Empowering New Mexico with 100% Power Hours
The 100% Power Hour webinar series focuses on the vital skills of strengthening family services through assessing, planning, action and evaluation.
by Gregory Sherrow
March 14, 2022
The 100% New Mexico initiative, like many health initiatives across the state and country, seeks to prevent the costly challenges that diminish the lives of children, youth and, adults. Our mission is preventing adverse childhood experiences, family trauma and social adversity by supporting local stakeholders as they collaborate to ensure ten vital services for surviving and thriving for all communities within their county’s borders. After two years of disruptions to healthcare, education, social services, and jobs, the need to strengthen a countywide system of care and empowerment has never been greater. Our opportunity for innovation awaits us.
Join the 100% Power Hours with Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney and Dominic Cappello, co-directors of the Anna, Age Eight Institute and co-authors of 100% Community and Anna, Age Eight. The 100% Power Hours guide all community stakeholders and 100% New Mexico participants through the initiative’s county-based collaborative process over four weekly webinars.
Power Hours Empower
In New Mexico, fourteen counties are growing the 100% New Mexico initiative. You and your colleagues are invited to join this groundbreaking effort unfolding across the state. Our next 100% Power Hour series begins in April 2022. We hope you will enjoy our “Lunch and Learn” format.
Wednesday, April 6, Noon–1pm
Power Hour 1: Assessing the need for change
Learning Objectives: Participants completing the 100% Power Hour #1: Assessing the Need for Change webinar will be able to describe an overview of: the definition of assessment; the countywide survey process; assessing barriers to vital services, ACEs, and health issues; why we still face the challenges of ACEs and social adversity; assessing the initiative’s three key strategies; and assessing local service provider’s capacity to meet the needs of families.
Wednesday, April 13, Noon–1pm
Power Hour 2: Planning for change
Learning Objectives: Participants completing the 100% Power Hour #2: Planning for Change webinar will be able to describe an overview of: the challenges associated with planning; how to create a shared understanding of the planning process; using data to plan; how the ten service sectors are interrelated; matching service barriers to potential evidence-informed solutions; researching solutions to barriers and using a logic model to plan.
Wednesday, April 20, Noon–1pm
Power Hour 3: Acting as a change agent
Learning Objectives: Participants completing the 100% Power Hour #3: Being a Change Agent webinar will be able to describe an overview of: the action process; being a change agent; resources for action; funding action; qualities of effective action; buy-in for action; and a shared vision for action.
Wednesday, April 27, Noon–1pm
Power Hour 4: Evaluating change
Learning Objectives: Participants completing the 100% Power Hour #4: Evaluating Change webinar will be able to describe an overview of: the definition of evaluation; the goals of evaluation; the countywide survey; evaluating health indicators; evaluating the initiative; measuring support and buy-in; and building in evaluation to the county initiative.
Join our groundbreaking work
What we are doing with the 100% New Mexico initiative has never been done before in the United States. We are ending barriers to vital services to create a countywide seamless system of care, safety, and empowerment. We are building the capacity of each county and city to build the ten services that allow all residents to endure public health crises and economic disruptions. We are committed to a New Mexico where 100% of our children and families can thrive.
Mission: The 100% New Mexico initiative is dedicated to ensuring that 100% of families can access ten vital services crucial for their overall health, resilience, and success. This university-sponsored endeavor necessitates the local implementation of evidence-based strategies encompassing both community and school-based service hubs, aiming to prevent the most pressing and costly public health and safety challenges, including adverse social determinants of health and adverse childhood experiences.
Gregory Sherrow
Gregory began as an educator, but his early career sharply veered off into the world of information technology and web-based enterprises, giving Gregory decades of experience in creating educational, nonprofit, and commercial technology solutions. He has architected learning management systems for the Data Leaders for Child Welfare program in New Mexico, Connecticut, and New York City;
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The 100% New Mexico initiative is a program of the Anna, Age Eight Institute at New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service. Contact: annaageeight@nmsu.edu or visit annaageeight.nmsu.edu to learn more.
