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9 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Sources of Pressures or Forces <br /> 3 Mr. Goodman described the sources of pressures or forces: <br /> 4 - External structures <br /> 5 - Organizational structures <br /> 6 - Interpersonal structures <br /> 7 - Individual structures (Mental Models) <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Additional Elements of Structure that Generate Forces & Pressures <br /> 10 - State/local regulations & laws <br /> 11 - General economy <br /> 12 - Local economy <br /> 13 - Financial resources/capital (e.g. access to funding) <br /> 14 - Technology(e.g. access & availability) <br /> 15 - Political climate <br /> 16 - Human capital (e.g. skill level, education) <br /> 17 - Demographics (including migration patterns) <br /> 18 - Availability& access to services (health, education, etc.) <br /> 19 - Level of collaboration among service providers & agencies <br /> 20 - State/local leadership (private/public) <br /> 21 - Housing availability&quality <br /> 22 - Built (infrastructure) capital <br /> 23 - Quality of life factors <br /> 24 - Natural capital <br /> 25 - Social capital (e.g. connections within community, among businesses and to resources <br /> 26 outside the community) <br /> 27 - Cultural capital(mindsets, attitudes, level of public trust) (Mental models) <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Case Example <br /> 30 Mr. Goodman introduced the Case Example focused on Ending Homelessness in Calhoun <br /> 31 County(Battlecreek, MI). There was a federal program in 2006 trying to end chronic <br /> 32 homelessness. States were pushing local communities to develop plans and Mr. Goodman and an <br /> 33 associate were invited to bring systems thinking to Calhoun County. <br /> 34 Details about the Case Example included: <br /> 35 - Calhoun County, MI: estimated 1,400-1,600 people homelessness among population of <br /> 36 100,000 <br /> 37 - Homeless Coalition* meetings again fail to deal with the problem: disagreements, <br /> 38 competition, and lack of knowledge cited ten-year plan to end homelessness involving <br /> 39 political and business leaders, service providers, and homeless people—to produce the <br /> 40 plan <br /> 41 - *A collaborative workgroup of the Coordinating Council of Calhoun County involving 40 <br /> 42 providers of services, consumers of those services,funders & city/county reps. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Specific data for Calhoun County related to homelessness: <br /> 45 - 75% "episodically"homeless <br /> 46 - 25% "chronically"homeless <br />