Community Living York South - Strategic Planning Process

Community Living York South
Strategic Planning Process

Community Living York South (CLYS) has initiated a strategic planning process to update our strategic plan and identify future directions and priorities. Part of this process involves obtaining the views of staff about the various issues and choices facing our agency.

Please complete the following questionnaire by Friday, April 11, 2008. You will have a chance to edit your responses when you click "Submit". Your survey will then go directly to the external planning consultant helping us with the project, so your replies will be completely anonymous and confidential. The survey findings will be used at our planning day on May 3.

If you don't know the answer to a particular question, simply leave that item blank.

Our current mission statement reads as follows:

Supporting people with an intellectual disability to live, learn, work and participate in the community.

How would you rate our overall effectiveness in fulfilling this mission?

Very Effective	Somewhat effective
Not too effective	Not at all effective

The last strategic plan was completed in late 2004. Rate the effectiveness of CLYS in achieving the various strategic goals contained in the 2004 plan:

	Very Effective	Somewhat Effective	Not too Effective	Not at all Effective
Increasing non-government revenue
Strengthening community involvement and partnerships
Increasing public knowledge and support of CLYS's work
Increasing membership, parental and volunteer involvement
Improving staff's quality of work life
Improving the quality of life of individuals in service

The CLYS has a dual focus, providing residential programming as well as supporting individuals and their families living in the community. How effective are we at meeting each of these parts of our mandate?

	Very Effective	Somewhat Effective	Not too Effective	Not at all Effective
Residential support
Community support

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How do you feel about the present balance between these two service areas?

There should be more emphasis on community support
There should be more emphasis on residential support
The present balance is about right

Please list one major strength and one weakness of CLYS:

Strength

Weakness

Some external factors affecting the developmental services field are listed below. Review the list and rank each item in terms of its impact on CLYS. Assign a "1" to the most significant factor, a "2" to the next factor, and so on down to "7".

Insert ranks 1 to 7.

Funding uncertainties
Population growth in the area
Changing community demographics
Changing government policies and approaches
Gaps in services and supports
Rising consumer expectations
Public attitudes towards individuals with intellectual disabilities

6.	Are there any other significant trends, issues or events that should be considered in developing a new strategic plan for CLYS?

Still thinking of external factors, list one future opportunity and one potential threat facing CLYS:

Opportunity

Threat

Assume that you had $1,000 in new funding to distribute to the various programs, activities and services at CLYS. Thinking in terms of your answers to the previous questions, allocate these funds across the items below.

Allocate points any way you want, but the column should add up to 1,000.

Residential services
Community support services
Community education and awareness
Day programs
Bright Ideas Custom Packaging
Others - List below and assign an amount:
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TOTAL:	1,000

9.	What other important directions should be considered in the CLYS strategic planning process?

10.	Please feel free to make any comments or suggestions pertaining to the CLYS strategic planning process:

Thank you for your cooperation.