:

• Leadership development plans. At the start of the program year, each participant will complete a plan to identify her leadership goals, activities she plans to engage in and resources needed.

• Retreats. Each participant will be offered up to four retreats during the program year. Topics will range from strategic visioning, social capital development, policy/advocacy, collaborative leadership, and fund and board development.

• Virtual meetings. Four conference calls/webinars will be offered to each cohort.

• Mentoring. Alumni and the other leaders in the field will provide mentoring and coaching to current program participants.

Selection Process:
CCP will recruit applicants through its networks. It will prioritize executive directors, board members and/or senior staff from non-profit organizations serving low-income communities and communities of color. A selection committee will make the final participant selections.

Target Launch Date: Early spring 2010

Website: http://www.connectccp.org/

Project Contact:
Connie Chan Robison
Executive Director
connie@connectccp.org
(916) 498-6960