1. Helping children Serving families
Strategic Plan
Helping children
Serving families

2. The process

3. PAFCAF Process
Contracted with Jennifer Flowers from Accreditation Guru to guide us through the strategic planning process
One-day Board Retreat in December to brainstorm and share ideas for the future
Board created a Strategic Planning Steering Committee
Membership and Stakeholder Surveys distributed in January

4. Member survey Results

5. BOARD Steering committee
Committee Members
Kelli Kelley, Growing Home Southeast
Tim Duncan, Connie Maxwell
Carmen Landy, Helping Hands
Bethany Vause, Lutheran Services Carolina
Erin Hall, PAFCAF
Megan Branham, PAFCAF
Jennifer Flowers, Accreditation Guru (facilitator)
Committee Work
Day-long committee meeting
SWOT Analysis
Defined overall goals
Discussion of current environment, challenges, vision; creation of Environmental Scan

6. Environmental Scan March 2018
Group Homes
Therapeutic Foster Care/ Child Placing Agencies
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilitates
Other Service Agencies
Board of Directors
SC Landscape/Society Factors
Competitive Analysis (NOSAC)
Analysis: IT and Infrastructure
Human Resources/Staffing
Financial Standing

7. The plan
Approved by PAFCAF Board

8. Strategic plans & objectives
PAFCAF will continue to employ best practices that will empower our member agencies to enhance child welfare in South Carolina based upon the five key strategic objectives below: 
Financial accountability and efficiency
Objective: Diversification and stabilization of funding with the goal of the association’s growth and sustainability.
Enhance organizational infrastructure and capacity
Objective: Provide the necessary resources, tools and infrastructure to be able to fulfill PAFCAF’s mission and strategic goals.
Member development and training
Objective: PAFCAF will continue to engage, train & nurture its member agencies to effectively advance both their missions & PAFCAF’s mission.
Governance and board development
Objective: Develop a diverse and supportive board of directors that represents the services of members, governed by bylaws that are up to date and reflective of the current environment.
Child welfare system and advocacy
Objective: PAFCAF will further engage various child welfare groups while supporting and advancing the understanding of social welfare and directly influencing the child welfare agenda in South Carolina.

9. Financial accountability & efficiency
Objective: Diversification and stabilization of funding with the goal of the association’s growth and sustainability.
New funding sources
Balanced budget
Legacy & estate gifts

10. Enhance organizational infrastructure & capacity
Objective: Provide the necessary resources, tools and infrastructure to be able to fulfill PAFCAF’s mission and strategic goals.
Searchable, public database of services provided by PAFCAF members
Staffing
Office space

11. Member development & training
Objective: PAFCAF will continue to engage, train & nurture its member agencies to effectively advance both their missions & PAFCAF’s mission.
More outreach to members
Additional trainings
PAFCAF CEO Academy
PAFCAF Mid-Level Managers Institute

12. Governance & Board development
Objective: Develop a diverse and supportive board of directors that represents the services of members, governed by bylaws that are up to date and reflective of the current environment.
Enhance partnerships within membership
Update PAFCAF’s Bylaws
Develop a formal system for volunteer recruitment, orientation and engagement (Board members and committee members)

13. Child welfare system & advocacy
Objective: PAFCAF will further engage various child welfare groups while supporting and advancing the understanding of social welfare and directly influencing the child welfare agenda in South Carolina.
Set a new child welfare agenda – reframing the messaging to members, state agencies & the legislature
Data collection
Negotiate contracts to include equitable funding

14. Next steps Operational Plan for the remainder of 2018
Committees – restructuring and recruiting

15. Pafcaf committees Nominating Committee/Board Development
Public Policy Committee
Training Committee (expanding Conference Committee)
Communications & Membership Committee
Revenue Committee
Board Committees: Finance & Audit Committees

16. Strategic plans & objectives
PAFCAF will continue to employ best practices that will empower our member agencies to enhance child welfare in South Carolina based upon the five key strategic objectives below: Financial accountability and efficiency Objective: Diversification and stabilization of funding with the goal of the association’s growth and sustainability. Enhance organizational infrastructure and capacity Objective: Provide the necessary resources, tools and infrastructure to be able to fulfill PAFCAF’s mission and strategic goals. Member development and training Objective: PAFCAF will continue to engage, train & nurture its member agencies to effectively advance both their missions & PAFCAF’s mission. Governance and board development Objective: Develop a diverse and supportive board of directors that represents the services of members, governed by bylaws that are up to date and reflective of the current environment. Child welfare system and advocacy Objective: PAFCAF will further engage various child welfare groups while supporting and advancing the understanding of social welfare and directly influencing the child welfare agenda in South Carolina.