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C.R.A.C.K. House Ministries
Strategic Vision Overview
February 2007
Last updated June 2008 - italics indicate objectives that are underway of have been attained.
This document is provided to those who express interest in supporting or investing in the future development of C.R.A.C.K. House Ministries (CHM). At a summary level, it describes the vision and strategic business plan developed by the Board of Directors as we pursue a ‘lifetime of recovery’ for those we serve. This plan continues to evolve and should therefore be considered a work in progress. It describes our objectives over the next five years.
This document is broken into three sections:
Operations
Financial
Spiritual Program Development
Operations Development
Under the leadership of the Operations Director, CHM’s goal is to ultimately be serving up to 50 men and women seeking freedom from addiction, providing for their needs with the following:
• Safe, supervised housing to remove a person from the old environment.
• The opportunity and expectation to work productively.
• Spiritual mentoring and practical training to promote growth in dealing with life issues and relationships.
• Critical services such as medical, dental and counseling care as required.
The policies governing the contract between CHM and freedom seekers will include:
• Definitive, clearly communicated and well understood expectations for responsibilities to be assumed and behavior to be displayed.
• Clearly understood consequences for violation of those polices.
• Policies that are most restrictive initially and are relaxed as progress is demonstrated.
Housing will be:
• Located at a single place to help promote the development of a healthy community among the freedom-seekers, to facilitate oversight and accountability, optimizing costs by sharing common services.
• Overseen by those living on site including “program graduates”.
• Maintained to the degree possible by those living there.
• Supported through rent for those who have outside jobs and through ‘in kind’ services for those who do not yet have a job.
• Governed by clearly understood policies which will be relaxed as tangible growth is demonstrated.
Work will be:
• An expected norm and is essential to provide structure, a sense of accomplishment, discipline and support.
• Provided within or through the ministry where it is not available outside.
• Sought vigorously among the central Ohio business community through relationships with prospective employers sympathetic to the ministry.
Practical Instruction will include:
• Training in personal finances, family life, healthy relationships, basic computer skills, support to obtain G.E.D. certification and other practical skills as applicable.
Critical Services will:
• Seek to leverage services available elsewhere in the community.
• Include medical and dental services.
• Include access to practical needs such as obtaining drivers license, paralegal support and other services.
Financial Development
Fiscally Sound Procedures which include:
• Review and update annually the CHM Strategic Financial Planning Document.
• Review financial procedures and investment strategies on an annual basis.
• Include capital improvements in the financial plan.
• Undertake a marketing analysis and formulate a business plan as the basis for the establishment of a “home improvement” small business.
• Perform a detailed financial audit every 3-5 years.
• Produce a concise and easy to understand Annual Report.
Identify and implement appropriate fundraising activities as follows:
• Emphasize planned giving as an integral part of stewardship to the ministry.
• Encourage ministry groups/churches to devote some of their financial resources to particular needs of the ministry.
• Increase congregational participation in regular financial giving through the Anchor Church Program ($800/month with board seat).
• Research and conduct a capital campaign for a new facility that would allow all operations to be consolidated within this five year plan.
• Pursue outside grants for our established programs and building needs.
• Identify specific talents within the supporting churches and CHM attendees to meet a variety of ministry needs.
• Establish donation arrangements through the Web Site/Internet.
Identify and implement appropriate physical resources donated by:
• Encouraging ministry groups/churches to devote some of their physical resources to CHM’s particular needs
• Identifying specific talents within the supporting congregations to meet a variety of CHM’s needs.
The 2008 budget is here.
Spiritual Program Development
CHM has been built on a spiritual foundation from its earliest days and its expansion and further development will remain on a spiritual foundation. CHM’s Executive Director, Mitchell Ellison, is the founder and serves as the Spiritual Director. He provides much more than strong, transparent leadership. He has a vibrant teaching ministry as well. The future Spiritual Program Development will involve continuing and expanding the current schedule and resources to further meet the needs of those served by CHM.
Spiritual Program Development Services shall include the following:
• Cocaine Anonymous meetings which convene several times a week at CHM’s main facility, providing entry opportunities for care and housing.
• One-on-one or group counseling provided on site.
• Regular outreach to homeless shelters conducted to introduce lonely and needy men and women to the warmth and understanding of CHM fellowship.
• A Food Pantry outreach (zip 43211) planned for 2007 to introduce families to CHM.
• Regular Bible studies at the sober housing to develop the discipline of regular prayer, reflection and study.
• Sunday and Wednesday evening services are held to worship and to teach practical truth from the Bible.
• Special events include: the "Through the Roof" provision of Christmas dinner and gifts for needy families; workdays at CHM main facility, neighborhood cookouts, men's retreats, and movie nights for kids during the summer months.
Spiritual Mentoring will:
• Be a regular part of the day and week.
• Include “one on few” discipleship.
• Be enhanced by multiple opportunities for prayer, teaching, discipleship, fellowship and regular church attendance for corporate worship and teaching.
C.R.A.C.K. House Ministries is recognized by the IRS as a 501(C)3 corporation. All contributions are tax-deductible.
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