ImpactU Graduation Announcement: Building Improvement Capability in Our Community

On April 6, 2022, 22 action-oriented individuals graduated from ImpactU’s seventh  class, a six-month, hands-on course designed to provide community leaders with an in-depth understanding of improvement science facilitated by the Anderson Center's Leadership Academy. 

All graduates led a project team focused on achieving measurable improvement around a specific need in their organization aligned with a shared community goal described by All Children Thrive (ACT).  Project achievements include (see the attached document for a full list of accomplishments): 

• Cincinnati Health Department increased the percentage of patients receiving a Lead Screening at a neighborhood health center from 70% to 100% and at Oyler (one local CPS school) over 80% of students, ages 4-18, received preventative Dental treatment impacting 525 students in Preschool-12th Grade

• Community Action Agency increased the percentage of children ages 3-5 enrolled in a center who are up to date on dental exams from ~33% to 55% 

• Hamilton Co. Job & Family Services increased the percentage of allegation addresses entered into a database from 68% to 78%

• 4C for Children increased the percentage of families with successful follow-ups from 80% to ~95%

• Cincinnati Public Schools decreased the number of paraprofessional vacancies from 176 to ~150

Congratulations to the graduates! 

**Please note, ImpactU is offered once per year, by invitation only, to key partners in the community who are committed to leading improvements in their system to achieve desired outcomes and is not open to the public.

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