What Is Community Planning?
Community Planning is an intentional planning process that incorporates community partners in the collective process of measuring, documenting, planning, and achieving strategic community priorities, goals and outcomes. Source For Siouxland is made up of a Leadership Team that oversees the activities of the initiative and Community Planning Partners who participate in planning initiatives and activities.
Updates
Childcare Data & Information
Available Documents: Click thumbnails to view PDF documents. Overview Focus Area- Childcare Brief Assessment- Childcare Return on Investment- Childcare
Siouxland Economic Stability & Child Health and Safety
The Source for Siouxland Data Committee has recently been considering the tie between the health and safety of young children and the economic stability of our community. With approximately 11,000 food-insecure children in the Siouxland area, according to estimates by the Foodbank of Siouxland, food insecurity has emerged as...
2024 Scorecards
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Food Access & Mental Health Local Partner Highlights
For multiple local organizations, Food Insecurity, Mental Health, and Substance Use have been areas of attention in 2023. In the Fall of 2022, Source For Siouxland, Growing Community Connections, and Healthy Siouxland Initiative hosted an in-person meeting to provide Source For Siouxland data updates and to share about...
GCC July Source For Siouxland Feature: Maternal Substance Use Prevention
Topic Area: Substance Exposed Infants Community partner polls show that substance use continues to be a top area of concern in the Tri-state area. The Community Health Impact Plan of the Siouxland District Health Department and the local hospitals has identified the Maternal Health population as a community of...
GCC June Source For Siouxland Feature
“Did you know”? Topic Area: Mental Health Mental health has become an area of increased concern across the country and has also bubbled to the surface as an area of need in Siouxland. The County Health Rankings 2022 Report shows that the mental health provider ratio for Woodbury County,...
Community Update: Prime Age to Engage Bookshelves
24th Prime Age to Engage Bookshelf Installed at Catholic Charities Today, the 0-3 Prime Age to Engage initiative coordinated the delivery of a new children’s bookshelf and books to Catholic Charities. D2: Worldwide stocked the shelves with books donated through their Building Budding Brains book donation program. Additionally, new...
We’re Seeking Nominations!
We’re Seeking Nominations! Source For Siouxland and Growing Community Connections are currently seeking nominations of groups/individuals who are doing important work around Education, Economic Stability, Health, Safety, or Quality of Life. These nominees will have a story featured either in the Community Well-Being Update or via Source For Siouxland...
Testimonials
Being a part of Source For Siouxland and utilizing the information gathered by this initiative has given our community the chance for a more coordinated community planning effort. By assessing the unmet needs of the population, this initiative is able to bring agencies together, utilizing collective impact through collaboration.
Source For Siouxland’s data-rich platform helps ensure that donations to local programs are focused on true needs, and can be proven over time to be wise investments. I’ve seen first-hand the measurable impact this group is having on the community and am excited about the future!
Siouxland has always been a community that utilizes strong partnerships and cooperative approaches. Source For Siouxland is being built upon the concept that we will now progress to true collaboration. The many factors that go into a “Healthy Community” can best be supported when we collaborate and will best utilize the resources we are provided.