Our Mission
To serve children and families in the Niagara Region who have been impacted by child abuse.
Our Vision
To engage the community in a child abuse prevention, awareness, and response strategy.
Our Expected Outcomes
- Timely access to child abuse prevention resources for all children and families
- Enhanced regional awareness of the importance of keeping Niagara’s children safe from harm
- Excellence in Child Abuse Investigation and response for Niagara’s children and their families
We Have Impact
- We provide innovative, partner based collaborative programming across Niagara.
- We serve children, youth and families in need through expanded programming, partnerships and definitions of those served.
- We respond to emerging needs across Niagara.
- We ensure our programs and services are inclusive and open to all.
We Have Presence
- We enhance our ability to communicate the value we bring to children, youth and families in need across Niagara.
- We build on our strong brand by demonstrating the positive impact of our work with children, youth and families.
- We use our voice to advocate for children, youth and families in our community.
We Have Capacity
- We successfully attract and cultivate funding and donor support from across Niagara.
- We maintain and grow meaningful, and mutually beneficial partnerships.
- We strengthen our internal capacity through an increased focus on human resources and volunteer development.
- We have adequate financial resources required to deliver on our Mission & Vision.
Our DESIRED OUTCOMES
1
We provide comprehensive and multi-disciplinary support programs for children, youth and their families using a trauma reduction model with a view to help, heal and end child abuse.
- Existing key partnerships are strengthened and enhanced.
- Favourable program outcome measures and audit/evaluation results.
- Increased youth programming, and participation.
- Partners wait lists are reduced.
- We serve more.
- New strategic partnerships are developed.
- Participants in programs offered reflect the diversity of communities we serve including but not limited to Indigenous, Francophone, and 2SLGBTQQIA.
2
We are a visible and valued member of communities across the Niagara region.
- Strong brand and increased level of awareness.
- Increased website traffic and social media engagement
- Our efforts are known to make a meaningful and sustained difference in the lives of those we serve.
- We are a trusted local charity.
- We are viewed by the broader public as subject matter experts.
- Current partners trust and support our efforts and initiatives.
- New partners seek us out to collaborate on common goals and directives.
3
We have the resources, capabilities and expertise needed to serve children, youth and families now, and in the future.
- Increased funding and fundraising revenue.
- Expanded geographic base of funding and fundraising.
- Existing financial support is maintained and increased as required.
- Skilled and engaged Board, Staff and Volunteer team.
- Enhanced satisfaction and retention.
- More effectively manage HR associated risk.
- Sustainable business model and supporting plans are in place.
- Diverse and secure multi year funding streams are established.
