ROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC

Our ultimate goal has not changed since our founding in 1976. We are dedicated to helping children heal from the trauma of abuse and neglect, teaching them to cope with and overcome those traumas to give them a happy, healthy life.

Global Strategic Goal 1: Thoughtfully respond to the needs of our service community by actively seeking ways to say "yes."

Global Strategic Goal 2: Invest in the hiring and development of a highly trained, diverse, and motivated team of employees.

Global Strategic Goal 3: Continue to invest in the financial health and infrastructure of RMYA.

Global Strategic Goal 4: Improve the quality and consistency of provided services.

Global Strategic Goal 5: Expand services to address key needs in the community as they emerge, and devolve programs that no longer serve a community need or have become unsustainable.

Global Strategic Goal 6: Invest in the development of a highly motivated, trained, and diverse Board.

Global Strategic Goal 7: Develop and execute an integrated, strategic marketing plan for RMYA.

Much of what RMYA must do is in response to decisions made by regulatory agencies and well-meaning politicians. As a result, we must create an agency that has the capacity and agility to shift the manner in which we work without straying from our values and core beliefs that children and families can be healed from the trauma they have endured, and that well-considered methodologies, consistently applied, provide the key to successful outcomes. Strategic and functional goals will be supported through a series of measurable performance objectives against which progress can be assessed and course corrections can be made.

RMYA has been serving runaway, homeless and abused youth since 1976. We have a strong history of service to the most difficult-to-place children, those other agencies are unable or unwilling to take on. Since 1976, we have served over 82,000 children and their families. We have an impressive history of responding to the changing needs of the community by continuing to develop and expand services to at-risk youth and their families. We have an extremely low turn-over in staff, which means RMYA employees are extremely experienced in working with at-risk youth and are very knowledge about program requirements and the behavior and needs of at-risk children. All staff are trained in Trauma Informed Care and Restorative Practices methods of treating and interacting with children.

RMYA secured Blair Thompson as the 4th CEO of the organization in over 46 years on September 1, 2021. Since that time, most of the leadership team has been realigned to steer the organization toward the goals outlined in the strategic plan. Salary increases for staff have been put in place, improvements in facilities, and updates to policies and procedures that will keep children and staff safety are underway. Best practices within programs include trauma-informed-care, higher staff-to-child ratios, and extensive staff training to prepare for success.