Strategic Planning
Policies & Procedures

Proposed Clallam County Prevention Works! Community Coalition
Strategic Plan for 2002-2003
Vision, Mission, Goals, and Strategies

Vision

Who	What	When
Prevention Works! Committees, member agencies and the Prevention Specialist	Will encourage collaborative practice among service providers	Ongoing
Prevention Works! Committees, member agencies and the Prevention Specialist	Will encourage sharing among home visitors, parent educators, and childcare providers	Ongoing
Membership Committee Board of Directors	Will increase membership and the diversity of membership	Ongoing
Prevention Works! Committees, member agencies, and the Prevention Specialist	Will provide educational opportunities to the community that promote prevention	Ongoing

Home Visiting Committee	Will facilitate yearly summits	Ongoing
Parent Education Committee	Will facilitate yearly summits	Ongoing
The Big Event Committee	Will facilitate a community educational event every other year	Ongoing
Family Friendly Business Committee	Will design and implement Family Friendly Business Awards	Ongoing

Who	What	When
Home Visiting Committee	Will explore funding for home visitors to attend local and regional trainings	September 2002
Prevention Specialist	Will coordinate fund raising and grantwriting training for providers	Ongoing
Board of Directors	Will facilitate access to grantwriters	Ongoing
The Prevention Specialist	Will create a task force for long term funding	May 2002
Strategic Planning Committee	Will provide an informational session for the membership regarding various non-profit designations	May 2002
Family friendly Business Subcommittee	Will design and implement Family Friendly Business Awards	Ongoing

Who	What	When
The Prevention Works! Webmaster	Will maintain the Prevention Works! Website	Ongoing
The Big Event Committee	Will collaborate with the Olympic Peninsula Association for the Education of Young Children to offer a community education event	March 2002
Home Visiting Committee	Will provide training opportunities for providers and the community, including promising practice strategies	January 2002/Ongoing
Parent Education Committee	Will develop an electronic guide of educational opportunities for providers and the community to be linked to the Prevention Works! Website	April 2002
Prevention Specialist	Will develop and maintain a prevention resource library	Ongoing
Administrative Secretary, Prevention Specialist, and Publicity Committee	Will update and maintain public relations materials	Ongoing
The Prevention Specialist	Will coordinate training focused on changing laws and social norms as they relate to prevention	November 2002
Home Visiting and Parent Education Committees	Will provide training opportunities in research-based practices	Ongoing

Advocate for Research-Based Prevention Activities to Policy Makers, Providers, Community Members, and Businesses

Who	What	When
Board of Directors	Will appoint a liaison to attend The Law and Justice Council meetings	January 2002
The Law and Justice Liaison	Will promote the concept of prevention to The Law and Justice Council meetings	Ongoing
Board of Directors	Will appoint a liaison to the attend the Health Care Access Committee meetings	March 2002
The Health Care Access Liaison	Will advocate for health care access for families with children birth to four years of age.	Ongoing
Membership and Publicity Committees	Will provide speakers for community presentations	Ongoing
Board of Directors	Will promote Children’s Alliance Alert List	Ongoing

Promote and Strengthen Parent Education, Home Visiting and Quality Childcare Programs

Who	What	When
Prevention Works! Member agencies	Will secure needed funding to eliminate gaps in services	Ongoing
Prevention Works! Member agencies	Will pursue Foundation for Early Learning funding	January 2002
Prevention Works! Member agencies	Will pursue Parents Educating Parents funding	January 2002
Home Visiting and Parent Education Committees	Will sponsor annual summits	January 2002/Ongoing
Home Visiting and Parent Education Committees	Will revise the matrix of services annually	January 2002/Ongoing
Childcare Committee	Will increase community knowledge about quality childcare	Ongoing
Childcare Committee	Will establish a Family Friendly Business subcommittee	September 2001

Support and Participate in the Development of a Community Prevention Plan

Who	What	When
Clallam County Health and Human Services	Will hire a Prevention Specialist	January, 2002
Prevention Specialist	Will initiate the development of a Community Prevention Plan	March 2002
Prevention Works! and its Partners	Will participate in the development of the Community Prevention Plan	March 2002

Committee: Connie Hyatt, Florence Bucierka, Jan Laine, Brenda Butterfield, Carol Huard January 24, 2002