Strategic Planning and Excellence in Community Action

Strategic Planning and Direction is one of seven categories incorporated with the Community Action Partnership’s Standards of Excellence, which represent attributes that distinguish all high-performance organizations, and set Community Action Agencies apart from other organizations when it comes to performance, community service, and overall excellence – see Virtual CAP description on Pathways to Excellence/Award for Excellence in Community Action.

Strategic Planning Tools
Virtual CAP Resource Information

Use the links below to access specific items through Virtual CAP or view all the Strategic Planning Tools featured on Virtual CAP.

CAA Strategic Plans

Virtual CAP now includes twenty Examples of CAA Strategic Plans, as well as a 2-page brochure from Missouri Ozarks Community Action that provides a concise summary of its 3-year strategic plan.

Tools to Support Strategic Planning

Take advantage of these resources to create a high-quality strategic plan for your agency:

Strategic Planning and Direction: Standards of Excellence - Category 2 (Community Action Partnership) includes Technical Assistance Guide for Strategic Planning and Direction.

Defining Community Action Mission: A Guide for Strategic Thinking and Planning (Tennessee Association of Community Action)

Strategic Planning Manual from the Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool (University of Wisconsin Extension and The Center for Public Skills Training) includes Strategic Thinking and Planning Blog.

Strategic Planning Resources (Free Management Library)

Strategic Planning in Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide for the Process (WMU Graduate Program in Nonprofit Leadership and Administration)

Planning Toolsite - National Endowment for the Arts

Strategic Planning FAQs - Nonprofit Genie

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