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Accelerating
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                                                                                 Change in
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                                                                                our World
                                                                                our World







       Designing and delivering                    demonstrating our impact.                    Michigan, both similar and
       impactful health and social                 We are part of a group of 30 local           different from us. UpMetrics
       service solutions is complicated;           nonprofits working together for              has given us the space to
       yet Samaritas is dedicated to               three years to create an impact              collaborate, validate each other,
       providing excellent care and                framework. UpMetrics provides                improve relationships and share
       investing in measurable system              ongoing support to help us deepen            ideas. This cohort helps us tell
       transformations. When we can                our understanding of client impact           our impact by providing a clear
       better visualize impact data for            and organize our data more                   structure and opportunities to
       children, families and seniors,             effectively. Their framework                 do so.
       we can reveal big ideas that                strengthens Samaritas’ story and
       create better solutions.                    helps us clearly communicate our             Check out Samaritas’ upcoming
                                                   work, its quality, and its broader           website launch of the
       Funded by the Ballmer Group,                impact on the community.                     UpMetric’s framework, a vital
       The UpMetrics Detroit                                                                    tool for reforming service
       Community Impact Cohort                     The most valuable part has been              delivery and enhancing long-
       offers valuable opportunities that  the chance to work together with                     term impacts for those in our
       will propel Samaritas forward in            other nonprofits in Southeastern             care.






                                                                     Chief Quality
                                                                     Officer Kirsten
                                                                     Mack and Fund
                                                                     Development’s
                                                                     Pam Debono
                                                                     attended
                                                                     UpMetrics
                                                                     Detroit Cohort
                                                                     Learning Day.










                                                                                            Samaritas’ person-centered Housing
                                                                                            approach is more than providing
                                                                                            shelter, it is about creating a system
                                                                                            that links people to broader social
                                                                                            determinants of health.


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