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PURPOSE: The Healthy Communities Partnership Program provides integrated community development training, grant support, and technical assistance to strengthen the leadership capacity of communities to plan effectively for the future. The program helps communities to integrate all aspects of community life into the planning process, resulting in a healthier, sustainable community which achieves economic vitality, the protection of natural resources, and uie weli-being of aii CitiZenS; tilrougil active civic participation. TRAINING: The program consists of five training days with two additional elective workshops. During the process of training, the leadership teams will develop priorities for implementation and it is expected that these priorities will result in action oriented projects by year two. Technical assistance and project funding will be available to communities in the program. The sessions are outlined below: • Intro to Community Development -Introduces principles of successful community development skills. • Effective Team Building -Learning valuable communication, group techniques and conflict management skills. • Visioning -Identifies ways to conduct local visioning processes and introduces the concept of community indicators. • Asset Mapping and Resource Identification -Learn how to identify the gifts of individuals, associations and institutions in your community and mobilize them to accomplish your goals. • Planning and Proiect Implementation -Forming task forces, completing action plans and organizing for success. (held in the local community) • Sustaining -Identifies ways to sustain community efforts. Celebrating success to be held near the end of the grant period. ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS Grant Writing/Fundraising Intergovernmental Cooperation Running for Public Office Serving in Public Office Housing Options Inclusive Communities Downtown revitalization Community Centers