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Check out news about MACC, our members and important industry news relevant to the missions and day-to-day operations of those we serve.  


MACC Network Establishes Network Resilience Fund

08/24/2020

The MACC network is excited to announce that the Minnesota Council on Foundations awarded the MACC network a $150,000 grant from their Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund (MDRF). Our network will use these funds to establish a MACC COVID-19 Resilience Fund.

The MACC Network Resilience Fund

The MDRF funds will enable our network to provide mini grants to help support MACC members as they target the critical operational and program adaptations needed to continue responding to the ongoing COVID-19 health, economic, and racial justice crisis. 

The costs associated with meeting growing community needs, while also supporting the continuous adaptation required to continue service delivery during a pandemic are both steep, and in many cases, unfunded. 

These mini grants will help MACC network members flexibly tackle COVID-19 related challenges to program adaptation, operational continuity, staffing, or financial sustainability. 

The MACC Network Resilience Fund is a modest, but exciting financial addition to our network’s broader collaborative strategy of expanded technical assistance and peer learning designed to support our members through this ever-evolving crisis.

For more information contact:

MEMBER SERVICES | MACC Member Services
office: 612-341-1601
info@macc-mn.org

 


MACC Welcomes 2 New Network Members!

06/01/2020

We're excited to welcome two new members to the MACC network this summer. Each new member strengthens our network with their diverse expertise! 

Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA) - Human Resources Services, Financial Services

MNCASA provides leadership and resources for sexual assault programs and allies to prevent sexual violence while promoting a comprehensive, socially just response for all victims/survivors. MNCASA supports, convenes, and collaborates with sexual assault programs, advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement officers to promote a more victim-centered response to sexual violence, and increase effective criminal justice. 

SEWA-Asian Indian Family Wellness - Network Member

SEWA-AIFW originated from a desire to meet the unrecognized and unmet needs of the Asian-Indian diaspora and South Asian Immigrant & Refugee community in Minnesota. SEWA envisions a South Asian community that is healthy and violence-free, with self-determined women and engaged and supported elders and families. SEWA is committed to bringing total family wellness to the South Asian Indian community.

 

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


MACC Statement on George Floyd

05/28/2020George Floyd Memorial - painted bya group of community artists, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, and Xena Goldman.

It's hard to know how to even start. It's hard to find any words. 

But, with the horrifying killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, and the MPD's disproportionate actions against protesters rocking our community, silence is not okay.

As an organization and as members of this community our hearts and thoughts are with the loved ones and friends of George Floyd. We share the deep pain felt in and by our community and are outraged by the profound harm that has been done, and been done repeatedly to BIPOC communities. This never should have happened.

Even as our community reels with this trauma, we simultaneously have to reckon with another - passing the gruesome milestone of 100,000 US coronavirus deaths.

As we remember and mourn the people that number represents, we know MACC members are working nonstop to respond to this crisis that has further exposed the drastic inequalities in our society. This health crisis that has hit, and will continue to hit so much harder BIPOC and already marginalized communities. 

And we acknowledge that our members are doing all of this while navigating revenue loss, building closures, new social distancing policies, trying to invent new ways of doing your work - and now mourning and helping their communities grieve, heal, and take action to ensure justice for George Floyd.

MACC admires and honors the work of our members and other organizations who bring voice and leadership to the fight for racial justice and equity. We commit to centering their work and following their lead. Organizations like: NAACP, Voices for Racial Justice, Nexus Community Partners, Urban League Twin Cities, CAIR-MN, YWCA, ACLU, CTUL, African American Leadership Forum, CAPI, Pillsbury United Communities, EMERGE Community Development, and many others.

To help keep their work front and center and feature their leadership we've created a section on MACC's COVID-19 resource Hub explicitly about "Centering Equity during COVID-19".

It's a start. We could use your help.

If you know of organizations doing great equity or social justice work, (especially in the context of COVID-19 but also more generally), or resources, tool kits, articles, etc. - please share them with us. Email them to: info@macc-mn.org. We will publish them on the hub, with acknowledgment for those who shared.

The goal is to support each other as a network, to learn together, and to ensure that we have as many tools and resources as possible.

We know our members are working through this tough time - and will continue through the tougher times ahead - to connect Minnesota families to the resources they need and equip our communities with the tools to restore, repair, and rebuild their health and wellbeing.

We are always so grateful for, and humbled by this amazing network of nonprofits.

*Photo of George Floyd memorial mural created by a group of community artists, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, and Xena Goldman.

 


MACC and Partners Draft 2nd Letter to Minnesota Legislative Leaders

04/14/2020

In April MACC and our coalition of partners co-authored and submitted a second letter to our Minnesota legislative leaders.  This letter zeroed in on a few key outstanding issues facing nonprofits focused on ensuring that the conversation about resources and priorities remained forward looking and inclusive.

In the letter we offered some urgent recommendations for immediate actions needed to support Minnesota nonprofits. These recommendations all focused on stabilizing Minnesota nonprofits as we work to meet the surging demand for services in our communities. 

READ THE LETTER

MACC Also built a toolkit to help quickly activate our network. 

APRIL TOOLKIT

 

 


MACC Launches Virtual Convening Series to "Zoom In On" Issues Facing Our Network

04/09/2020

In April MACC launched a new series of online convenings to create a space where our network could come together (virtually of course) and 'Zoom In' on the big, thorny issues we're all facing. 

In recognition of the fluid, fast changing situation. we listened carefully to our network to understand what information and resources would most helpful for them to learn about and connect around.

We used what we heard to build a convening series that connected our network to experts (both from within our network and from external partners), and created a space for members to ask questions and talk with each other during a time when we were all feeling COVID-19 related isolation. Our "Zoom In" sessions focused on the big issues bubbling up in our network such as:

  • MACC Zooms In On: The State of our Workforce: New Laws, Policies, and their Impact
  • MACC Zooms In On: Accounting for and managing financial impacts of COVID-19
  • MACC Zooms In On: Program Adaptation During COVID-19
  • MACC Zooms in on: Reopening our work spaces safely and fairly

These virtual convenings will continue to evolve with the needs of our network and the communities our members support.


MACC and Partners Host Virtual Town Halls with State House and Senate Leaders

04/08/2020

In early April MACC and our partners Greater Twin Cities United Way, Minnesota Council of Foundations, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, and United Way Minnesota brought together our networks to host two virtual Town Hall meetings with House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michelle Benson.

These town hall meetings were a chance for our networks to discusss with key state leaders the recommendations laid out in an earlier letter to state leaders. (Read the letter) It was a great opportunity to adovcate for our communities and the critical role our organizations play in supporting our communities during the coronavirus crisis.

Our networks also got to hear from House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler and Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michelle Benson what they're seeing at the capitol and what kind of information and ideas they needed from organizations like ours to inform legislative action.

Learn more about our conversations!

 


A Virtual 2020 Member Summit

03/24/2020

MACC's 2020 Summit was definitely a different adventure than we'd planned.

In support of community health, and the health and wellbeing of our network we decided to transform our annual Member Summit into an new kind of Summit - a Virtual Summit.

The COVID-19 crisis forced our network to get creative. Instead of gathering in person, we gathered in online. Every organization in our network was feeling the strain of a situation that seemed to evolve by the day, or even the hour. The Virtual Summit was a chance for us to still come together and stay connected as a network even as we 'socially distanced'.

The MACC network is a critical set of partners in communication, response, and support as our communities deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. This Virtual Summit was a key opportunity to talk about ways can coordinate information, resources, and response across the MACC membership.

At the Virtual Summit members heard from expert policy strategists from Hylden Advocacy & Law about the fast moving local and federal policy situation. Members also got to share their own experiences in a dialogue to identify ideas about how our network could work together to respond. We wanted to hear what immediate needs our network faced, what kind of ripple effects members anticipated, and what ideas our network had for ways to work together to respond to meet community needs and mitigate risks.

Check out a visual harvest of our conversation that morning.

We're grateful for the opportunity to still come together as a network. Our MACC network is adaptive and resilient and our members are working to keep their communities connected to critical services during this time of exceptional need.

A final special thanks to our sponsors:


MACC Newtork Takes Action to Support Minnesota Nonprofits

03/19/2020

Our organizations and communities have all been deeply affected by the coronavirus outbreak. This unprecedented crisis promted our network to step up in some new ways to activate and share the voices of our members.

On March 19th MACC co-authored and submitted a letter to our Minnesota legislative leaders that laid out a unified set of recommendations to ensure that nonprofits can continue to respond to the rapidly changing and emerging needs in our communities.

Getting our members' perspectives enabled us to craft specific, clear, actionable requests. This first step was a united set of messages to target our state leadership during a rapidly evolving situation. Our coalition and network shared the letter with the Governor’s office, state agencies, and legislators.

READ THE LETTER

MACC Also built a toolkit to help quickly activate our network. 

MARCH TOOLKIT

 

 


MACC Creates Online COVID-19 Resource Hub to Support Network

03/10/2020

As our network scrambled to adapt and respond to the fast moving coronavirus crisis it became clear that access to relevant, up-to-date information would be critical.

MACC created a COVID-19 information and resource hub on our site to share tools, resources, and information that would help our members stay informed and make the best decisions possible during this crisis. 

Check out the hub: http://macc-mn.org/WhatsNew/COVID-19Response.aspx

The hub is updated continuously as new legistation is passed, or new resources become avialable. The hub is also updated weekly with upcoming virtual events that focus on issues related to the coronavirus crisis or topics around racial justice and equity. On the hub you can find information and resources on:

  • Upcoming Webinars/Online Events
  • Legislation and Advocacy
  • Centering Equity During COVID-19
  • Emergency or COVID-19 Specific Funding Resources
  • Safely Opening/Returning to Work
  • Other COVID-19 Hubs and Resource Pages

The hub continues to evolve as the needs of our network evolve throughout this crisis. If you have a resource you like us to add to the hub - please let us know at: info@macc-mn.org!

 


MACC Welcomes a New Member to Our Network

02/01/2020

We're excited to recently welcome Avenues for Youth as the newest member of the MACC newtork!

Avenues for Youth - Collaborative Programming, Client Data

Avenues partners with youth experiencing homelessness to achieve their dreams.

For 25 years, Avenues has supported youth ages 16-24 in Hennepin County. Whether a young person needs someplace to stay for just one night, or a year and a half, Avenues empowers youth to find their path out of homelessness. We do that by providing a stable home, building trusting relationships, and navigating the youth’s education, career, health and wellness and housing goals.

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


3-Part Free Virtual Workshop Series: Nonpofit Economics

01/13/2020

Take control of your long-term financial future!

Nonprofits are incredibly resourceful, but continuously being expected to work within a flawed financial system is a serious threat to our effectiveness and missions. So what can we do about it?

MACC is excited to co-host with our partner Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) a free, three-part, virtual workshop series on how we, as nonprofits and a network, can shift the narrative and communicate frankly about what it really costs to do the work, and what we need to run effective organizations. 

Virtual Workshop 1: 
Nonprofit Economics; Evaluating Financial Health; Full Cost
February 5th, 2020 from 11:00 am - 12:30pm
Description: Get an accurate picture of the flawed system of nonprofit finance and what we can do to combat its challenges.

Virtual Workshop 2:
Evaluating Program Profitability/Sustainability; Tools for Growth and Change
March 9th, 2020 11:00am - 12:30pm
Description: Get tools to evaluate your current effectiveness and plan for future changes.

Virtual Workshop 3:
Partnerships & Collaboration; Health Care-Human Services Integration
***Date TBD
Description: NFF will share lessons from years working on health care and human services integrations, as well as lessons that are emerging through their work with the networks participating in the ARCH initiative (like MACC!).

Click here to register!

We're able to offer this opportunity through MACC's participation in NFF's Advancing Resilience & Community Health (ARCH) Initiative. The ARCH initiative supports networks of community based organizations (CBOs) trying to forge new relationships with health care. 

If you'd like to learn more about your MACC newtork's health care partnerships work contact Laurel Hansen: laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org!

 


MACC Hits the Big Screen! (Just kidding) ARCH Video Feature

11/11/2019

As part of our work with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) through their ARCH Initiative, NFF staff worked with MACC shared staff and some of our network members to produce a video all about us! The video talks about how our network came to be, what makes our collaboratie newtork uniqely powerful, and what we hope to learn and achieve through our participation in the ARCH initiative. 

Check out the full video:

Click here for a link to the video transcript

 


Resources from Our Census Engagement Workshops

11/07/2019

Our MACC network recently hosted two, free workshops on engaging hard to reach communities in the 2020 Census. These workshops were part of our newtork's broader work to share Census information and engagement opportunities. There was some great conversation, lots of learning, and many great resources shared. 

An E-Goodie Bag Of Census Workshop Resources:

Census Resource Hubs: great places to find tons of Census resources!

Census Fact Sheets: resources for quick Census info

  • Why We Ask – fact sheet about which questions are asked on the Census and what that information is used for.
  • Census 101 – fact sheet with what you need to know about the Census
  • Counting Young Children in the Census – fact sheet about why counting you children, an often undercounted group, is so important
  • Service Based Enumeration – a fact sheet on how the Census counts individuals in a group residences (dorm, assisted living) and individuals without a residence.

If you have any questions or want to learn more about your MACC Network's 2020 Census work contact Laurel Hansen: laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org

 


MACC's 2018 Annual Report

10/07/2019

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 : a fabric or structure of cords or wires that cross at regular intervals and are knotted or secured at the crossings

MACC's network isn't made up of cords or wires, but we do cross paths at regular intervals and we are all about building and strengthening connections!

This network we've built together is special and deserves to be celebrated. That's the whole idea behind MACC's annual Report to Members and our unique design approach (our report looks a liiiiittle bit different from the rest). It's our way to capture and showcase the dynamic, diverse, complex system that is the MACC network.

Join us as we look back and celebrate the hard work we've all put in, and the ways our network has grown and evolved over this past year.

Check out our 2018 Report to Members

 


MACC Welcomes a New Member to Our Network

09/16/2019

We're excited to recently welcome the Community Action Center of Northfield as the newest member of the MACC newtork!

Community Action Center of Northfield - Collaborative Programming, Client Data

Community Action Center of Northfield's mission is to promote a healthy, caring and just community for all people through resources, advocacy and volunteer effort.

"At the Community Action Center (CAC) of Northfield, we are “neighbors helping neighbors.” Our programs – from Creating Homes to Feeding the Hungry – meet the most basic needs of individuals and families who are seeking help."

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


Exploring Our Work Together: MACC & NFF Co-Host ARCH Convening

08/29/2019

On August 29th, 2019 we gathered at Sunrise Bank headquarters to officially kick off the ARCH Initiative work with our network. Member voice and partnership are essential as we explore partnering with health care and consider contract opportunities for our network. We explored our current health care landscape and worked together to build a vision of this work for our network!

Our Health Care Landscape
We started our day by exploring our current health care landscape. What are the flaws in the current system? What trends are we seeing? What's important to recognize. As Keystone’s Mary McKeown so succinctly put it, “People aren’t flawed, it's the systems that are flawed.”
Check out the visual harvest!

Exploring our Work Together
We dug into NFF's hypothesis for their ARCH (Advancing Resilience & Community Health) Initiative: That there are limits on how individual Community Based Organizations (CBOs) can work with health care - but networks can tip the scales. Networks create the negotiating power needed to address the structural inequities in the system, as we create future contracts, and future partnerships.

A Vision for Our Network 2022
Together we started to collectively explore our network vision. We learned how we might leverage a "Complete Capital" approach as a network - considering the full scope of resources we need to fuel our missions and any new partnerships. What could it look like if we truly had our full costs covered? (Including all those "unfunded expenses" we're shouldering?)
Check out the visual harvest!

We're looking forward to more upcoming convenings both in-person and virtual as we venture forward in this work together! If you want to learn more about MACC's health care partnerships work, or our participation in the ARCH Initiative please contact Laurel Hansen: laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org!

 


MACC Kicks Off Referral Pilot with Allina Health and Children's Minnesota

08/06/2019

On August 6th MACC convened a group of key leaders from a select group of MACC network members, Allina Health and Children's Minnesota to officially launch a new phase of our health care partnerships intiative! 

In fall of 2018 our network began a conversation with Allina Health about the potential to work together as partners to address health-related social needs. Our organizations both have a strong vested interest in improving health outcomes for individuals and families in the communities we serve.

Before investing in a formal partnership our network and Allina Health worked together to conduct a feasibility study to understand what elements would be needed for successful collaboration. 

Check out what we learned here!

That study led to our organizations launching a pilot project to develop a collaborative tracked referral partnership! Children's Minnesota soon joined the partnership as well. On August 6th we gathered as co-pilot-project leaders to jump start our work and undestand more deeply why our organizations are investing in this effort. There's a lot that brings us together. 

Check out this visual harvest of what we learned!

For a quick reminder of our Network's progress so far in exploring partnerships with health care, check out this visual timeline of our health care initiative

If you're interested in learning more about the MACC Network's health care partnership work, contact Laurel Hansen: laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org!

 


MACC's Unique Model Featured in National Case Study

07/01/2019

20 years after our founding MACC continues to be one of the most innovative and unique collaboratives of its kind. 

The Nonprofit Centers Network (NCN) is a national organization focused on building the capacity of nonprofits to work together more effectively. They recently partnered with us to write a case study on MACC for an educational curriculum they're building

MACC is an awesome example of a network working to discover innovative ways to identify shared challenges in the human services sector and invest in research and development to implement new solutions. Our members recognize that they need to do things differently and to work collaboratively to address some of the systemic sustainability challenges nonprofits face.

Check out the case study!

Interested in learning more about NCN's curriculum? Let us know - we've got insider access!

 


MACC Welcomes a New Member to Our Network

05/31/2019

We're excited to recently welcome the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs as the newest member of the MACC newtork!

MN Association of Community Mental Health Programs - Collaborative Programming, Human Resources, Finance

MACMHP is a statewide network of 32 community-based mental health programs that serve over 100,000 Minnesotans every year.

MACMHP's mission is to serve all who come to them seeking mental and chemical health services, regardless of their insurance status or their ability to pay. MACMHP serves culturally diverse, low-income, uninsured and public healthcare program Minnesotans, who cannot access services elsewhere. Community Mental Health Programs provide wrap-around and community-based services to very complex and vulnerable patients, with love and coordinated care.

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


Resource: Report on County Contracting Partnerships & the MACC Network

05/18/2019

Since our 2018 MACC Member Summit, the MACC Network has been exploring what it could look like to form more collaborative, effective relationships with our government partners.

Our Government Partnerships Work:

Our Newtork's work to build better relationships with our county contracting partners is all about engaging existing partners in unconventional ways to explore opportunities to strengthen our member organizations. 

The relationship between nonprofits and our county partners is critical to providing resources and support to our communities - but those relationships can be challenging. Members have been digging in to understand the core issues members face, explore what assets our network can leverage in this work, and identify some strategies to carry our work forward.

If you have...

1 Minute: Check out a quick visual summary of what we’ve been up to!

5 Minutes: Check out this harvest of member insights and wisdom from our member conversations!

10 Minutes: Dig into our findings and recommendations in the report from our consultant and partner Cheryl Jensen, Strategic Consulting & Coaching! 

If you're interested in getting directly involved with this work we will be launching a member council where members will serve as delegates for their organizations and communities to steer our county contracting collaborative work going forward - and we need you! Let us know if you're interested! Contact: Laurel Hansen laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org.

 


MACC Network Selected to Participate in National ARCH Intiative

04/18/2019

We’re excited to announce that MACC is one of only three networks nationally selected to participate in Nonprofit Finance Fund’s ARCH (Advancing Resiliency & Community Health) initiative. Through the ARCH initiative the Nonprofit Finance Fund will help networks like ours develop new partnership models and build network capacity for new approaches to working with health care.

MACC’s participation in the ARCH project is part of our broader work to engage health care organizations as collaborative partners to build a more effective and holistic health system - one that recognizes and addresses the social determinants of health.

If you have...

1 Minute: Check out a quick visual summary of what we’ve been up to and why!

5 Minutes: Check out the executive summary of the feasibility study we recently completed in partnership with Allina Health. We’ve been hosting conversations and focus groups, and conducting interviews with critical stakeholders. 

10 Minutes: Dig into our findings and recommendations with the full feasibility report! Using the learnings from our report we’re getting ready to kick off the next phase of this project with a small-scale referral pilot with Allina Health and Children's Minnesota. 

Interested in learning more about your MACC network's health care partnerships work? Contact Laurel Hansen: laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org 

 


MACC's 2019 Member Summit

03/26/2019

Thank you to the more than 80 attendees who joined us on March 26th, 2019 at our annual Member Summit! 

Thank you for your energy, your insights, your creativity, for your generosity. When we join each other around a table - we can unlock the knowledge within our network and build new relationships. It was a jam packed day! 

We mapped our human network infrastructure: We created space for attendees to have intentional conversations. Attendees used physical, paper "social networking cards" their cards to map out the connections within their network - to get to know each other, to find people they wanted to connect with, to find expertise they could tap into. 

We got inspired: It always helps to hear from someone who's been there. Our featured story teller - Monica Hurtado from Voice for Racial Justice - shared her own story of unlikely partners working to disrupt the status quo. Her work with the Co-Creators table to make sure historically undercounted populations are counted in the 2020 Census inspired members (and made us want to know how we can get involved!

We gained new tools for building strong partnerships: "No one does this work alone. There's no way you're going to scale your summit - whatever that summit looks like for you - alone." Our expert trainer, Karen Ray, helped us uncover how to build dynamic, results-orientated partnerships.

We got creative together: Members leaned on each other's expertise to develop their ideas for new ways to work together. Our idea lab approach presented a unique opportunity for attendees to step forward and find partners and to be a partner by sharing their unique knowledge and expertise.


For a fast recap of our day together - check out our 2019 Summit Harvest summary document

For a full recap of the day, plus links to all the great resources shared by our guests - check out our 2019 Summit Event Site

 


Building Better County Contracting Relationships

03/18/2019

At last year's Member Summit  members brought a focus on their often challenging contracting relationships with their county partners.

Members wanted to explore how our network could work as partners to build relationships that work for EVERYONE involved, ensure our work is sustainable, and make our communities stronger.

To support that work MACC hosted a series of conversations, facilitated by experienced consultant Cheryl Jensen (Managing Partner, Strategic Consulting, LLC.) to uncover:

1. What are the challenges we share?

2. What’s working well right now? What are the ‘bright spots’?

3. What work could we do together? What are the opportunities?

We want to reflect back and share the learnings members brought forward.

In this harvest document you'll find a quick overview page, full synthesized notes from both dialogues, and photos of the live visual harvest from each convening.

So what's coming up next?

  • Member work group: members will form a workgroup to guide and continue our work on this initiative
  • Consultant report: our consultant Cheryl Jensen is compiling a report that pulls together our network learnings and additional research and outlines a recommended strategy for our next actions.
  • Conversations with county leaders: We'll be reaching out to our county partners to invite them into the conversation

If you'd like to learn more contact Laurel Hansen, Program Manager laurel.hansen@macc-mn.org.

 


Opening the Conversation with Health Care

12/21/2018

Since MACC's member Summit we've been exploring what it could look like to engage with health care and explore the potential for partnership to address the social determinants of health.

Driven by member vision and interest MACC is bringing together health care partners and members and members for small, exploratory conversations. On Dec. 4th we gathered a small group of MACC leaders and partners from Allina, Children's Minnesota, HCMC, and the Mpls Health Department to talk about partnership.

For a quick summary of what we talked about - check out the Visual Harvest and Key Themes from the conversation.

The social determinants of health are the conditions or factors in the places where people live, work, learn, and plan that affect their health outcomes - positively or negatively. These are big issues that no single agency or organization or even system can tackle alone. They require collaboration.

What we learned:

MACC wanted to start the conversation talking about partnership itself. What brings each of us to the table to talk about this work? What do we bring to the table? What unique knowledge, expertise, connections, assets do we have that are valuable. We also wanted to uncover what's worked in past collaborations with health care, and what hasn't.

Bridges Across Difference

The group shared about the bridges that can help bring people together across difference. How ideas, need, resources, and timing can all converge to prime a moment for collaboration. How transparency, asking questions, listening with open ears (and minds!), and taking time to meet face to face are all critical factors that can create powerful partnerships.

Barriers to Trust and Collaboration

On the opposing side - the group talked about the barriers that block successful partnership. How having immutable or incongruent values can mean you can never quite fully align. How energy and focus can flag on projects where working together means a longer time horizon. How having too few, or too many people at the table can unbalance projects. And how funding for sustainable change is always a challenge.

Tools and Strategies for Strong Partnerships

Lastly the group talked through what needs to be in place for collaborations to be successful. They shared the importance of conflict. Conflict is okay - expect there to be some, and put in a clear, fair mechanism to resolve it. Make sure leadership is balanced. Understand the power dynamics you're working in, and look for ways to adjust them. And finally - trust the process. It's definitely not going to be easy, sunny, and bright the whole time. You need to trust the people at the table, trust yourself to ask the right questions, and trust that you're making progress. As long as you have a shared vision you're working toward - even if it feels like baby steps - you are still going in the right direction!

SHANE MILLER | VP, Service Network Operations – Interim VP, Financial Services
office: 612-341-1658
mobile: 651-239-5392
shane.miller@macc-mn.org


Helping Members Make Sense of Employee Insurance Benefits

11/18/2018

The last week of October we hosted two member dialogues to connect around employee insurance benefits. Kind of a nitty gritty type topic - but with Open Enrollment season in full swing - this was a chance for members to hear from experts, both internal and external, and talk with fellow members about what options nonprofits have.

Throughout the fall we've been working to connect our network to information and resources on employee benefits. We've been connecting members with new collaborative benefits opportunities - we've had 8 new members organizations request quotes for new benefits options for their employees! And we've been connecting members with information - helping answer tough questions, sort through the confusion, and help members make smart choices.

MACC's shared scale gives us extra buying power in the insurance marketplace and enables us to reach out to and work with providers in a way that is challenging for individual organizations.

A quick recap of what we talked about together:

MCN's "BenefitsMN" Association Health Plan (AHP): Representatives from Gallagher (MCN's partner) and MCN shared about their progress so far (Medica selected as the provider), and the challenges they're facing (no rates yet, or date for plan release).

  • MCN is working on a structure that is flexible and equitable for all sized organizations - but is still affordable. Rates are based on age, location, and # of employees so there's a lot of variability
  • Right now MCN is working with Medica to determine rate and plan structure
  • Important to note: Did you know you can make a mid-year change in plans? The new plan won't be ready for enrollment in 2018 BUT your organization is not locked into your current plan all the way until the next Open Enrollment window!
  • We'll continue to provide updates as we think this could be an interesting new option in the medical insurance marketplace.
  • You can also keep up with all updates to MCN’s AHP here and subscribe to email updates here

MACC Shared Insurance Benefits: Representatives from USI (MACC's partner) shared about their long relationship with MACC, how MACC's shared scale has made the partnership beneficial for both sides, and about the kinds of benefits they're able to offer. 

  • If you want to learn more - take a look at USI's presentation that goes more in depth about their Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability benefits.
  • There's still time to enroll. If you'd like to learn more about the additional benefits your organization can access through MACC - or if you want to compare prices - reach out! We're always happy to have a conversation.

If you have any questions or want to learn more about the topics above please don't hesitate to chat with us! Contact Amanda Golly at Amanda.Golly@macc-mn.org or 612-341-1637.

 


PEN Breakfast: The Power of Partnerships - MACC and Healthcare

11/16/2018

On November 1st MACC had the opportunity to share what we've been learning as our network explores partnerships with health care at a breakfast hosted by the Performance Excellence Network (PEN).

At our 2018 Summit members started the conversation about engaging the health care system as partners and fellow leaders in improving community health. MACC has been working to continue and deepen that conversation through member interviews, a set of focus groups, and some initial, exploratory conversations with Allina health.

At the breakfast Shane Miller, VP of Service Network Operations and Ellie Zuelke, Director of Community Benefit and Engagement for Allina Health, shared their perspectives on:

  • The potential for partnerships to impact community health outcomes
  • the challenges that could get in the way of partnership on both sides
  • And how we engage with already complex systems, on complex issues, without getting buried under all that complexity.

The discussion included a broad mix of health care providers, payers, and community organizations. If you're interested in learning more about both what MACC has learned, and more about the perspective of health care providers on potential collaborations - you can watch a recording of the full breakfast. (content starts at 34:00m mark): watch video.

If you want to learn more about MACC's initiative on health care partnerships we're always happy to talk! Contact Shane Miller: Shane.Miller@macc-mn.org, 612-341-1658.

 


MACC Welcomes 3 New Network Members!

10/01/2018

We're excited to recently welcome three new members to the MACC network this fall. Each new member strengthens our network with their diverse expertise! 

HAMM Clinic - Information Technology Services

Hamm Clinic's mission is to provide: quality, culturally responsive outpatient mental health assessment and treatment for adults in our community, particularly the underserved and those who are unable to afford the full cost of care, expert training and education for mental health professionals, and leadership in their community for effective mental health care.

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL) - Facilities Services

CTUL organizes low-wage workers from across the Twin Cities to develop leadership and educate one another to build power and lead the struggle for fair wages, better working conditions, basic respect, and a voice in our workplaces. CTUL is an organization of workers and for workers, committed to securing fair working conditions for present and future generations.

African American Leadership Forum - MACC Membership

African American Leadership Forum is an influential network of African American leaders and activists in the Twin Cities is harnessing its strengths to eliminate longstanding racial disparities. The African American Leadership Forum members work in the public, private and nonprofi t sectors to develop a common agenda that creates a more equitable, healthy and just community. The African American Leadership Forum (AALF) brings together innovators, thinkers, and doers to develop solutions that support resilience in the Black community.

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


Leveraging Our Scale to Potentially Expand Shared Employee Benefits

08/20/2018
 
One of the key benefits of MACC membership is the ability to leverage our collective scale for increased buying power in the marketplace.

Employee benefits represent the most volatile costs for any organization. This volatility is especially challenging for nonprofit employers. We face rising costs, uncertainty around the Affordable Care Act, a hyper-competitive labor market, and added to all that - increasing funding uncertainty.
 
Since early spring MACC has been exploring two strategies where our network has the opportunity to work together to find collaborative solutions to this shared challenge:  

Strategy 1: We’re exploring member interest in leveraging the economies of scale our shared HR service has developed to extend some existing non-medical benefits to all members (Dental, Vision, Voluntary Life Insurance, Disability, etc.). This means the potential for individual organizations to be able to offer more benefits to their employees, while creating cost savings for our network as a whole.

Strategy 2: We’re exploring the potential of medical group purchasing (such as “Association Health Plans” (AHP) or “Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements” (MEWA)) as a strategy to mitigate rising volatility and costs in the health insurance marketplace.

We've been working collaboratively to share information and resources with and learn from other organizations that are pursuing similar strategies including MCN, NIT, and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities. This is a challenge facing the entire nonprofit sector - it's critical that we work together as a sector to design the best solution!

We'll be reaching out to each of our members shortly and conducting a survey to understand the interest and capacity within the network for pursuing these collaborative strategies.

If you have questions or would like more information on either of the strategies please feel free to reach out to Amanda Golly, our Vice President of Human Resources Services.

AMANDA GOLLY | VP – Human Resource Services
office: 612-341-1637
confidential fax: 612-341-1653
Amanda.Golly@macc-mn.org

 


MACC Means Courageous Collagoration - MACC's 2017 Annual Report

08/02/2018

MACC means courageous collaboration. We're working together to boldly co-create the solutions for the challenges our organizations and communities share.

As our network looks to the new challenges ahead, it's important also to look back. To reflect on and celebrate the work we do and impact we have. MACC's annual Report to Members is a chance for us to share the story of the powerful work this network does together.

Join us for a look back at what your network has been up to over the last year. 

Check out our 2017 Report to Members

 


2018 Social Enterprise Network Grants Awarded

07/19/2018

MACC's member-created Social Enterprise Network is a powerful collaborative platform of shared resources, expertise, and learning. The goal is to create a Social Enterprise development ecosystem as a path for our members to invest in their financial sustainability and create economic opportunity in their communities.

One of the ways we support member social enterprises is through small grants. MACC is excited to announce that 4 organizations have been selected to receive $25,000 grants this July. 

Congratulations to all!!! The four members selected are:

Neighborhood house: Neighborhood House is developing a "coffee and concierge" product and service enterprise. The enterprise will be located in downtown St. Paul. They've developed a creative concept that serves St. Paul businesses, connects them to the community, and creates workforce development opportunities for their participants. 

LDA Minnesota: LDA has developed a "Center for Teacher Certification" enterprise that helps address the teacher shortage in the learning disability community and has the potential to generate revenue for their organization. It's an innovative approach to educational development for educators and for people with disabilities and their families. 

Hope 4 Youth: In 2018 Hope 4 Youth launched their resale shop, Hope's Closet. The enterprise is an upscale, donor and volunteer supported resale boutique. The enterprise also plans to create workforce training experiences for youth impacted by homelessness through a partnership with Anoka County. 

FamilyWise: FamilyWise created a new, innovative, Supervised Parenting Enterprise. Supervised Parenting provides  facilitated, secure, structured, space to allow families to rebuild and strengthen relationships in a safe, confidential and observed environment. The enterprise creates a better, more cost effective way to provide family and foster visitation experiences that best serve the families.

We're excited to see these enterprises grow and thrive!

 


An Exchange of Ideas with Susan Dreyfus

06/07/2018


On Tuesday, June 5th Susan Dreyfus, CEO of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities joined members for breakfast to talk about the disruptive forces challenging our sector and how we can collectively can meet them.

Our organizations have faced disruption before but the current pace and magnitude of change is unprecedented. On Tuesday we continued the conversation on the Alliance's report and how we can use it as a tool to understand how to continue to thrive in an environment constantly disrupted by change.

Susan shared the findings in the report that continue to keep her up at night. She talked about our sector's struggle to keep pace with the changes around us. Organizations are increasingly vulnerable - finding themselves suddenly and surprisingly one contract or funding change away from struggling to make payroll. As individual organizations it's hard to find the capacity for the innovation necessary to get ahead of the changes around us.

"The nonprofit sector lags 10 years behind other sectors for innovation. Due to capital constrictions nonprofits can't be as innovative - we let change pass us by and all of the sudden the funding isn't there or someone else has taken up the space." Susan said.

That's why, she said, networks like MACC - platforms for organizations to work on issues collaboratively - are critical.

The group also dove deep into how the report can substantively inform two of the major work streams MACC is exploring post Member Summit: developing essential partnerships with healthcare, and regulatory modernization through work with government funders.

The group discussed the tremendous disruptive power of the health care industry. "Health care is your biggest disruptive force in this decade and the next. And it's your greatest opportunity." Susan said. As providers shift focus to community health outcomes and Values Based Purchasing nonprofits need to be at the table positioning ourselves as critical partners and collaborative solution providers. There is a lot MACC can learn from organizations in the national Alliance network that have successfully started this work.

As we wrapped up the morning members discussed the opportunity for MACC to engage government funders. Susan called on us to shift what often feels like an adversarial relationship to a partnership relationship. Several members shared that they are already starting to see positive changes with certain county leaders. There is space opening up for conversation - and MACC is uniquely poised to take advantage.

It was an energizing conversation and we're excited to see where this work takes us!

 


Proposed Changes to SNAP Leave Many Worried

05/14/2018


Changes proposed in the 2018 Farm Bill to SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) threaten increased food insecurity at time when visits to MN Food Shelves are at an historic high. Despite low unemployment, demand at food shelves is increasing. Last year Minnesotans visited food shelves a record 3.4 million times. MACC member 360 communities, featured in this Star Tribune article, saw their yearly food shelf visits climb by 12%. This trend is especially troubling as changes to the SNAP program proposed in the 2018 Farm Bill stand to exacerbate this trend. Food Shelves like Second Harvest Heartland another MACC member, featured in this Fox 9 News spot, could potentially see demand for their services double.

Almost 1/3 of MACC members provide emergency food Services. As nonprofits and our clients are continually asked to do more with less - these proposed changes are creating a lot of anxiety. Learn more about the SNAP program with this quick fact sheet or take a deeper dive with this powerful storytelling and advocacy collaboration between Second Harvest Heartland and Pollen: Neighbors in Need, The Faces of the Hunger Epidemic in Minnesota.

 


A Quick Snapshot of the MACC Network

MACC is getting ready to produce its Annual Report to Members. Our annual report is a great opportunity to take a look at this unique network and tell the story of who we are and what we've accomplished. Ahead of that we wanted to share just a quick snapshot of some of the numbers that help tell that story. We pulled this data together ahead of our MACC Member Summit - and it's pretty cool to see!

Check out the snapshot below and see more of the data on the MACC network that we showcased at the Member Summit here!
 

What kind of work do MACC members do?

These are the top program areas in the MACC network
 

What kind of footprint does the network have in Minnesota's economy?

Our members' operating budgets range from just over $200,000 to more than 140 million
 

What's the geographic reach of the network?

Where our members are located based on main office
 

How many people is our network able to serve?

In 2017 MACC members served

 



Learning and Inspiration at MACC's Social Enterprise Symposium

03/15/2018
 

Wow - the Social Enterprise Symposium was an inspiring and energizing day of powerful learning! The Symposium brought together nonprofit leaders and entrepreneurs from all different corners of the community. 

 
Bringing together unconventional partners to explore new ideas and solve shared challenges is what MACC does. Whether we're a business, a nonprofit, or something in between - each of us has a role in keeping our communities healthy. Throughout the day Ari Weinzweig (of Zingerman's Comm of businesses) guided us through learnings and exercises to help us see: 
  • How what we believe makes a big difference: beliefs shape and inform our work and our attitude about our work (and the people we work with)
  • How the 12 natural laws of business can help propel your work forward - it takes work but when you live within the laws they help give you and your work energy
  • How vision is critical: having a clear vision for what success looks, tastes, sounds, and feels like is critical. You have to know where you want to end up
  • How you can build hope in others: building up hope in others can be an easy, simple, every day practice - and doing it can actually help give you hope too!
We heard an impassioned address from St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III got the audience fired up as he shared his inspiring vision for the future of his city. We also heard from a panel of local social enterprise thought leaders as they answered questions from the audience.
 
We have so many people to thank for making the day awesome:

A huge thank you of course to Ari Weinzweig and to Maggie Bayless from ZingTrain
Thank you to Mayor Melvin Carter III for his inspiring, incisive, and powerful remarks
Thank you to our great panel of thought leaders: Mary Rick, Michelle Horovitz, Neda Kellogg, and Mandy Ellerton
Thank you to our event sponsors: Bush Foundation and Social Enterprise Alliance Twin Cities
And thank you to Northwest Area Foundation for supporting MACC's Social Enterprise Initiative and making it possible for us to create events like this!

 

Continue learning with the resources from the event:

A blank "12 Natural Laws" Workbook
Download a blank copy of Ari's 12 Natural Laws of Business workbook from yesterday.

The 12 Natural Laws of Business (a refresher)
A brief reminder about each of the 12 natural laws in case you're human and can't remember everything Ari said about each law.
 

Learn more about the organizations from the event:

Learn more about Bush Foundation
Learn more about Social Enterprise Alliance Twin Cities
Learn more about Appetite for Change
Learn more about Impact Hub MSP and the FINNovation Lab Collaboration
Learn more about Project Diva
Learn more about Zingerman's and ZingTrain
 

Continue reading with some of the books, etc. Ari mentioned:

 


MACC Welcomes New Member: Guadalupe Alternative Programs

03/01/2018

We're excited to welcome another new member to the MACC newtork! Guadalupe Alternative Programs joined the MACC network this March and we're looking forward to the unique perspective they'll bring to our collaborative network.

Guadalupe Alternative Programs (GAP) - Client Data, Information Technology

GAP’s mission is to empower communities challenged by transition and poverty through education and enrichment opportunities, social and emotional support, and training that leads to employment.

GAP is a community-based education and social service agency serving at-risk individuals in St. Paul and throughout the Twin Cities. Our programs aim to achieve our founder’s goal of addressing the barriers of poverty and racism faced by many who live in the inner city.

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


Living Courageous Collaboration - MACC's Member Summit

02/14/2018

On Tuesday, January 30th MACC convened its first-ever, Member Summit to build deeper connections and embrace the potential of courageous collaboration. 

 

Throughout the day we worked together to build a shared understanding of what courageous collaboration looks like for this network and how that informs our work.

If you have just 1 minute: Check out the 'Executive Summary' of the event

  • Get a quick reacap, and when you have another minute, it'll help orient you to how to dive deeper! (it's hyperlinked)

If you have just 5 minutes: Check out the Event Harvest Document

  • Our facilitators put this awesome recap together. It's full of your insights and their synthesis

If you have a little longer: Check out the "What we Learned" tile on the event page

  • Dive deep into the content from Susan Dreyfus's keynote and the strategies and topics we work-shopped

 


MACC Welcomes 6 New Network Members!

02/01/2018

We're excited to recently welcome several new members to the MACC network. Each new member strengthens our network with their diverse expertise! We're so excited to welcome these members who joined us this fall/winter:

Family Enhancement Center - Medical Billing

The goal of the Family Enhancement Center is to prevent child abuse and to promote healing among children who have experienced abuse. We strive to build strong children, strong families and support communities to create a society where children are safe, respected and valued. 

North Metro Pediatrics - Information Technology

North Metro Pediatrics' mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by providing affordable and accessible healthcare for children. 

Southside Family Nurturing Center - Client Data 

Together with families and communities, Southside Family Nurturing Center nurtures children, builds on family strengths and finds alternatives to violence. 

Stepping Stone Emergency Housing - Client Data

The mission of Stepping Stone Emergency Housing is to provide emergency housing and support to Youth and Adult individuals, who are 18 and older experiencing homelessness, as they strive towards self-sufficiency. 

Survivor Resources - Client Data

Survivor Resources provides immediate and long-term grief support and loss counseling for family affected by suicide, homicide, overdose, accidental death. 

Valley Outreach - Client Data

Valley Outreach is a bridge between the crisis of the moment and the solution of the future. We help our St. Croix Valley neighbors in need of food, clothing, emergency financial assistance, and other support while respecting their individual dignity and offering them encouragement and hope.

See our full list of MACC Members!

 


State and City minimum wage changes effective January 1, 2018

Starting January 1, 2018 two big changes will go into effect for workers making minimum wage. On January First the minimum wage increases go into effect for both the City of Minneapolis and the State of Minnesota. Changes in the minimum wage have big impacts in the community – but they also impact employers.

 

Minnesota’s minimum wage is now indexed to inflation. Going forward, the minimum wage may change as often as once per year. The minimum wage that applies to adult workers at large employers will increase from $9.50 to $9.65. Lower minimum wage rates apply to employers with less than $500,000 in gross revenue, as well as for teenage workers. Additional information is available on the MN Dept. of Labor and Industry web site: Minnesota minimum wage

 

The City of Minneapolis adopted a minimum wage ordinance in 2017 which will eventually raise the standard minimum wage for workers within the city limits to $15.00 / hour. The new minimum wage is being phased in over a period of several years. Different phase-in schedules apply to employers with 100 or more workers vs. smaller employers. The first step in the phase in schedule boosts the minimum for workers at large employers to $10.00 / hour on January 1st.

 

Further information can be found on the city’s web site: Minneapolis minimum wage.

 

Both changes require employers to update the mandatory labor law posters required to be on display at each work location. Click here for a summary of what needs to be posted where!



Steps you can Take to Safeguard Your Data

In the wake of recent major hacking episodes (like those that hit Equifax and LinkedIn), it’s a good idea to take a look at how you manage your passwords. Also – at a time of year when you’re maybe doing a bit more online shopping or booking flights to travel to relatives – safeguarding your passwords, and keeping your personal and work information secure is critical. Your personal practices impact your organization's data security

 

Fortunately there are some easy practices that will help keep your information safe and secure.
  • Make sure to use truly new passwords each time
    • Many people have a pattern to their passwords to make them easier to remember.  For instance, “FidoDog3” becomes “FidoDog4”, “FidoDog5”, etc.  Hackers know this and if they get a hold of an old password, they can try different versions to guess your current password.  Make sure to come up with truly new passwords every time.
  • Do not re-use passwords from system-to-system or site-to-site
    • It seems like once a month a company is announcing a data breach. Re-using passwords from site to site means a breach at one site might result in hacks of your accounts at several others
  • Use a password manager
    • Every site, every system has a different password and as soon as you get it all figured out – you have to update! You can use to help is a password manager to generate secure passwords and help you manage them easily. Some can even auto-fill your password on websites! Click here for a 2017 guide to free password managers.

 

As always, be sensitive to anything that does not “look right” with any secured systems.  Keep a watchful eye, and when in doubt change your password using the guidelines above.

 


MACC Launches First Meeting of Social Enterprise Cohort

In September member social entrepreneurs kicked off the first of 10 deep-dive sessions with MACC’s Social Enterprise Cohort. The Cohort, part of MACC’s social enterprise initiative supported by the Northwest Area Foundation, builds member capacity step by step to help organizations go from business idea to business launch. 

 

MACC’s cohort model combines the power of a peer learning network with a comprehensive learning and business development program. The model uses deep dive sessions to deliver a social enterprise curriculum that provides members with the knowledge and tools to develop a social enterprise from the ground up. The cohort creates the space for members to engage in discussion and peer learning with other nonprofit social entrepreneurs as well as access the knowledge and experience of subject matter experts.

 

The ultimate goal is provide members the opportunity to develop & test a strategic business concept and plan. To learn more about the SE Cohort or MACC Social Enterprise initiative contact Laurel Hansen, MACC Social Enterprise Manager, at 612-230-5731 or Laurel.Hansen@macc-mn.org.

 

What participants are saying:

"Community Involvement Programs is truly grateful to be joining MACC's inaugural Social Enterprise Cohort! We are incredibly excited about exploring the possibilities of starting a social enterprise in order to diversify our funding and broaden our impact for people who have disabilities. A huge thank you to MACC for investing in its members and our community for this important work. The resources, tools, and connections the Social Enterprise Cohort will provide is invaluable. Looking forward to a wonderful year of learning!" 

- Carolyn Deters, Board Member, Community Involvement Partners



A Workshop to Generate Social Enterprise Ideas

 

On July 27th MACC hosted a workshop for members on how to generate social enterprise ideas. For social enterprises there’s a special sweet spot – a place where passion, talent, market, and cause overlap. When organizations find that spot, that’s where social enterprise ideas can really start to take off.

 

The challenge is, that spot is different for every organization. Members who attended the workshop were guided through a workbook and exercises to help them hone in on their own sweet spot. Participants worked together to help each other narrow their focus and start to generate ideas for social enterprises that could fit with their organization.

 

Member left the workshop with new social enterprise ideas and a clear, targeted direction to guide their work. As part of MACC’s social enterprise initiative MACC offers technical and financial support to members as they take the next steps to work together on business planning and testing. 

 

To learn more about MACC’s social enterprise initiative contact Laurel Hansen.

 

 


 

Social Entrepreneurs: Fail Often, Fail Fast - Learn Fast

One June 27th MACC hosted a panel discussion on social enterprise funding at The Food Building in NE Minneapolis. The 6 person panel was made up of a diverse group of successful social entrepreneurs, business experts, and funders. 

 

Panelists discussed with attendees their personal experiences and what they’ve learned working in the social enterprise field. The group talked about the pros and cons of different funding models such as impact investing. Impact investors invest in social enterprises for a return on dividends both financial (modest), and social. The panelists talked about several of the local Minnesota foundations currently working in the impact arena such as the Northwest Area Foundation, Bush Foundation, and McKnight Foundation. 

 

Lastly the panel also revealed what it feels like to fail. The panelists recommend that social entrepreneurs fail often and fail fast. Social entrepreneurs need some risk tolerance – failing comes with the field. It’s important to be able to learn from those failures and pivot to find new opportunities along the journey. 

 

To learn more about MACC’s social enterprise initiative contact Laurel Hansen.

 


Minneapolis Minimum Wage Ordinance

On Tuesday, June 6th the Minneapolis City Council released a draft of the proposed ordinance to raise the  minimum wage in the city to $15. With Governor Mark Dayton's veto of the labor standards bill preempting local governments' ability to set wage and benefit levels higher than state law, the Minneapolis ordinance looks set to pass.

 

The proposal released Tuesday is a draft and still needs a public hearing and a final council vote. Businesses, organizations, and members of the public still have the opportunity to give their input. The city council is holding a public hearing on the proposal Thursday, June 22 3:30 p.m. Comments can also be submitted by email to MinWage@minneapolismn.gov to be included in the public hearing record until June 22nd. The final vote on whether to adopt the ordinance is scheduled for Friday, June 30th.

 

The current proposal gives businesses five years to reach the $15 per hour minimum. Businesses with more than 100 employees however must boost wages more quickly. The proposal also includes a 'training wage' exemption for youth employees. (85% of minimum for first 90 days of employment, 100% of minimum thereafter). You can view the full draft proposal here.

 

If passed Minneapolis would join New York, Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C as the few cities that have passed similar measures. There is still debate among the council on several pieces of the proposal, most notably the phase in schedule, and how quickly different sized businesses will be required to comply. The City of Minneapolis has more information on their webpage.

 


Coming July 1: Minneapolis and St. Paul Earned Sick and Safe Time requirement

Minneapolis and St. Paul have adopted local ordinances requiring employers operating within the city limits to provide paid time off to all employees in the form of “earned sick and safe time” (ESST). The ordinances are scheduled to go into effect on July 1.
The new requirement is satisfied by qualifying PTO or Vacation/Sick time plans offered to employees. For employees included in one of these plans, no changes are required. However, many organizations have at least some paid interns, on-call or temporary employees who currently don’t receive any form of paid leave time. Organizations with such employees will need to make changes to comply with the new ordinances.

One option is to include temporary employees in existing PTO or vacation/sick time plans. However, these plans are more generous than what’s required by the ordinances, so it will generally be more cost‑effective for organizations to establish separate ESST plans.
The basic requirement of both ordinances is that employers must grant one hour of ESST time for every 30 hours worked by an employee. The time may be used to care for the employee’s own health or that of a family member, or to address issues caused by domestic violence, sexual harassment or stalking. Unused hours do not need to be paid out when an employee terminates.

For organizations that subscribe to MACC’s HR service, the HR team will work with leadership to establish and communicate the new plans and administer them going forward. Other MACC members should work with their HR department or payroll/timekeeping system provider to set up the mechanisms to administer these new plans.

Both Minneapolis and St. Paul provide information for employers and employees on their web sites.

There are two legal challenges that could block the implementation of these requirements, but MACC believes it’s prudent for employers to get ready to comply.



 

Email Phishing Scams Increasingly Sophisticated - What Can You Do?

A mysterious Nigerian prince or a wealthy widow contacts you out of nowhere promising to make you rich! Really! It'strue! All they need is your bank account information. Some email scams are easy to spot. Others are more clever like the scam that made news last week involving fake Google Docs sharing notifications.  (Click for more info

MACC's IT team has some recommendations and resources for how to spot and avoid email scams - 
  • Topic: Typically, a scam e-mail will ask you to do something you don’t normally do, or are not expecting to do.  Were you expecting to receive a Google Doc invite from someone? Do you have a normal procedure where someone can request a funds transfer by e-mail (hopefully not)? Clever scammers can pose as someone you know. If it seems like an odd request, be alert and call the sender by phone to confirm what they are asking. DO NOT REPLY TO SCAM E-MAIL MESSAGES. That confirms the sender has hit their target – and will probably continue to target you.
  • From and cc’d e-mail addresses: Check the sender's email address closely. Scammers often use email addresses that mimic legitimate email addresses. We've seen a few scams attempts at MACC that come from domains similar to our macc-mn.org domain name: mcvvmn.org and macc-min.org. If the message strikes you as a bit odd, look closely at the sender's email address and anyone cc’d on the email.
  • Links: If you are receiving an e-mail with a web link in it, hover over the link before clicking it – to see where it’s going to send you. If it doesn’t look familiar, or if it has an odd, anonymous domain name in it, don’t click it and delete the message.

There are some innovative scammers out there. We can't prevent everything, but our actions as users can stop scammers from succeeding. Thanks for your vigilance!

For more info and how you can avoid and prevent phishing check out these resources:

How to Prevent Phishing Scams - USA Today
7 Tips to Protect Against Phishing - Norton AntiVirus
How to Recognize Phishing Emails, Links, or Phone Calls - Microsoft



MACC Selects Recipients for First SEDN Seed Grants

Exciting things are happening with MACC’s Social Enterprise Development Network (SEDN). This March MACC selected the recipients for its first three seed grants to members. This first grant series was targeted at organizations with existing social enterprises to make technical improvements to expand or improve their social enterprise operations. MACC awarded seed grants to: Keystone Community Service’s Express Bikes enterprise, PRISM’s Shop for Change enterprise, and NEON’s Business Incubator enterprise.

Later this year MACC will announce a request for proposals for a second round of grants – this time targeted at organizations without existing enterprises that are preparing to develop or launch an enterprise.  To offer additional support to members looking to develop and launch new enterprises MACC will also be creating a member entrepreneurship development cohort. The cohort will be a small group of entrepreneurs who will go through their development process together with support from MACC and MACC expertise.

Also In March MACC welcomed Laurel Hansen as our new Social Enterprise Manager. Laurel comes to MACC with over 30 years of experience in social enterprise as a business director and consultant. If social enterprise is on your radar or you’re curious about the resources the SEDN offers we encourage you to reach out to her!

One of the key goals of the SEDN is to connect members to expertise and resources. Laurel is building a roster of trainers and consultants who are experts in business and social enterprise development. This roster includes internal experts within the MACC membership as well as partners in the community. Laurel and the SEDN will help members identify and connect with the technical expertise they need depending on their stage of social enterprise development. Laurel brings a passion both for nonprofits and entrepreneurship to her work with the SEDN. “I like the blend, I like the combination of where business and nonprofit overlap. Every business has a purpose but it really resonates with me that this is business with social purpose. It lets you be innovative and creative but also be very tactical and practical at the same time. It’s a very cool experience to be able to foster members’ business development opportunities.”



MACC Welcomes Four New Members

In early 2017 MACC welcomed four new organizations as members.

Community Involvement Programs
In early 2017, CIP joined MACC with a driving interest to develop more relationships with other community-based nonprofits. CIP's mission is that as listeners, learners, and leaders, they stand with and support people who have disabilities in their communities as they pursue their personal dreams and goals.

Better Futures Minnesota

In early 2017, Better Futures Minnesota joined MACC and are engaging quickly in our Client Data service. Better Futures Minnesota's mission is to fuel and guide their participating men’s desire to turn their lives around and walk a new path toward better health and success.

360 Communities
This spring, 360 Communities joined MACC and is engaging quickly in our Client Data service. Their mission is to care for their neighbors, provide hope and support to people by engaging communities to prevent violence, ensure school success and promote long-term self-sufficiency.

Women of Nations
This spring, Women of Nations joined MACC and is engaging quickly in our Behavioral Health Billing service. They provide culturally specific emergency services and support to all who have experienced trauma and domestic, sexual, and dating violence, and empower Native American communities to put an end to all forms of violence through education and prevention.

We're excited to have these amazing organizations as partners!

 


Courageous Collaboration: MACC Launches a New Brand

We've been working on something big. We've got a new look and a new brand. Our brand gets to the heart of who we are and who we hope to become. Our journey began with a group of nonprofits who came together in a time of uncertainty because they knew they were stronger together.

Today we continue that journey. There's a lot of work on the road ahead but we know that together we can find the bold solutions to transform the way we do good. We know we're better together. We are courageously collaborative.

Our annual Report to Members shows the road we've traveled so far. Our new website gives you a picture of the road that lies ahead.

We're not done yet, we know that true collaboration takes courage. We're excited about what's ahead and ready to get to work...  together.



MACC's Annual Report to Members
 

col / lab / o / ra / tion  The act of working together to produce or create something

MACC exists because our member organizations are working together to create something unique. Our annual Report to Members is chance to look back at that work and what we accomplished over the past year.

In an increasingly data driven world it's important to look at not only the numbers - but the stories and effort behind those numbers. Our report blends the two together. As we reflect back we are grateful for and energized by the continued partnership of our members.

Join us for a look at the road we traveled in 2016.

MACC's Report to Members 2016





MACC's Annual Meeting and Celebration - Celebrating the Past Year and Looking Ahead to the New One

MACC’s Annual Meeting and Celebration last Thursday was a chance to celebrate our unique and powerful network. Together we’ve built a one of kind network of nonprofits courageously exploring ways to transform the way we do good.

We celebrated the impact our members have made in our communities. In 2016 MACC members:

  • Provided more than 7,691,700 lbs of food to more than 29,000 families - that’s more than ten 747 airplanes worth of food! 
  • Spent more than 91,400 hours providing more than 54,200 in person services directly to clients

  • Worked with more than 135,500 people enrolled in member programs (such as tutoring, training, coaching, education, case management, etc.)
  • Provided more than $2,872,200 worth of assistance to more than 4,200 families (for rent assistance, utilities, work clothes and tools, education assistance, transportation, and more)

At the event we also looked forward to the year ahead and the roll out of MACC’s new brand strategy. We've got work to do to live into our potential as a collaborative network and over the next year and that work can’t happen without our members.

We believe our brand story will provide momentum for our collective work and we’re excited to share that story. We're excited for everything 2017 will bring!

MACC’s Client Data team has been partnering with their Agency Administrators (key staff at member 
organizations who help their organizations get the most out of ClientTrack) to build the capacity of this cohort through training and development designed around member needs.

When the Agency Administrators expressed a desire to “level-up” their excel skills to be able to better report on their data MACC's team built a 3 part training series focused on use functions, pivot tables, and data visualization.

Using examples of data that members regularly collect the team led the Agency Administrators through guided exercises to demonstrate a range of useful tips and tricks specifically tailored for the type of reporting their organizations were most likely to encounter.

The Client Data team is excited to continue refining the training curriculum and to provide additional training in the future! For more info about Client Track or the Client Data team click here.




Recap and Resources from the Equity and Inclusion Forum

On Wednesday, September 28th over 100 participants from member organizations and community partners came together for a day of powerful conversation and learning to
 
ask and answer critical, challenging questions around equity and inclusion.

The day started off with keynote speaker James Burroughs II, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer for the State of Minnesota. He spoke about what Equity and Inclusion mean to him on both a personal and professional level. He shared the work the State is doing to address some of the challenges and barriers facing Minnesotans of color and during a Q&A dialogue with participants about how their organizations can partner with the State.

Following the keynote was a panel of local leaders who all had personal experience leading change efforts around equity and inclusion at their organization. The panel included: Shelly Carthen Watson (U of M), Dr. Arnoldo Curiel (YWCA), Senator Scott Dibble (MN Senate), Jennifer Ford Reedy (Bush Foundation), and Rev. John D. F. Nelson (Gethsemane Lutheran Church).  Each leader shared what it looks like to implement these kinds of efforts at an organizational level. They shared the successes they’ve had and also the challenges they’ve had to overcome in bringing the strategic imperative of equity and inclusion work to life.

The Forum was a chance for participants to talk with each other, to share their perspectives and experiences. Participants engaged each other to understand the full impact of bias on our organizations and our communities. These conversations gave participants a unique window into bias, what it costs us, and how we can move beyond our biases and assumptions. Check out the learnings they shared.

MACC is excited by the energy our members share for this work and we’re looking forward to continuing to talk about what we can do together! Check out the Resources Page from the Forum for tools, articles, and upcoming events to continue the learning.

 


Aramark "ABC Day" Brings Over 100 Volunteers to Camden Neighborhood Center

As part of this year’s Aramark ABC (Aramark Building Community) Day, more than 100 Aramark employees volunteered their time and talents at Pillsbury United CommunitiesCamden Neighborhood Center to inspire families to make healthy food, nutrition and lifestyle choices. 
 
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MACC has had a longstanding partnership with Aramark as part of our engagement in the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities. On ABC Day, volunteers at Camden Neighborhood Center conducted healthy cooking demos and food sampling, provided nutrition workshops, revitalized the senior center building and outdoor space, and enhanced the center’s garden.

“Aramark volunteers provide our community with the tools needed to lead healthier lives, both for themselves and their families,” said Chanda Smith-Baker, President and CEO, Pillsbury United Communities. “Through Aramark Building Community Day, Aramark’s longstanding partnership with the MACC Alliance, and additional efforts throughout the year, Aramark inspires families in the Minneapolis area to make lifelong healthy food, nutrition and lifestyle choices.” 

Check out photos from the day! 

 


 

Equity and Inclusion Keynote Preview: James Burroughs II, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, State of Minnesota

Ahead of the Equity and Inclusion Forum next week we chatted with Keynote speaker James Burroughs II, Chief Equity and Inclusion officer for the State of Minnesota.

James lives equity and inclusion in similar ways both in his personal life and through his work. 

“I look at it in a simple way. Equity for me is giving each person
 
or entity what they need to be successful. Inclusion to me means that I can come to a place or present an opportunity to folks where they can bring their full selves. They can be their full self and I will value who they are and what they are and what they bring to the table.”

He spoke about understanding that there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. “We can’t pretend that we can devise a ‘people of color’ solution that fits everybody. The issues in the Latino community, the issues in the Hmong community, the issues in the LBGTQ community, may be different so we have to talk about equity and solutions that are specific to that population. Equitable solutions have to be devised for those particular groups and what their issues are and what their strengths are as well.”

James described how the state is working to be more inclusive through the entire hiring process. An effort that will yield benefits not just for employees but the employers as well. “You feel like you can bring your whole self to work you feel valued and that your innovations your new ideas your race your sexual orientation your gender your thinking style your working style won’t be treated differently but instead will be seen as a valuable piece of the team. Inclusion will also benefit you because when you bring your full self to work and feel included and not treated different you feel comfortable bringing new ideas to the table and creating diverse solutions.“

James acknowledged the challenges around equity and inclusion work but noted that the approach you take can make all the difference. “For me my first step is always to listen. It’s always to create an environment where I get different voices at the table. So the first thing is listening, the second thing is bringing it together to synthesize the strategies around the work (and bring it back to the communities), the third thing is to develop measurements of success.

Lastly James spoke about how community partners, and MACC members, can get involved. “At the state we have a Diversity and Inclusion Council that’s focused on three main areas: supplier diversity (contracting) workforce diversity (recruiting and retention) and also diversity in civic engagement. I would love for the ideas that the partners have in your organization, your members to spread some of those ideas around the inclusion council work that we do. They can get engaged in those committees so that they can then create ideas around those councils that can then filter up to our equity and inclusion strategy.”

He highlighted the unique opportunity to partner with workforce development organizations to create a career pathway for their clients to work with the state. “Right now we have out of our 34,000 employees, 1/3 of them are eligible for retirement so if they wanted to retire today they could. We need a workforce that’s more diverse in order to fill those positions.”

Finally he spoke about the ways the state is trying to build partnerships with the community through networking and trust building. “We started this networking event with communities of color so we’re partnering with different community organizations to bring our people to them to say this is what we’re doing, here’s how were doing it come meet us com talk to us. We want to develop a relationship and trust. I think we can increase contact through these kinds of networking events either through your members or their employees around issues that affect the communities that we’re trying to impact through our diversity and inclusion work.” 

We're excited to hear more from James at his Keynote address! If you're interested in attending the Equity and Inclusion Forum please visit our event website to learn more and register!

 


 

Aramark Selects Pillsbury United Communities' Camden Neighborhood Center for ABC Day Site

On ABC Day Aramark volunteers bring their collective energy, expertise, and time to enrich and nourish the lives of families and communities.

Through MACC’s partnership with Aramark (a corporate partnership we engage in through the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities) MACC members were invited to apply to be one of the sites for an ABC Day project.

Aramark selected Pillsbury United Communities’ Camden Neighborhood Center. On September 20th 100 Aramark employees will volunteer their time and energy at Camden. Volunteers will build raised garden beds, create a grilling area, and add picnic tables and seating – making the area more welcoming and accessible for all community members. They will also bring color and energy into the space by painting several large murals.

To promote healthy eating and healthy choices Camden will be hosting a community demonstration by a chef and dietitian providing nutritional education - and lots of delicious samples! All materials are donated by Aramark.

To learn more about Aramark’s Aramark Building Community program click here.



MACC Helps Kick Off Another Next Step to Your Next Job Session

The Next Step to Your Next Job program, in partnership with Aramark Building Community, is designed to give low-income, diverse youth participants the opportunity to hone their skills and better prepare for their ‘next step’ in seeking employment. 

Next Step is funded by a grant through Aramark and MACC helps facilitate the programming and coordinate with the members involved. The participating members work together to recruit the youth for the workshops and also to design the programming. 

The first day of the program Comedy Sportz Improv Theater led youth through a series of activities designed to help them understand the importance of creativity, fast thinking, active listening, and effective communication. Skills that are important not only in the workplace, but also in their day to day life.

On day two youth were led through exercises by a facilitator from Youth Express to help them effectively communicate their strengths and talents. Youth talked freely about their goals and aspirations while building confidence in themselves and their skills. 



MACC to host Forum on Equity and Inclusion

Join us September 28th for a forum on equity and inclusion that will:

Engage you in open dialogue with peers and fellow community members to share perspectives, understanding, experiences and learning.           

Challenge you to explore how race, culture, privilege, and bias intersect to impact individuals, organizations, and communities.   

Empower you with the tools you need to take action and create tangible progress toward building equitable and inclusive people, organizations, and communities.

If you’re interested in learning more fill out the form HERE and we’ll keep you in the loop with any updates as they happen!

 


MACC Client Data Team Helps Enable Member Collaboration

MACC’s Client Data team has partnered with EMERGE Community Development, The Family Partnership, and the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility (Workhouse) to support the work of EMERGE’s RESTORE program. Each organization plays a different role but all with the same goal: provide program participants the support and opportunities they need to re-enter the workforce and the community.

The RESTORE program provides vital job training and work readiness skills to residents at the workhouse to help give them a head start once they’re released. Also at the workhouse residents begin participating in group sessions of Healing Generations, a program run by The Family Partnership. Once participants leave the workhouse – they can continue working with both organizations. However making sure participants stay connected with the programming they need can be challenging. That’s where MACC’s Client Data team comes in.

MACC’s Client Data team partnered with each organization to use ClientTrack to remove some of the barriers to communication and collaboration. ClientTrack is enabling each organization to share client information directly without having to build dual databases or send massive reports back and forth. They’re able to use a shared infrastructure to stay better connected to each other and the clients themselves.

The organizations also use ClientTrack to see a holistic picture of how the client interacts with each organization. The data collected helps each organization track the outcomes of the program and see the shared impact that their services provide. That collaboration is key. As Eric Branson at EMERGE said “Although we do a lot of things at EMERGE, we can’t and we don’t do everything. So being able to build partnerships to fill those gaps is vital.”

 


Members Discuss Impact of Gun Violence and Role Nonprofits can Play in Solution at Guns in the Hands of Artists

“I don't have any answers. All we have is a series of questions, but we're asking them,” said Chanda Smith Baker, President and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities at Thursday evening’s special viewing of Guns in the Hands of Artists.

Guns in the Hands of Artists is an art exhibit designed to provoke thought and discussion around the issue of guns in our society by bringing the conversation into the realm of art. MACC members were invited to view the exhibit and discuss what role nonprofits might play in protecting and healing our communities from the effects of gun violence.

“I don't know of a human service organization that isn’t impacted. Whether they know it or not,” said Molly Greenman, President and CEO of The Family Partnership. Members shared experiences with violence in the community and the impact it’s had on them, their staff, and their organizations. Nonprofits see directly the effects of gun violence in the communities and clients they serve.

There is no one solution, but by making sure the conversation continues and by bringing together our work and our voices – nonprofits can have a role to play in the solution. As Darlynn Benjamin closed out the conversation, “Unless we talk about it, it remains silent. It remains deadly.”

Learn more about the exhibit which runs through June 19th at Public Functionary and is open and free to the public.


MACC Launches New Strategic Framework

Almost exactly one year ago MACC began a strategic planning process for our combined organization. Key stakeholders worked to uncover and bring together the best of MACC Alliance and the best of MACC Commonwealth to capitalize on our strengths as a merged organization. The result is a living framework that will provide the foundation for our work going forward.

Our Process 

Through stakeholder and environmental analysis, and a series of insight sessions held with members, staff, and board leadership - we identified central values, built focus and clarity around our value proposition, and identified outcomes.  

From there, our planners integrated these concepts into a strategic framework that includes a mission, visionary proposition, and values. Our planners then focused on developing a core set of strategic focus areas, our pillars of success, which will ensure we successfully fulfill our mission.

What's Next

Our strategic framework is a living guide that will shape the work of our organization, board, and management. As we evolve as an organization our framework will drive us forward as we develop and advance strategies to deliver the outcomes we seek. We will update members at key milestones as we implement these strategies and monitor our progress on this new path.

Learn more about our Strategic Framework

 


MACC Welcomes New Vice President of Finance

We're excited to welcome Tim Savaloja as the newest member of the MACC leadership team.

 

Tim comes to us having most recently served as the CFO/COO of Keystone Community Services. Tim began his career in public accounting with a focus on nonprofit organizations and later served as CFO of Crown College. Tim has served on a number of nonprofit boards and audit committees and holds a BSBA degree from the University of North Dakota.

 

Please join us in welcoming him! Leading our Finance Service, Tim will be charged with developing a strategic roadmap for the Finance Service and will begin engaging with members in the coming weeks in a listening tour designed to help him get to know each Finance member. 

 


MACC Kicks off Work on Equity and Inclusion

“Underlying all the work that you do, diversity, inclusion, and racial awareness are key factors to your success.” Facilitator Bill Wells told senior leaders from MACC members. Bill led members in an Innovation Dialogue designed to spark courageous conversation about what equity and inclusion mean, and how our organizations can drive cultures that value all voices, and treat everyone with fairness, dignity and impartiality.

Bill talked about the effect of changing demographics on the workforce and the populations nonprofits serve. He spoke about how equity and inclusion are challenging topics we must tackle as demographics shift - but that they’re also key tools that empower us to be successful as, individuals, leaders, and organizations. “The more you know the better tools you have.” Bill encouraged members to think critically about how their organizations are embracing cultural competence, “If your constituents are changing, if their demographics are changing, but you're not changing on the inside - do you really have a workforce that represents the demographics that you serve?” 

Bill shared that while diversity, equity, and inclusion each have distinct meanings, they need to be operated together. In order to create a culture of inclusion – you need to embrace all three values. The impact of a culture that excludes people can have long term strategic implications. “If the culture’s not right, productivity goes down, and ultimately people leave” he said.

This innovation dialogue was part of a larger, ongoing initiative to support open dialogue within the MACC membership on the issue of equity and inclusion. MACC will be doing more work throughout 2016 and will continue to bring members together to understand the challenges and opportunities members face in their efforts to advance equity and inclusion. As Bill said, “Collectively we can do a lot more than just as individuals.”

Resources from the Dialogue:

A Deeper Look: The Psychology of Racism

Color Blind or Color Brave? Ted Talk with Melody Hobson

Innovation Dialogue Presentation - Slide deck



MACC awarded $500,000 Social Enterprise Grant from the Northwest Area Foundation

In March the Northwest Area Foundation awarded MACC $500,000 to create and implement a Social Enterprise Development Network (SEDN). The goal of the SEDN is to pull together expertise, resources, and technical assistance to help our members take their social enterprise ventures and ideas to the next level.

The SEDN will focus on four main areas:
  • Building partnerships and enhancing networks in the social enterprise space: The SEDN will be working to build relationships between member organizations and with outside partners and the community.
  • Inspiring new ideas in social enterprise: the SEDN will provide thought leadership in social enterprise and help foster creativity and innovation among our member organizations.
  • Providing technical assistance and capacity building within member organizations. 
  • Developing common language and tools to focus our members' work on social enterprise.

The MACC membership contains organizations with varying levels of experience with social enterprise. The goal of the SEDN is meet members where they are. The SEDN will work with and provide support for members who are doing work anywhere from incubating nascent enterprise projects all the way to those with existing, successful social enterprises who want to take their idea to the next level.

Based on member input MACC launched an initiative last year to explore what it takes to build economic opportunity in our community using social enterprise. The leaders of our member organizations were focused on what strategies they could develop that would help build capacity within their organizations and communities. Through these conversations MACC identified social enterprise as a key area of potential learning and growth for our network.

Learn more:

Congressman Keith Ellison Speaks at MACC

On Friday morning, March 11th, Congressman Keith Ellison joined us at MACC for coffee and conversation. 

The current political environment

Congressman Ellison spoke about the challenges facing social service organizations in the current political environment. He spoke about the growing attitude that everyone is on their own, and government can’t do anything. He challenged this idea and asserted that we are stronger together. He spoke about how each member organization is different and plays a critical and individual role – but together supports the community as a whole. He spoke about how we’re at a pivotal moment in our national politics and that we’re seeing interesting changes unfolding in the political landscape as we approach the coming election. 

“We can’t have anyone not voting.”

One of the key themes of Congressman Ellison's remarks was the importance of empowering people through voter registration and participation - how it’s critical to help constituents see themselves as agents of their own welfare. He spoke about the need to help people understand how it is they’re able to get the support they’re getting, and to turn service recipients into advocates for themselves and the people who help them. He emphasized the importance of getting people to the polls - “We can’t have anyone not voting," he said.

Answering Member questions

Congressman Ellison also spent time answering questions directly from members. He spoke about the North Minneapolis Promise Zone. The Promise Zone designation gives North Minneapolis, and organizations serving residents of North Minneapolis a competitive advantage when applying for federal grants. He spoke about the importance of making the most of the opportunity by applying for grants. “We can’t be a promise zone recipient and not maximize it,” he commented.

Congressman Ellison discussed the challenges of immigrants, refugees, and the organizations supporting them. He spoke about how the challenges faced by immigrants and refugees are multifaceted and acknowledged that there can be gaps in the funding to support the programs people need.

Congressman Ellison discussed the rising tide of Islamophobia and the impact on our communities, families, and youth. He spoke about the fact that while hate crimes overall have fallen, in the past years hate crimes against Muslims have increased – the only group to see an increase. He spoke about the importance of continuing to talk about this issue and the need for everyone to speak up and be part of the solution. “We’ve seen this ugly thing happen – it can never happen again” Congressman Ellison said. 

The morning was a great opportunity to hear directly from and speak directly with one of our Representatives. Many thanks to Congressman Ellison for taking the time to speak with us. 

Check out Keith Ellison's Podcast - "We the Podcast"
Information on - Blue Zones
Learn more about the casework Ellison's office does - Constituent casework
Resources for those looking at Federal funding opportunities - Federal Grant Resources


 

Apply Now! MCN Discounts for Emerging Leaders of Color

Nationally, fewer than 20% of nonprofit leaders are people of color. It is critical that nonprofit leadership be representative of the communities being served.

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) recently launched the Partners in Community program to foster equitable access to professional development and help build a diverse group of leaders inside the nonprofit sector. MACC is proud to be a partner in this program and excited to offer this opportunity to our members.

Through this program MACC is able to offer emerging leaders of color within the MACC membership access to discounted registrations for MCN conferences. The first chance to take advantage of this program is the upcoming Technology & Communications conference on April 12.

Apply Now to Attend the MCN Technology & Communications Conference - for only $20!

MACC is able to offer five deeply discounted registrations ($20, compared to around $200 for regular registration)  to our members to this upcoming conference. If you are interested in attending, please submit a quick application by Friday, March 25. There will be additional opportunities in 2016 to apply for the program - watch for additional announcements!

Complete an Application

 



MACC Undergoes IT Services Transformation, Hires New IT Director

We're excited to announce a major renovation of the MACC IT services.  What's in store?

First, a Little Background

For over ten years, MACC has provided IT services for several members including services such as end user support, hardware, connectivity and phones - all done through an external managed service provider. Over the course of 2015, MACC's IT members embarked on an ambitious project to refresh the MACC IT service model. After such a long partnership with one vendor- it was time to take a look at how to bring members into the future. A cohort of IT members, MACC leadership and consultants convened and developed a strategy centered around members' critical IT needs and MACC's future role in helping members with their IT strategy.

virteva logoSelecting a new IT vendor

A major outcome of the project was to complete an RFP process, leveraging our scale and buying power to choose the right IT vendor to take MACC members into the future.  IT members selected the firm Virteva to be our managed service provider because of their focus on end user computing support.


Creating a new IT leader position

Another major outcome of the project was to assess the feasibility of hiring an internal leader to MACC's IT strategy and vendor management. MACC members felt it was essential for us to invest in our own leadership rather than rely too heavily on an IT vendor for proactive IT strategy development. In late 2015, MACC conducted a search and hired Pete Czachor who brings strong skills and experience to the role. Pete owned and operated his own Managed IT Services firm for six years and has served in several roles with deep business process design responsibilities. Most recently, Pete served as Director of Technology Consulting at Warner Connect, working closely with MACC and its IT Services members and gaining a deep understanding of our IT environment and needs. We're excited to welcome Pete to the MACC team.

The Transition Begins

Over the next several months, MACC IT members will undergo a transition to the new IT platform in phases - this transformation is not a small undertaking but will bring MACC's members into a lighter, cloud-based infrastructure that will allow more flexibility and collaboration tools and infrastructure.

We’re excited about what comes next!


MACC Celebrates 2015 and Toasts 2016

 



In January, MACC members gathered for our annual member meeting and celebration. 

 

The event was an opportunity to reconnectwith MACC colleagues, celebrate our networks' accomplishments, eat some great food, and tour Ghandi Mahal's sustainable food aquaponics system.

Here's to a great 2015 and an even better 2016!

 

 


Fall Member Update: MACC Welcomes Banyan Community and Ignite Afterschool

Banyan Community

Banyan Community joins MACC in December jumping into Client Data services.

More about Banyan from their website: " Banyan Community is a Christian Community Development Organization that builds relationships and transforms the lives of both youth and adults living in Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Banyan's programming focuses on youth development, strengthening families, and building connections within the community.

 

Ignite Afterschool

Ignite Afterschool joins us in January as a newly formalized 501c3 organization having been fiscally sponsored by MACC member Youthprise. Ignite's employees have been supported by our HR team for some time under Youthprise.

More about Ignite from their website:  "Ignite Afterschool is Minnesota's Afterschool Network- working collectively to ensure every community and every youth has access to high-quality afterschool opportunities."

 


 

Breaking Ground for Groundbreaking Collaborative Service Delivery

Hennpin County Ground BreakinThis Fall, MACC staff and members were invited to be a part of the ceremonial groundbreaking of Hennepin County's newest human service center.

The south Minneapolis human service center is the sixth in a series of projects that decentralize services beyond downtown Minneapolis, making access to county resources more convenient for residents by locating them in areas where they live, work and attend school. 

MACC’s Service Network provides drop-in childcare at the existing human service locations and will be expanding operations to include the new south Minneapolis site. Current members participating in the MACC Service Network Childcare Collaborative are Eastside Neighborhood Services, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, and The Family Partnership.

The development also encompasses a transit plaza, more than 500 residences, retail space, parking, and a public gathering space that will serve as a permanent home for the Midtown Farmers Market. 

Pictured above: Darlynn Benjamin- MACC, Kay Tellinghuisen- The Family Partnership, Molly Greenman- The Family Partnership, Patti Dailey-Ruddy- The Family Partnership, Shane Miller- MACC, and Ellen Whitted- MACC

Photo provided by Hennepin County


Making Innovation Happen with Nonprofit Social Enterprise

social enterprise collage

In Fall of 2015, MACC convened a forum on social enterprise- including members and nonmembers interested in exploring the potential of social enterprises to create financial sustainability for nonprofit organizations and economic opportunity for those we serve. Over the last year or so, MACC has heard from members and others in the community that there is a growing interest in developing these types of ventures. This convening brought together thought leaders from our community to help advance the best practices and knowledge in social enterprise.
Attendees learned about the nuts and bolts of social enterprise and learned about the key differences and lessons learned in both commercial nonprofit social enterprise and social enterprise business.

As a follow up to the event, MACC continues it's work to identify strategies to potentially provide support, learning, and technical assistance to our members and their enterprise initiatives. Stay tuned for our next steps!

Interested in learning more?


On the Job: Reflecting on the First Five Months

Darlynn Benjamin joined the MACC staff in February of 2015 as our new Vice President of Service Network Innovations and Collaboration. We asked her to share a few reflections on her time with MACC thus far.

You've been on a listening tour of MACC members during your first few months on the job. How would you characterize the power of the MACC membership?

"The MACC membership is a powerful association of organizations that individually are doing incredible work, but collectively through the MACC, they can have a more powerful voice and impact in community.  Our membership is powerful in action and in its diversity. By working together, we can reduce the number of people living in poverty, elevate the number of people living safe and healthy lives, and place more people on the pathway for success in attaining education and employment.  Our membership is deeply committed to working together to enhance the lives of children, adults and families."

What have you heard from members about what they value in their MACC membership experience?

"Members place a high value on the networking opportunities- the ability to meet with peers to amplify knowledge, expertise and share innovative ideas.  While members have shared that the quality of services and programs have been incredibly valuable and have helped their organization a great deal, there is a real need for MACC to provide more resources and opportunities for its membership."

What has resonated most with you in your conversations with members so far?

"There has been incredible growth and momentum without intentionally marketing the benefits of MACC membership. I believe we're thriving largely because we're offering what is needed by small to mid-sized nonprofits. As we build out our merged organization's programs and services, we'll need to remain committed to enriching the member experience and always checking in with members to ensure that we are providing value."

We're excited by the work ahead and for Darlynn's role in connecting members with one another and supporting collaboration.


Summer Membership Update: MACC Welcomes BWLAP and House of Charity

This summer, we are excited to welcome two new members to the MACC network- Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project and House of Charity.

 

Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project 

BWLAP  has joined MACC as a member jumping quickly into our finance services and with a strong interest in building relationships outside of the domestic violence network.

More about BWLAP from their website:  "BWLAP is a state-wide program that serves battered women, their advocates, attorneys and the general public in Minnesota. BWLAP provides legal information, consultation, state-wide training, litigation support, technical assistance and develops model policy for domestic violence programs around confidentiality, record keeping, conflict of interest and children's records, to name a few."

House of Charity

House of Charity joins MACC and is kicking off their membership by getting started with our Behavioral Health Billing service. As MACC's longtime neighbor downtown, located just down the block, we're looking forward to building strong ties within the membership.

From their website: "One of our primary goals is to help struggling individuals meet their basic human needs of food and shelter while reducing barriers to their long-term self-sufficiency. Their facility currently houses 116 men and women who have experienced homelessness. Additionally, they operate a food center which feeds more than 350 people each day.



MACC Affinity Team Snapshot:  Food Shelf Leaders Visit Spark-YSpark-Y

 

Our Affinity Teams gather to share best practices, share training, ideas and resources- these are networking groups with intentionality.

Our Food Shelf Affinity Team is an opportunity for our members that have food shelves to gather and think about the ways they can work together and learn from one another.

 

In May, the MACC Food Shelf Affinity Team visited with sustainable food social enterprise Spark-Y Youth Action Labs. Representatives from members The Food Group, East Side Neighborhood Services, Pillsbury United Brian Coyle Center, PRISM and a guest from Neighbors Inc. all gathered to hear from Spark-Y Executive Director Zachary Robinson.

 

Zach gave the group a tour of their Sustainable Education Lab and talked about their work to engage youth through education on sustainable food production techniques. A dialogue followed- members talked about the ways that our food shelves could incorporate sustainable food production practices into our work and potentially partner with Spark-Y.

 

Interested in Learning More?



Spring Membership Update: MACC Welcomes Two New Members

This spring, we are excited to welcome two new members to the MACC network- Community Emergency Service and Ujamaa Place.  

Community Emergency Service (CES) has already jumped into the network and has been participating in both our food shelf and senior affinity teams. For CES, joining MACC represents a commitment the staff and board have made to building new networks and partnerships for the organization. We’re excited to have them stepping in so quickly into the affinity teams! 

More about CES (from their website): "Since its origin, Community Emergency Service (CES) has provided high-quality direct service to people in need. Through direct aid relief, advocacy, referral, guidance and prayer support, if desired, CES seeks to strengthen families and individuals. The goal of CES is to move them beyond crisis to financial stability, as well as emotional health, personal growth and spiritual depth.

Ujamaa Place has joined MACC as a member jumping quickly into an implementation of the Client Data services within their programs.  We are particularly excited to begin to connect them with our members doing economic opportunity work across the network.  

More about Ujamaa (from their website): "The mission of Ujamaa Place is to assist young African American men primarily between the ages of 18 and 30, who have experienced life challenges… programming is made available at no direct cost to participants, but it is a program that demands mutual accountability. It helps men develop the skills it takes to be a successful individual, father, employee, and citizen."





2014 Year in Review & a Look Ahead to 2015

It's been a big year for MACC Alliance and MACC CommonWealth. Having announced a merger this spring, a lot of work has been done to prepare for 2015.  At our recent Annual Member Meeting and Merger Celebration, members got a look at all of the accomplishments of 2014 as well as a sneak peak at what's ahead for our merged organization in 2015.

We're excited by the power and potential of the new organization- bringing together the best of MACC Alliance and the best of MACC CommonWealth for a greater community impact.

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Merger Update: MACC CommonWealth/ MACC Alliance Hiring a New VP of Service Network Innovations and Collaborations

On June 19, 2014 the Boards of Directors of the Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities and its subsidiary, MACC CommonWealth Services, Inc. announced that the organizations will merge into a single entity, effective January 1, 2015.  The combined nonprofit entity will be a membership organization whose purpose will be to provide quality services, collaborative programs, and powerful connections for its member organizations, that empower them to excel in helping communities, families, and individuals thrive.

As part of this merger, a new VP will be brought on board to inspire innovation in the delivery of high quality services and best practices among the diverse membership of the MACC Alliance. The VP works with members to develop effective strategies to further impact in community, and uses the power of the membership to bring networked solutions to issues and opportunities.  As a result of this position’s efforts, a growing number of collaborations and cross-sector partnerships will be developed, and MACC Alliance’s visibility will be greatly enhanced throughout the nonprofit, public, private and philanthropic sectors.  The VP - Service Network Innovations and Collaboration serves as a member of the Senior Management Team and collaborates closely with the VP’s overseeing all other areas of the organization.


While the position posting has closed, please watch for updates from us regarding this exciting are of work. As we make investments into the strategies of the merged organization, we're excited about the power and potential of the opportunities in front of us- please stay tuned!


CommonWealth Welcomes a New VP of Finance

We are pleased to announce that David O. Milton, CPA has accepted the position of Vice President – Financial Services at MACC CommonWealth

MCW conducted a thorough search for this position, with nearly 30 qualified candidates submitting applications.  Following an extensive review process and multiple rounds of interviews, the final decision was made by a Committee consisting of member CEOs and representatives from MCW’s Senior Management Team.

David brings a great mix of skills and experience for the role, having served for nearly 30 years in Finance and Accounting roles in outstanding corporations including Cargill, Johnson Controls, and Amoco.  Since 2010 David has done consulting work as interim CFO in several organizations, and most recently served as interim VP-Finance at Goodwill Easter Seals of MN.   David is a certified Six Sigma (process improvement) black belt.  He is active in the Nonprofit Financial Group of the Twin Cities, and currently serves as Board Treasurer of Mastery Charter Schools.  He is also active in the African American Leadership Forum.  David holds an MBA in Finance and Statistics from the University of Chicago, and a BS in Accounting from DePaul University.  He is also a part-time Associate Professor of Finance, Economics, and Accounting at University of Phoenix (Twin Cities campus) since 2007.

Speaking about his new role with us, David said: “I enjoy learning about all of the great services that our members provide and look forward to supporting their mission by delivering prudent financial leadership, strategic insight and stewardship.”

Please join us in welcoming David to the team!



MACC CommonWealth Releases 2013-2014 Report to Members
 Growth, merger, new connections & enhanced services!
 Read about how we are working to improve services for our members.

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CommonWealth to Merge

Nonprofits will combine to provide greater benefits to members

updated June 23, 2014

The Boards of Directors of the Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (“MACC Alliance”) and its subsidiary, MACC CommonWealth Services, Inc. (“MCW”) have announced that the organizations will merge into a single entity, effective January 1, 2015.

The combined nonprofit entity will be a membership organization whose purpose will be to provide quality services, collaborative programs, and powerful connections for its member organizations, that empower them to excel in helping communities, families, and individuals thrive.

“MCW was founded as an initiative of MACC Alliance, as a separate organization with its own board and operating structure. While MCW has been effective operating separately, we believe that combining with our parent organization will provide additional benefits and collaboration opportunities to members, without any sacrifice to the quality and value of the services already being provided”, said Mike Wynne, Board Chair of MCW and CEO of Emerge Community Development.

“While both organizations operating separately have provided valuable collaboration opportunities and services to their respective members, we believe that combining the organizations into a single entity will create synergies, streamline approaches, and enable members to connect more easily to opportunities for collaboration”, said Chanda Smith Baker, Board Chair of MACC Alliance and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities.

A joint leadership team with representatives from both organizations will work together over the next several months to prepare the legal and financial components necessary to merge, refine the future business model, and complete strategic planning for the combined entity. The name of the new organization will be announced later this year.

Merger due-diligence support was provided through this process by Cincinnatus Consulting. Linda Ewing, Cincinnatus partner and lead consultant for this effort, offered her perspective on the merger, as follows: "Often times during a merger due diligence process there is self-interest that comes into play that can cause stress and sometimes failure for a successful merger. True to the missions of the MACC Alliance and MCW, this process was truly collaborative and focused on value for the members of both organizations. I predict this newly merged organization will do great work for the benefit of it members.”

Steve Houtz, President and CEO of MACC CommonWealth, will serve in the same role for the combined organization. Yvonne Olsen, Executive Coordinator of MACC Alliance, will serve as Senior Vice President.

About MACC Alliance: Founded in 1999, MACC Alliance is a 501(c)(3) organization that facilitates joint program development, fundraising in support of joint programs, training, affinity groups, and other forms of collaboration to its 39 members.

About MCW: Founded in 2006, MACC CommonWealth Services, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization whose purpose is to provide back-office management services to members of the MACC Alliance. Since its inception, MCW has grown to nearly $4M in annual revenue supporting 34 members with an array of management functions including Finance, HR, IT, Behavioral Health Billing, Facilities, Client Data, and others.



Questions about the merger can be directed to:
Chanda Smith Baker, Board Chair, MACC Alliance
President and CEO, Pillsbury United Communities
bakerc@puc-mn.org, 612-302-3444
Mike Wynne, Board Chair, MACC CommonWealth
President and CEO, Emerge Community Development
wynnem@emerge-mn.org, 612-787-3755


CommonWealth Welcomes a New VP of HR Services

We are pleased to announce that Karl R. Starr has accepted the position of Vice President – Human Resources Services at MACC CommonWealth. Karl brings a great mix of skills and experience for the role, having served for 25 years at Thrivent Financial in a variety of human resources-related roles, ultimately serving as Director, Human Resources Services from 2004-2006.  Since that time, Karl has been working in a consulting capacity for several organizations, in areas including information technology, business process improvement, organizational change management, and communications.  Karl holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Mathematics and Religion, from St. Olaf College.

Speaking about his role with us, Karl said: “I enjoy relieving our members of some of the risk and worry associated with human resource management, so that they can focus on making a bigger difference in our community.”


Building Energy for a New Strategic PlanMCW Strategic Plan session

During the fall of 2013, MACC CommonWealth’s Strategic Planning Committee has been hard at work developing an engaging process for creating a new strategic plan. Outreach to MACC CommonWealth members, partners, and community leaders has begun, building energy for what will be our second strategic plan since our founding.

In October, over seventy members, staff, partners and community leaders gathered at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center for a strategic visioning session.

In this half-day session, we:

  • began to uncover the best of what MACC CommonWealth has been
  • began to explore the needs and opportunities of those we serve
  • and we began to investigate what MACC CommonWealth is being called to become.

Thank you to all that invested time into this work session with us! We heard from participants that the time was incredibly valuableStrategic Plan quotes to connect with other members and to see the power and potential of our work together. MACC CommonWealth is incredibly grateful to all those that participated!

As MACC CommonWealth works to co-create a compelling vision for our next chapter, we’ll be working to connect with our stakeholders and keep you a part of this process. Watch for more updates and outreach from us in the coming months!



MACC CommonWealth Reveals New Website

CommonWealth WebsiteIf you’ve visited the MACC CommonWealth website over the past few days, you’ve noticed some changes. At the end of September we quietly launched a newly designed website, and after spending a few days testing functionality and navigation we are excited to share it with our members and the general public.

Member Services Vice President Trisha Reinwald shared, “we’re excited to take a big step forward in how we represent our mission, showcase our members, and tell the world about the amazing accomplishments of this unique organization. Our new look helps us communicate that we are a welcoming, dedicated team committed to collaboration with our members.”

If you look closely, you will likely see some familiar faces and recognize some names throughout the site. We are grateful for the many members who supported this process by contributing testimonials, sharing their first-hand experiences with our services and staff.  These testimonials are a vital endorsement to others looking for collaborative management services, considering CommonWealth membership and learning what you already know – we are better together!

You will see some of those testimonials here on the website either on pages or in information sheets and FAQ documents for each of the service areas.  

Other features of the site include:

  • A design showcasing the refreshed logo and branding introduced in late 2012.
  • Rotating banner graphics on the home page featuring member representatives and quotes
  • Testimonials from our members can be seen on the home page banner graphics and within the services content
  • A section showcasing the “CommonWealth Story”
  • A dynamic listing of our members, their websites, and Facebook pages
  • Within the Contact Us content section you will find easy to use inquiry forms for current members in need of support with a service line and also for non-members requesting information about services.

The launch of this new site is an important milestone as we continue to identify ways to better support current members, as well as provide a better experience for nonprofits looking for collaborative management services. We hope you find this website to be informative and easy to navigate. Contact Trisha at trisha.reinwald@mcwmn.org with your comments or information requests.



Behind the Scenes Work on Website

Behind the Scenes: CommonWealth Members Contribute to New Website

As we developed the concept for our new website, one thing became clear. We wanted to showcase our members in their element, with their missions in mind.

We spend many weeks this summer having conversations with members about their experience with CommonWealth services. We’re grateful for the many members that contributed quotes and testimonials for our website and marketing materials. A few members were gracious enough to devote time and participate in photo shoots allowing us to use their images throughout the site.  This important element helps communicate that we understand our greatest impact is providing you services that allow you to focus on your missions.

The collage of photos you see here is a behind the scenes look at those photo shoots.

A big thank you goes out to our members for helping to make this happen!








MACC CommonWealth Releases 2012-2013 Report to Members

MACC CommonWealth 2012 By the Numbers

So what has MACC CommonWealth been up to this past year? Growth, strategic plan implementation, new member resources and a new president!

Report to Members


Check our our Report to Members for details on our collaborative accomplishments.











Preparation for the Affordable Care Act

MACC CommonWealth Human Resources is helping members prepare for the next mandates, which begin January 1, 2014. Our HR team will support member clients by preparing a Health Care Reform "packet" for leadership of participating member organizations including detailed information on how the mandates will impact each organization specifically.

Additional levels of support offered to our human resources member clients:

  • Our Benefits Specialist will work directly with each leadership team in 2013 to advise on decisions and inform on the potential impacts of the changes
  • Member round table events for discussion and resource share on health care reform
  • Access to Employee and Manager Resource Library to prepare for implementation
  • FAQ development

Learn more about our Human Resources services.


CommonWealth Welcomes New President

On January 28, 2013, the CommonWealth welcomed Steve Houtz as its new President and CEO. Steve’s prior experience includes leadership roles at Thrivent Financial and Accenture, and he has served on the Board of Directors for CommonWealth members Pillsbury United Communities and CEAP.

Speaking about his new role with us, Steve said, “I would like to congratulate Stan Birnbaum on his retirement and recognize him for his invaluable contributions to MACC CommonWealth. The organization would not be where it is today without Stan’s vision and leadership.” Houtz went on to say, “I am thrilled to join the CommonWealth in this role. I was really drawn to the opportunity to help support our member nonprofits, and in turn all the people they support through their various unique missions. I will do everything I can to ensure that MCW continues to provide high quality administrative services to our members in the future.”

Connect with Steve for questions or suggestions about our array of services: steven.houtz@mcwmn.org


Important Update: HR Ban the Box Reduces Discrimination

Ban the Box Reduces Discrimination in Hiring Practices, CommonWealth Takes Action

Did you know that Minnesota is the first state to “Ban the Box,” which narrows employer liability for criminal records when hiring? Many nonprofits in our community, including CommonWealth member Emerge Community Development, have been leading the way to prevent discrimination in hiring. The legislation passed back in 2009 in large part due to the grassroots organizing efforts of the Second Chance Coalition, a diverse coalition of twenty-four community organizations.

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CommonWealth has and will continue to work with our members to ensure we lead the way in implementing best practices that go above and beyond to prevent discrimination in hiring.

Learn more about our Human Resources services.


MACC CommonWealth Gets a New Look in 2013






   

 














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