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The Cleveland Domestic Violence Reduction Project 2018 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 The Cleveland Domestic Violence Reduction Project 2018 - 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN Submitted by The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation (Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Domestic Violence Prevention Organization) April 21, 2018 WORKING DRAFT !1 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 Introduction The following Strategic Plan is the first draft by The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation Board of Directors and staff. This document represents our committment as a Board of Directors and to its agency, a provision of clearly defined direction and vision for reducing incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the in the city of Cleveland. This document also identifies the specific directions, goals, and objectives that are designed to assist our organization’s staff to implement this plan and make our vision a reality with Board guidance, governance, and participation. Moreover, it represents a reflection of adherence to the mission of our organization as well as our core values, guiding principles, and stakeholder input. The end product of our project will result in a stronger Board, organization, and safer communities. Our Board of Directors and staff are proud to present to you this Strategic Plan for reducing incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the city of Cleveland and are looking forward to its implementation and coming accomplishments. Sincerely, Michael J. Lauer Director ___________________________ Date:___________________ !2 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 Executive Summary The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation is a new, non-profit 501(c)(3) domestic violence awareness and prevention organization that was established in 2016 in Lakewood, Ohio. Our primary mission is to educate the general public on family law and human developmental psychology and how it relates to domestic and sexual violence. Our provision of services will provide professional training in family law and human developmental psychology to help reduce incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the city of Cleveland. The Cleveland Domestic Violence Reduction Project is intended to drive positive change within the Cleveland community while also embracing continuity. This project will provide a sharper focus to our work in the form of two community-impact objectives, driven by the communities’ needs and priorities. Our two key objectives will focus on “strategies for enhancing safety” and “knowledge of available community resources.” This project seeks to reduce incidents of domestic violence 9-1-1 calls among the African American community in the City of Cleveland. Our purpose and goal of this project is to reduce incidents of domestic and sexual violence among the four selected African American communities by 20% by 2019; 40% by 2020; and 60% by 2021. We are confident that this project will strengthen our commitment to donors, other nonprofit organizations, and community leaders as essential drivers of innovation and positive change in the city of Cleveland. The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation will strategically involve many community members including members of the public, donors, leaders from nonprofit, business, and !3 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 public sectors. Our seminars will be specifically planned, researched, developed, and implemented to match the goals and objectives of the project in order to meet the educational and resource needs of victims/offenders of domestic and sexual violence in the four selected African American communities. The target population will be in underserved population districts in the city of Cleveland where consistent domestic violence 9-1-1 calls are more prevalent from the most current, researched data sources available. The term “underserved populations” refers to populations who face barriers in accessing and using victim services, and includes populations underserved due to geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ethnicity, physical or mental or special needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, etc.), and any other population determined to be underserved by the Ohio Attorney General or by the Ohio Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate. Project Mission Statement The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation will lead the communities of the city of Cleveland in reducing incidents of domestic and sexual violence through education and advocacy. Project Vision Statement To reduce incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the city of Cleveland. !4 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 Project Guiding Principles • Our organization believes that domestic and sexual violence are fundamentally wrong and will not be tolerated. • Our organization is committed to breaking the cycle of domestic and sexual violence by empowering people to change their behavior. • Our organization is committed to help and protect individuals affected by domestic and sexual violence. • Our organization values our stakeholders and will treat each one with dignity and respect. • Our organization values a community that is aware, educated, and engaged in solving problems of domestic and sexual violence through the power of collective action and teamwork. • Our organization is committed to the professional development and empowerment of all of The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation staff and volunteers. Strategic Direction (May 2018 - December 2020) Strategic Planning is “an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ensure that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, establish agreement around intended outcomes/results, and assess and adjust the organization’s direction in response to a changing environment. It is a disciplined effort that produces fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, who it serves, what it does, and why it does it, with a focus on the future. Effective strategic planning artiticulates not !5 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 only where an organization is going and the actions needed to make progress, but also how it will know if it is successful.” Balanced Scoreboard Institute Over the next three years, The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation will focus its organizational approach to preventative measures on reaching measurable outcomes to demonstrate success in this new strategic vision. Intentional strategies will be implemented to reach underserved populations in the city of Cleveland while maintaining quality, educational services for victims and abusers of domestic and sexual violence. The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation recognizes the need to provide quality, educational services to meet the specific needs of victims and abusers of domestic and sexual violence that require a specialized skill-set from professional staff and volunteers; thus this new committent to addressing the issues relating to domestic and sexual violence in the City of Cleveland is included in this strategic direction. The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation will work hard to help prevent domestic and sexual violence through our educational programs directed toward teens and adults. The goal of our organization is to stop abusive behaviors by batterers and to increase self-confidence/self-worth for victims of domestic and sexual violence by offering them educational seminars on family law and human developmental psychology and how it relates to domestic violence issues in their lives. The Unforgiving Light Society: Ministry of Transformation will enhance and expand community relationships, develop strong partnerships to ensure victim’s and batterer’s needs are being met by the community as a whole and facilitate a collective impact model of reducing incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the city of Cleveland. !6 The Unforgiving Light Society Strategic Plan 2018-2020 EIN#30-0954106 The Unforgiving Light Society has two overarching goals: 1) educate the four selected African American communities (teens & adults) on family law, human developmental psychology and its’ relation to domestic and sexual violence, and 2) strategically enhance safety mechanisms and increase knowledge on available community resources to help prevent domestic and sexual violence. Achieving these goals will help reduce incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the four selected communities. The Unforgiving Light Society believes it can best accomplish its two primary goals by implementing its three-year strategic plan. The plan outlines several goals and specific objectives. The program goals will be carried out through collaboration with our interdisciplinary team of licensed professionals, a representative from each site, and members/volunteers of the community who showed interest in the program. Team members will guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of the program. The aim of this particular project is to reduce incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the selected four low-income population areas of the city of Cleveland where 9-1-1 domestic calls are more prevalent. 1. Problem Statement In 2010, Ohio had approximately 71,000
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