--- title: Communities Ending Poverty Coaching Library | Developing a Plan description: This coaching library provides you with tools, templates and examples to help you achieve each milestone towards creating a community-wide plan. --- ## Developing a Poverty Reduction Strategy   This coaching library provides you with tools, templates and examples to help you achieve each milestone towards creating a community-wide strategy. Some of these resources are internal materials shared *for* members *by* members so that newer collaboratives can build from what already exists. Please do not share files widely.   | **Objective** | **Resource(s)** | | --- | --- | | Gain small group agreement on your approach  | [Publication \| How to Develop a Common Agenda for a Collective Impact](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/common-agenda-for-collective-impact?hsLang=en) [Guide \| Developing A Common Agenda For A Poverty Reduction Plan](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/developing-a-common-agenda-for-a-poverty-reduction-plan?hsLang=en) | | Create a collective workplan | [Tool \| Developing Poverty Reduction Timelines](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/tool-developing-poverty-reduction-timelines?hsLang=en) [Example \| Chatham-Kent's Workplan Flowchart](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/CK%20workplan%20timeline%20updated%20.xlsx?hsLang=en) | | Clarify your collective purpose | [Example \| Leeds & Grenville Purpose Statement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Purpose%20statement%20UPDATED.docx?hsLang=en) | | 1st Community Engagement | [Tool \| Top 100 Exercise](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/top-100-partners-exercise?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 Agenda | [Template \| Facilitator Guide](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Agenda%20Reduce%20poverty%20top%20100%20first%20gathering%20agenda%5B5%5D_Final.docx?hsLang=en) [Example \| Vibrant Revelstoke Top 100 Agenda](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Agenda.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Leeds & Grenville Top 100 Agenda ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Leeds%20Grenville%20Final%20%20Community%20Conversation%20invitation.doc?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 Invitation | [Example \| Vibrant Revelstoke Invite Letter](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Collective%20Impact%20-%20Invitation%20Letter.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Chatham-Kent Invite Letter](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Letter%20of%20Invitation_Chatham-Kent_Feb%202019_SIGNING%20COPY.pdf) | | Top 100 Commitment Form | [Example \| Chatham-Kent Commitment Form](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Commitment%20Form_Final2.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Maine Commitment Form](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Maine%20Commitment%20Form_Final.docx?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 Data Report Presentation | [Example \| Chatham-Kent website data profile](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Poverty%20in%20CK%20%E2%80%94%20Chatham-Kent%20Prosperity%20Roundtable.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Revelstoke Top 100 Master Slide Deck](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Revy%20Top%20100%20no%20video.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 CRP Successes Presentation | [Example \| Iowa story audio recording (m4a)](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/OpportUNITY%20Overview.m4a?hsLang=en) [Example \| Revelstoke Top 100 Master Slide Deck](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Revy%20Top%20100%20no%20video.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 Community Collaboration Presentation | [Example \| Revelstoke Top 100 Master Slide Deck](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Revy%20Top%20100%20no%20video.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 Short Keynote Paul Born | [Video \| Keynote Introduction (mp4)](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Paul%20Born%20-%20Hawaii%20Video.mp4?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 Conference Roles | [Guide \| Hosting a Top 100 Conference - Roles](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Hosting%20a%20Top%20100%20Conference%20Roles.docx?hsLang=en) | | Top 100 What We Heard Report | [Example \| Chatham-Kent What We Heard So Far](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/PR_UpdateReport_pages-1.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Revelstoke What We Heard Report](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Revy%20Top%20100%20Report-1.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Maine What We Heard](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Maine%20Listening%20Report%20and%20Common%20Agenda_Final%5B3%5D.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Emergent Phase Planning: 1-Year Workplan | [Example \| Maine Collective Impact Draft Work Plan](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/MCF%20Work%20Plan%20Draft%20October%202016.docx?hsLang=en) | | Emergent Phase Planning: Data Team Description | [Example \| Chatham-Kent Data Team](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Data%20Team%20(2).pdf?hsLang=en) | | Emergent Phase Planning: Listening Team Description | [Example \| Chatham-Kent Listening Team](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Listening%20Team_Intro%20Booklet_Aug%202019-1.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Emergent Phase Planning: Action Team Description | [Example \| Chatham-Kent Action Team](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Action%20Team_Intro%20Booklet_August%2022.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Emergent Phase Planning: Leadership Team Description | [Presentation \| The First 12 Months: The Backbone Role](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Backbone%20first%2012%20months.pdf?hsLang=en)  [Presentation \| Designing Your Own Organizing Structure](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Designing%20Your%20Organizing%20Structure%20(With%20Real%20Examples)%20(V4)%20%20-%20%20Read-Only.pdf?hsLang=en)  | | Community Engagement Strategy | [Example \| Chatham-Kent Community Engagement Strategy](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Community%20Engagement%20Strategy_Listening%20Team.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Chatham-Kent Listening Team Handbook](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Listening%20Team%20Handbook_Listening%20Team.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Data Team Full Report | [Example \| Chatham-Kent Data Report](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/CK%20Data%20Report.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Revelstoke State of Poverty Report](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/2018%20State%20of%20Poverty%20Snapshot%20RDI.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Northwest Territories Poverty Report Card, 2020](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/2020%20NWT%20Poverty%20Report%20Card.pdf?hsLang=en) | | Determine Strategy Priorities  | [Example \| Cornwall, SDG & Akwesasne's Feasibility Matrix](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Feasibility%20Matrix%20-%20Complete.xlsx) | | Develop the Strategy | [Example \| Edmonton's End Poverty in a Generation](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d02aedc004fc3000119590a/t/5d2f87c503060100016d0b3a/1563396045470/EPE-Strategy.pdf) [Example \| OpportUNITY Iowa](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Opportunity%20Plan%20design%20-%202nd%20edition%204.2.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Peel Community Action Plan](http://www.povertyinpeel.ca/_include/Peel-Poverty-Reduction-Strategy-2018-2028.pdf) [Example \| Saskatoon's 12 Bold Ideas](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/CRP%20Coaching%20Library%20Documents/Plan%20-%20Saskatoon%20-%2012%20Bold%20Ideas%20-%202019.pdf?hsLang=en) [Example \| Thriving For All Lower Columbia Strategy](http://www.communityskillscentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ThrivingforAll_e-version.pdf) | | Share the Strategy | [Tool \| Building a Plan on a 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