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Appendix F: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cross-Sector Case Study
Pages 115-120

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... As the lead convening agency, the Sault Tribe Community Health Department began this work focusing on just one community in 2006. A strategic approach, including analyzing the problem; gathering data and assessing need; developing an action plan with identified solutions; implementing solutions; achieving outcomes; and creating social change was used to address selected priority health issues.
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From page 116...
... Sectors included in the local community coalitions include: local transportation, local government, higher education institutions and cooperative extension, school districts, farmers and growers, Food Hubs, downtown development authorities, local health departments, local hospitals, county commissioners, YMCA, early childhood advocates (i.e., Great Start Collaboratives) , local media outlets, regional planning and development commissions, food co-ops, area agencies on aging, community economic development, parks and recreation departments and others.
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From page 117...
... • Leadership: o The Sault Tribe CTG Project developed a strong Leadership Team and used staff with expertise in coalition building, stra tegic planning and implementation of policy, systems, and envi ronmental change to facilitate coalition functioning, pooling of resources and engagement of community partners. o The project fostered shared leadership and bridge building between coalition members and the community.
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From page 118...
... o Evidence of population-level outcomes from this cross-sector work was limited for a number of reasons; the most obvious being that population change may take years or even genera tions to occur. Although they frequently require them, funding streams traditionally were not designed to support measure ment of outcomes over this length of time, and priorities for data collection focused solely on meeting requirements.
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From page 119...
... What are The Core Features or Elements of your Initiative that are Necessary for Scale and Spread; What are the Features that need to Remain Flexible to Allow for Local Adaptation? Core Features Necessary for Scale and Spread • The creation of infrastructure and capacity building at the local level is critical to ensure sustainability and successful pilot projects that can be replicated across communities.
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From page 120...
... In one community the local leaders met with CTG staff and explained that in their small community they had a non-motorized section in their recreation plan so could they use the funding to implement one of the priorities from their plan, which was creation and promotion of a historic walking route through the town. Additional information about Sault Tribe Community Transformation is available at: http://www.up4health.org.
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