Trainings
Policy By the People For the People
The co-design process puts lived experts at the core of program design and gives the power back to those most impacted by the program. It's an approach to design with the people instead of the for-the-people way of designing programs and services we’ve relied on in the past. Co-design has the potential to restore humanity to program design and help ensure that people determine policy, not the other way around.
Implement & Learn
Implement & Learn
Are we 'biodegrading' as conveners? What messages are we getting, and how do we learn from them?
Build the Connections
Build the Connections
Are we the right people for this work and who are we working with? Who can take part and what's in it for others? Is it needed and what matters to them?
Immerse & Align
Immerse & Align
Should we be doing this? What do we already know and where are the gaps? Who should we partner with?
Design
Design
How do we build on what is already strong?
Test & Refine
Test & Refine
What appears promising in the context?
Discover
Discover
What is happening in the context? What is already strong? What are people longing for?
The Co-Design Institute
The Co-Design Institute is a hub of resources, information, connection and community centered around advancing the co-design process.
Our mission is to preach the value of putting those with lived experience at the center of the program and policy design process, to provide access to the resources and training policymakers and program administrators need to implement the co-design model, and to connect those across the country who are invested in creating policy created by the people instead of for the people.
Policy by Co-Design
The “co” in co-design refers to the collaboration between those who have traditionally been part of the program design process — such as state agencies, professional providers, and other stakeholders — and individuals who have too often been left out — those with lived experience.