About the Actor:
Philip DeVol, CCDC of Marengo, Ohio, has been training and consulting on poverty issues since 1997 and is co-author of Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities. In 2004 he wrote Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin -By World: Building Your Resources for a Better Life that helps people in poverty investigate the impact of poverty on their community and themselves. Getting Ahead investigations result in concrete plans and prepare people to participate in solving community problems. Philip works with many communities that apply Bridges Out of Poverty constructs. Bridges communities bring together people from all classes, political persuasions, and sectors to address all causes of poverty in a systemic way. Philip holds quarterly phone conferences with Bridges communities on a variety of topics to assist knowledge transfer between the many individuals, organizations, and communities that are adopting Bridges principles to their settings and developing new levels of expertise. Philip builds on his 19 years as director of an out-patient, substance-abuse treatment facility where he designed treatment programs and collaborative systems for school-based prevention, community-based intervention, and Ohio's first alternative school for recovering young people. The agency also developed specific treatment programs for women and adolescents, plus a substance abuse treatment program for a correctional facility. Philip also co-authored The Complete Guide to Elementary Student Assistance Programs. He served his community as the coordinator of the Family and Children First Council where the directors of all the organizations that service families and children met to develop collaborative approaches to their work.
Review:
conversations and working together for a better future. A positive future picture, especially for their children, largely provides the motivation for change for these pilot investigators. They are working to create that future picture for themselves and for our community. They are ready to serve in whatever roles they can to help make our community a better place. With the knowledge and hard work they have done as investigators they are ready to sit at the decision-making tables of boards and commissions, participate in forums of discussion, and be consulted about life in Abilene and effective ways of making a difference for people in poverty. It was truly an honor to help facilitate this pilot group. The potential for impact on the life of our community of Getting Ahead is immeasurable. It will take much work, commitment, and time, but it is doable. I am excited to see the way life has changed for these four pilot members, and hope that many more investigators will follow. Thanks for your help and work in these efforts. Let us boldly continue forward! --Brad Carter, pilot group facilitator; executive director, Connecting Caring Communities
WOW! I hope you find these words just as encouraging as I did. It is so energizing for me to facilitate Getting Ahead and provide training in Bridges Out of Poverty. So far, I have presented the Bridges Out of Poverty training to approximately 75 people in our county; future training dates have been scheduled. Thank you for providing such great material. You have provided a whole new perspective, giving meaning to the work that I do. I can t thank you enough! --Tammy B. Schoonover, ACSW, LSW
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