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John
Ross: Selected Work Product: 1999-2009
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Program
Expansion: 2007-current: Dancing
Classrooms (American Ballroom Theater) Ross
is leading the development of a national/international network of organizations that provide Dancing Classrooms to
5th & 8th grade children. Featured in the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom Dancing Classrooms utilizes ballroom
dancing as a social development tool (ppt by Ross): click here to view National Network overview Strategic
Planning: 2006-2008: Tarrant County
Youth Collaboration. As the Executive Director of
TCYC, Ross created and facilitated a Social Capital Task Force to refocus this 24 year
old organization. In October 2005, Ross provided an overview of the plan (ppt
by Ross): click here to view 2005 Overview. In December 2006, Ross provided an update on implementation of the plan: click here to view TCYC 2006 report Community Collaboration Management, Program Design & Implementation: 2004-2007: Building Connections - Building Community (through TCYC):
Building
Connections - Building Community (BC2) was a federally funded Child Abuse & Neglect prevention project. Early
results indicated that the program design had a major impact on child abuse & neglect issues in the target area.
Ross led the design and implementation of the BC2 model (ppt by Ross): click here to see BC2 History The City of North Richland
Hills, Texas, Police Department was a key partner in the BC2 project. In early 2008 they submitted BC2 to
the International Association of Chiefs of Police for recognition: click here to see NRH PD overview The
NRH Police Department and their involvement in BC2 were selected to be in the 25 finalists (worldwide) for the 2008 Webber Seavey
award (bottom of page
5): click here to view NRH newsletter 2003-2007:
Children's Neighborhood Network (through TCYC): The Children's Neighborhood Network concept began in the
Partnership For Children. In 2004, TCYC, under Ross' leadership, began to implement a pilot version of
the
CNN: click here to read CNN Overview
By 2007 the CNN model was being successfully replicated in a variety of settings (ppt by Ross): click here to view CNN results Strategic Planning, Community
Collaboration Management: 2004-2006:
Arlington Child Care Council: Facilitated
the strategic planning process, author of the document:click here for ACCC Strategic Plan Managed implementation of the plan (ppt by ACCC volunteer): click here for ACCC powerpoint Strategic Planning, Community
Collaboration Management: 1999-2004:
The Partnership For Children: Ross was a founding member, Chairperson and finally Coordinator for this early childhood collaboration. Ross partnered with the University of Dallas to create the PFC 2003-2004 Strategic Plan; Ross authored the document: click here for Partnership For Children strategic plan The PFC accomplished many of their
Strategic Plan goals & objectives (ppt by Ross): click here to see PFC History The PFC partnered with the Mental Health
Connection to evaluate Early Childhood Mental Health in Tarrant County, Texas. Ross co-chaired the
committee responsible
for issuing the report; he authored the document: click here to view ECMH report Strategic Planning: 2003-2004: NETCARE program NETCARE was a Fort Worth child abuse
& neglect program that was foundering. Ross and another community consultant (Linda Fulmer) were tasked to convene
all of the partners and determine a plan forward. Ross facilitated the strategic planning process, Fulmer lindafulmer@sbcglobal.net authored the document (ppt by Ross): click here to view NETCARE business plan
Community Collaboration Management: 2001-2002:Texas Office of Early Childhood Coordination: Ross served as Vice President for Advocacy for a Fort Worth organization focusing
on early childhood development. He built a state-wide collaboration of organizations to encourage then State Senator Mike Moncrief to create
the Texas Office of Early Childhood Coordination. The bill passed to create the OECC (ppt by Ross): click here to view the OECC history ; Ross' testimony to the Texas Senate: Senate Testimony Ross
served as the Vice-Chair for the newly created OECC and was instrumental in helping create the OECC strategic plan: click here to view OECC strategic plan Community Collaboration Management: 1999-2000: Violence as Entertainment Task Force After the Columbine incident and the reports that the shooters had been heavy consumers of violent video
games, Ross began and led a community process to explore Violence as Entertainment. This process culminated
in a series of recommendations for the community. Ross was Chairperson of the Task Force and author of the report: click here read Violence As Entertainment report |