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The National Breakthrough Network, launched in March 2007, is built on the straightforward premise that results are more powerful when stakeholders commit time and resources to work together.

The goal of the National Breakthrough Network is to increase the capacity of service delivery through collaborative data exchange across the country, one community at a time. The measures of success for the Breakthrough Network are:

• Engaged partners
• Coordinated data and services
• Maximized resources
• Measurable impacts
• Clients well-served

The objectives of this initiative are to work from both ends of the spectrum, on the ground at the local level, and as the convener of a national network of leaders.

By working at both the local and national level, VisionLink is:

helping communities build useful and sustainable multi-agency partnerships.

building an active network of communities who share purpose, technology, challenges and opportunities in order to better serve their clients.

fostering the collective voice for collaborative data exchange to reach community objectives.

The National Breakthrough Network is convened and facilitated by VisionLink where practitioners learn from and teach one another. The result: more effective practices of service delivery within each participating partnership, and, a national voice of service providers working on common issues..

The National Breakthrough Network is driven by participant ideas and questions, the things that really matter to each partnership. Network members define the agenda, the content, and the voice. VisionLink provides the intersection of thought and practice through virtual and face-to-face meetings.

The Breakthrough communities benefit by deepening their knowledge and expertise, interacting with peers from across the country to learn strategies and effective practices, helping each other solve problems, and gaining a place to feel connected rather than isolated in silos where the wheels are constantly re-invented.

The organizations that are currently actively engaged in the National Breakthrough Network are:

• 4People, Eastern Washington State
• Colorado 2-1-1 & HMIS, Colorado
• First Call for Help, Northwest Florida
• Odessa Links, Odessa, Texas
• SC ACCESS, Lt. Governor's Office, South Carolina
• United Way of Abilene, Abilene, Texas
• United Way of Northern Nevada & the Sierra, Reno, Nevada
• Suncoast IDEAS, Sarasota, Florida

VisionLink has greatly benefited (and will continue to do so) by learning first hand about the needs of our clients and about trends and best practices in the field.