Area Resources For Community and Human Services
The Power of Partnering
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
To disrupt cycles of intergenerational poverty in St. Louis’ most impoverished communities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Provide Funding, Resources, and Expertise for Human Service Initiatives
Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS) funds and strategically enhances initiatives that improve the lives of children and families facing disparities and disadvantages in St. Louis’ most impoverished communities. ARCHS works to disrupt cycles of intergenerational poverty by advancing lifelong learning.
Where we work
Awards
What's Right With the Region Award 2012
FOCUS St. Louis
What's Right With the Region Award 2004
FOCUS St. Louis
MLK Community Service Award 2020
Saint Louis University/Urban League
Healthcare Advocacy Award 2010
St. Louis American
Unite Award 2016
Social Solutions
Distinguished Service Award 2011
Harris Stowe State University
What's Right With the Region Award 2014
FOCUS St. Louis
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsTotal number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Provide Funding, Resources, and Expertise for Human Service Initiatives
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Grantee contracts issued
Estimated number of funding dollars secured for the sector
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Provide Funding, Resources, and Expertise for Human Service Initiatives
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Funding/revenue received
Estimated number of leverage/in-kind dollars secured for the sector
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Provide Funding, Resources, and Expertise for Human Service Initiatives
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Leverage/in-kind dollars secured.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Provide Funding, Resources, and Expertise for Human Service Initiatives
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Children and adults.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To improve the lives of Greater St. Louis' residents by convening strategic community partnerships.
To be the premiere builder of strategic community partnerships, known for advancing the human potential of Greater St. Louis (1.7 million residents).
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
ARCHS promotes education as the key to personal and professional success. ARCHS is nationally known for its support of initiatives fostering cradle to career "lifelong learning" experiences that enrich the lives of the children and their families facing extreme disadvantages and disparities.
Examples include:
• Early Childhood and Parenting Initiatives
• School Age Initiatives
• Family Support Initiatives
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
ARCHS was created in 1998 as a not-for-profit intermediary funding organization that designs, manages, and evaluates human service initiatives. ARCHS is selected to manage federal, state, and private funds and to provide strategic management oversight and technical support services to assure the funder that their goals and outcomes are met and exceeded. ARCHS has the demonstrated capacity to save money, improve services, build capacity, gets results, involve community, and develop resources.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
ARCHS has a successful 20 year history of leveraging more than $280 million in area public and private resources and collaborating with community leaders and organizations.
ARCHS annually impacts the lives of 180,000 vulnerable children and their family members. A network of 200 governmental, business, community, civic, and faith-based partners works with ARCHS, providing 30 programs at 340 locations.
ARCHS serves as the official "Community Partnership" for Greater St. Louis on behalf of Missouri - one of 20 similar organizations across the state. The state-wide partnership concept grew out of a St. Louis-based program started in the early 1990s that was later expanded across the state by Missouri's Governor and Legislature.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Area Resources For Community and Human Services
Board of directorsas of 03/08/2022
Mrs. Sherrie Wehner
Wehner Marketing Group
Term: 2017 - 2022
Sherrie Wehner
Wehner Marketing Group
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.