Healthy Marriage Grant

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Model Community Marriage Initiative Community
Mobilization Leadership Team Richard
Albertson - Live the Life, Tallahassee, FL Julie
Baumgardner - First Things First, Chattanooga,
TN Randy Hicks - Georgia Family Council, Atlanta,
GA John Jauergi - Georgia Family Council,
Atlanta, GA Jason Krafsky - Families Northwest,
Seattle, WA
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Model Community Marriage Initiative The
Marshall Plan
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The CoMission Package What the CoMission brings
to the table Question In order to replicate
more long term, sustainable Community Marriage
Initiatives, what package of benefits should
the CoMission bring to communities that have been
vetted through a rigorous application process?
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• The CoMission Package
• What the CoMission brings to the table
• Training fundraising, Board/leadership
  development
• Giving entity set up to award significant
  matching gift when communities demonstrate
  ability to raise funds. (25,000-100,000 per
  year for 3-5 years)
• Consulting services
• Collateral materials (templates)
• Marriage resource services

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• The CoMission Package
• What the CoMission brings to the table
• Speakers Bureau (business leaders, pastors,
  etc.)
• Research and evaluation
• Media materials
• Administrative support services?
• Quality control/Brand management
• Legal assistance
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Model Community Marriage Initiative I WANT to
be a CoMission Community Candidate I am READY to
be a CoMission Community Selected Applicant I AM
a CoMission Community Model community
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Model Community Marriage Initiative Question
What are the core characteristics of a
long-term sustainable Community Marriage
Initiative (CMI) five years after launching?
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Model Community Marriage Initiative To get to
the next level (Im ready!!), we propose the
following pre-requisites to be a CoMission City
1. There is a defined core mission with
measurable outcomes 2. Committed champion or
point person (may not be original
champion) 3. Multi sector strategic plan
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Model Community Marriage Initiative Pre-requisite
s to be a CoMission City (Im ready!!) 4. T3
leadership Time, talent, treasure. There must
be a strong team around the champion/point person
City elders with influence and affluence who
have the demonstrated ability to get things
done 5. Multi-faceted funding plan 6. Committed
core mission partners (major donors committed
for at least first five years)
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Model Community Marriage Initiative Core
characteristics of a sustainable CMI at 5
years I am stage 7. A team of competent, paid
staff 8. Community wide Media/PR
campaign 9. Relationship training for
trainers 10. Relationship education for
couples 11. Must have an integrated business plan
and the ability to produce collateral materials
(website, brochures)
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Model Community Marriage Initiative We need
YOU to help develop the CoMission Package of
benefits Church sector Marriage Services
Sector Corporate Sector Media Sector