Our mission and goals explicitly cite community development as well as treatment of problems as organizational strategies. Our mission and goals emphasize the development of community and neighborhood. Our mission and goals are framed entirely in terms of development of community. Staff has not been introduced to the concept of community-centered practice. Some staff understand that there is a significant difference between delivering services and building community.
Staff can cite an example of a community-centered program.
Staff and some board members can define service delivery and community-centered practice as contrasting paradigms. Staff and board create new ideas for building community. The organization and its board help to define community building through their contributions to theory and practice. We base the services we offer on the availability of funding. We undertake periodic needs assessments in the communities we serve to determine what programs to offer.