ALAMO AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER

Our organizational goals are currently:
G1. To develop, implement, and assess effective programs that are survivor centered, promote cultural sensibility, and support survivor healing and restoration.
G2. To raise awareness about the impact of all forms of sexual violence within the community to ensure that relevant areas of public policy and service provision better serve the needs of survivors.
G3. To expand funding sources in order to remain an independent sexual assault program.
G4. To partner and/or collaborate with external key agencies to work towards real, meaningful, and permanent culture change.
G5. To create and sustain an internal organizational culture that celebrates diversity, and is one of respect, accountability, and fun.
G6. To be recognized as a leader in the field of sexual violence prevention.

G1- A strategic plan was created by the staff, CEO, and Board to address how we can best make effective and sustainable programming.
G2- The Education and Outreach program engage the community in sexual violence prevention education and all staff is trained to the same standard of knowledge on prevention education.
G3- The Development department has begun creating annual events and seeking long term relationships with supporters to sustain our operation long term.
G4- We have increased our commitments to partnerships with agencies like San Antonio Police Department, Bexar County Sherriff's Department, ChildSafe, and BCFS to coordinate services for clients.
G5- We have re-written our hand book to include these pillars and have started training staff on them monthly.
G6- We have been leading coalitions such as the Child Sexual Exploitation Task Force and Alamo Area Coalition Against Trafficking.

I. Raise 6 months of reserves by 2020. As if 2016, we had a little over 20% of our 5 year goal in reserves.

II. RCC has completed the CCAT, 2016, and has met with several professional organizations to begin analyzing and determining the need.

III. RCC has recruited 80% of Ambassadors set out for the year.

IV. RCC will be relocating January 15, 2017.

V. RCC has seen an increase in the diversity of volunteers recruited in the last 18 months.

I. On track

II. We have not completed this task as we are seeking funding to support the project. This will support our goal of elevating our profile and reaching more survivors. We have not accomplished this thus far.

III. On track

IV. This objective was delayed as we were originally set to relocate in November; however, have adjusted time line.

V. On track

Overall, we are still need to diversify our funding and support our infrastructure.