During the pandemic as emergency funds became available to municipalities to aid in recovery, the City of New London, CT partnered with the Full Frame Initiative to answer a key question: How can governments tackle systemic problems?
Michael Passero, Mayor of New London, Connecticut and Lotus Yu, Senior Manager of Engagement and Partnerships at the Full Frame Initiative share how the City of New London transformed the government procurement process to create a fair shot at wellbeing. The article on the National League of Cities website outlines the process for leveraging procurement as an entrypoint to systems change and recommendations for other cities seeking transformation.
These are a number of different case studies of different people that may be used for training purposes.
Marietta's story showcases how someone going through a traditional systems experience would have a drastically different experience than one going through an experience designed with wellbeing.
This resource describes how caseworkers at On the Rise applied wellbeing to support their constituents.