Why is this government's job - Patrick Bresette - Public Works - Neighborhood Partnerships' RE:Conference 2014

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As Oregonians, we come together to address community needs and set priorities. Our local governments and public structures play a critical role in the Oregon housing landscape, and will be required to play an even larger role as we step up to address growing needs. How can we clearly define and communicate that role? Public Works Executive Director Patrick Bresette has some answers. Lincoln County Commissioner Bill Hall will share his experience as an elected official who has prioritized work to create housing opportunity.

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Making the Case for Social Support Programs
County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA)
2014 Conference – October 10, 2014
Patrick Bresette – pbresette@publicworks.org
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Public Works is dedicated
to building public will for
the common good.
We equip community leaders,
advocates and public servants
with the skills and knowledge
they need to be articulate and
vigorous supporters of the role of
government in a functioning
society.

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Changing the Conversation
about Government’s Role. . .
What are we up against?

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49% think
government programs
increase poverty
20% think
government programs
decrease poverty
August 16-17, 2011. Rasmussen Reports.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2011/only_20_think_government_anti_poverty_programs_really_work

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“JUST POLITICS”
a partisan spectator
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sport
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Mission and Purpose
VALUES
• Common Good
• Quality of Life
• Community Wellbeing
• Public Purpose
ROLE
• Protector
• Manager & Planner
• Steward
• Consensus-Builder

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Use Values
to Make Your Case
Speaking to Values Directs Thinking
• We reason first from
deeply held values.
• Values help answer: “Why
does this matter to
me/us?”
• We need to start with
Values, not with the
policy and program
details.
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Why does this matter?
“Every child should have access
to immunizations but too many
families in our community are
not bringing their children in to
our clinics. This is why we are
proposing a new agency rule
requiring more clinic hours . . .”
Speak to Values First
“The health of the whole community is
protected when we ensure that our
children are immunized. One of the
ways we do this is through our public
health agencies that provide free and
low cost immunizations for all children.
We need extended clinic hours to keep
up with growing demands. ”

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What is the “Public
Value” of the Services
You Deliver?
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MINDLESS
BUREAUCRACY
blurry and
undefined; only
dimly understood

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Systems and Structures
• Concrete and vivid images
• The public systems we have created
• How they work
• Why they are important
The Core Idea we Must get Across . . .
The public systems and structures
we build and maintain together are
essential to our quality of life; they
are the foundation of a strong
economy and critical to broadly
shared prosperity . . .

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21
CONSUMER
STANCE
What’s in it for me?
What is it going to cost?
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Fostering “Citizen Managers”
• Interdependence
• Working together
• Problem-solving
• Everyone has a role to play
• The Common Interest
• “Our” Government

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Dominant Stories about Government
Just Politics Bureaucracy Vending Machine
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New Stories about Government
Mission & Purpose Systems & Structures Citizenship

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“. . . A talent for speaking
differently, rather than for
arguing well, is the chief
instrument of cultural
change . . .”
- Richard Rorty

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