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OVW. TRANSITON FROM NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO STRATEGIC PLANNING. What does this Disability Grant Program mean by “Strategic Planning”?. Enhance coordination of service delivery Improve policies, practices, knowledge-base. Respond to Your Needs Assessment.
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OVW TRANSITON FROM NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO STRATEGIC PLANNING Karen Ray Associates
What does this Disability Grant Program mean by “Strategic Planning”? • Enhance coordination of service delivery • Improve policies, practices, knowledge-base Karen Ray Associates
Respond to YourNeeds Assessment • You will have more needs than you can address during the grant program • Strategic planning helps your collaboration prioritize: • What to do today, tomorrow, three years from now Karen Ray Associates
The system for addressing needs of women with disabilities and deaf women must change. Karen Ray Associates
2-part document for OVW • For years 2,3 of the grant: • Priorities, key activities, resource needs, timeline • For years 4,5 • General activities, plans • Suggestion: Answer the question: What position do you want your collaboration to occupy in 2010? Karen Ray Associates
Write and Do Do and Write • Avoid 3ps: passive planning period • Seesaw action of strategic planning Karen Ray Associates
SEESAW ACTION of Strategic Planning • Strategic action now • Strategic planning for years 2-3 of grant • Strategic positions for 2010 • Strategic action now Karen Ray Associates
VALUE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING • Get people’s attention • “Here’s what we need, why we need it, and when we need it.” • Build partner organizations’ capacity for parallel strategic planning Karen Ray Associates