Jacksonville and Duval County (Florida) is working to make veteran homelessness rare and brief. At the heart of this movement is the insight that communities can’t fix what they can’t see. Community Solutions teamed up with the Tableau Foundation and Built for Zero communities to gather and analyze real-time homelessness data. This takes the anonymity […]
Jeff Fuchs, Director of Maryland World Class Consortia shared a presentation he gave about the ways Lean can be applied to government and the environment. Topics include: Lean Culture History of Lean Lean in Government history Case Studies Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Minnesota Services for the Blind Jacksonville (FL) Sheriff’s Office State of New […]
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One of our most fantastic stories is about our partnership with Trinity Rescue Mission (TRM), and increasing participation in their Lifeline program. After careful study of the program organization and interviews with participants, the project team suggested policy and procedural changes. With TRM’s implementation of these improvements, participation in the Lifeline program increased to 75 […]
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Like many community-service organizations, Trinity Rescue Mission was hurting. It was 2011. The economy had not recovered from the recession. Providing food, shelter and hope for homeless people in Jacksonville was harder than ever. “We needed help,” says Matt Heavener, Trinity’s development director. To Trinity’s rescue came a brainy collaboration of servant leaders and college […]
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