Co-Design Strategies
Where community insight meets systems change
CPPR works at the intersection of deep understanding of complex social systems—such as early childhood, health, and social services—and the design of system-level strategies that create lasting change. By combining lived experience, system expertise, and data, we help partners move from understanding challenges to identifying where systems must be redesigned, aligned, or activated.
These initiatives include cross-sector planning efforts, strategic foresight, and futures thinking that help partners anticipate change and design responsive, long-term strategies.
What We Do
Identify gaps, barriers, and misalignments within and across systems
Examine how policy, funding, and practice interact—and where change is possible
Facilitate comprehensive, statewide initiatives and strategic planning that aligns vision, priorities, and action across regions, agencies, and sectors
Co-design strategies grounded in community insight and local context
Examples
Well-Being Pathway
A community resource centered on how families define well-being
Futures of Learning at KU
A multi-stage community engagement process drawing on foresight tools to co-design the future of the university.
How to Grow an IRIS Network
Partnering with communities to create referral systems that meet their unique needs
All In For Kansas Kids Strategic Plan Dashboard
A collaborative tool to identify progress across the early childhood system
