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title: CASE STUDY | Central Iowa's OpportUNITY Plan
description: Download the Central Iowa Case Study, including their Collective Impact approach, areas of success and challenges, key learnings, and more.
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# [CASE STUDY | Central Iowa's OpportUNITY Plan](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/central-iowa-case-study)

 Written by [Vibrant Communities](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/vibrant-communities-canada) | February 7, 2018

Central Iowa is a community with a diverse population, robust insurance, financial services agri-food and technology sectors, and boundless opportunity. However, the community faces significant challenges — including inequity in health, education and housing. United Way of Central Iowa has made a long-term commitment to reducing poverty in the community, and has recently engaged in concerted efforts to develop a common agenda among community stakeholders while employing a successful Collective Impact strategy.

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