FACILITATION | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT | STRATEGIC PLANNING

Hunger Free Golden

The Ask

Hunger Free Golden (HFG) is a 15-member community-based collaborative in Golden, Colorado seeking to address hunger and food insecurity for all community members. HFG is committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the community began to transition from an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic and into recovery and rebuilding the collaborative recognized a need for a new strategic plan. Aging Dynamics was engaged to facilitate a community-centered strategic planning process with extensive community engagement resulting in an action-oriented roadmap.

Following the completion of the strategic plan, Aging Dynamics was engaged again for strategic plan implementation, specifically the creation of a Community Advisory Council.

Our Approach

• Member Capacity Analysis: Conducted interviews to assess commitment, capacity, opportunities and concerns;

• Exploration: Reviewed previous strategic plan, impact report, HFG member collected data, and other relevant documentation to identify opportunities and challenges, and voices not previously included in the planning and collaboration process;

• Community Interviews: eHeld one-on-one or small group interviews to gain an understanding of the challenges, needs, and ideas of the community members and participants in the members’ programs.

• Community Conversation: Facilitated an inclusive public event, with 111 attendees, designed to engage diverse community members (individuals, non-profits, for-profits, and government agencies) in providing feedback and generating new ideas for the strategic focus areas and action steps.

• Developed a strategic plan with a detailed implementation plan.

• Designed an inclusive recruitment process for the Community Advisory Council.

• Created onboarding and training systems and materials including leadership development, education on hunger and food insecurity, and inclusive community engagement.

• Facilitated Community Advisory Council.