Stabilize, Communicate, and Sustain Core Program Delivery

GOALS:

Celebrate and communicate the success of existing programs. v

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Increase focus on advocacy. v

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Increase program reach through community, government, and private partnerships. v

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Develop and implement capital and property management plans. v

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Develop and implement strong financial policies and processes. v

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Diversify funding sources and support broader fund development. v

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Key Actions

  • Create an external & internal guide which outlines key service areas, activities, and contacts for each program and service centre across CFY.

  • Create internal communications plans and schedules to effectively share program information among staff.

  • Create external communications plans and schedules to ensure that program and service info is shared effectively with stakeholders and the broader community

  • Invest in storytelling (e.g. high-quality video, youth storytelling) to share impact beyond the numbers.

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Celebrate and communicate the success of existing programs.

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Key Actions

  • Set advocacy priority areas, informed by staff and youth, annually.

  • Continue to invest in the CFY Advisory Council to inform key programs, policy and advocacy decisions.

  • Develop a communications plan to continuously update on advocacy initiatives

  • Create a publicly-available list of advocacy initiatives and the status of each.

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Increase focus on advocacy.

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Increase program reach through community, government, and private partnerships.

Key Actions

  • Invest in the development of toolkits or program guides for key in-demand CFY programs to support other non-profit organizations

  • Develop a training/support model for organizations in rural/remote communities interested in offering CFY programming (e.g. fixed price for training, onboarding, program resources, etc.)

  • Officially launch the Neighborhood Collective to support the scaling of the Neighborhood model in partnership with other non-profits.

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Develop and Implement capital and property management plans.

Key Actions

  • Develop and implement a capital management plan to support growing infrastructure needs.

  • Implement findings of Property Management & Maintenance Review to better support management and ownership of housing stock.

Develop and implement strong financial policies and processes.

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Key Actions

  • Audit financial policies implement findings of audit.

  • Invest in new accounting, payroll, and related systems, to modernize and enhance our financial management capabilities.

  • Develop internal Social Procurement policy to be implemented across all CFY departments.

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Key Actions

  • Actively and consistently work with all levels of government to position CFY for new investment opportunities.

    • Complete mandate letter reviews once annually.

    • Complete impact reports twice annually.

  • Facilitate quarterly conversations with key government and community stakeholders on the topic of social procurement.

  • Implement and invest in a restricted grants committee.

  • Foster private partnerships that support funding key areas of our organization via social finance or social procurement.

    • Increase private corporate investment by 10%

    • Increase philanthropic investment by 25%

    • Increase social finance investment by 25%

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Diversify funding sources and support broader fund development.