People with diverse mental health experiences, to include community, board and staff members, helped shape NAMI’s strategic plan for 2022-24. With our planning partner, Mission Spark, we captured input, feedback and ideas via surveys, interviews, and ongoing engagement. We also reviewed best practices of, and lessons learned by, 10 other NAMI affiliates throughout the country.
Below is a look at major components of the plan.
We thank our community for informing NAMI Colorado Springs’ future direction. As we go into our fifth decade of service, your trust and belief in our work means everything.
Below is a look at major components of the plan.
We thank our community for informing NAMI Colorado Springs’ future direction. As we go into our fifth decade of service, your trust and belief in our work means everything.
Mission, vision, values & equity statement
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Strategic orientation
- The big-picture approach to our next three years -
During the timeframe of this strategic plan, NAMI Colorado Springs will grow its capacity and services in a focused, intentional and balanced way. By doing so, we will expand our impact to benefit more individuals and our community, while ensuring the health and well-being of our staff and volunteers. We will create “brave space” and engage in intentional risk-taking and iterative learning as we plan and implement.
During the timeframe of this strategic plan, NAMI Colorado Springs will grow its capacity and services in a focused, intentional and balanced way. By doing so, we will expand our impact to benefit more individuals and our community, while ensuring the health and well-being of our staff and volunteers. We will create “brave space” and engage in intentional risk-taking and iterative learning as we plan and implement.
Strategic goals
- Pledges to which we’ll hold ourselves accountable -
• Infrastructure to Thrive, with appropriate and accessible facilities, and organizational capacity strengthened through staffing and use of best practices in policies, procedures and management.
• Focused and Community-Responsive Programming, informed by the strengths, needs, desires and continuous feedback of veterans, youth and individuals who are Black, Hispanic and/or LGBTQ+.
• Leadership in Mental Health, with cutting-edge peer programs supporting more people and families. Staff and board members build internal leadership capacity and contribute expertise in strategic partnerships and community initiatives.
• Awareness in and Engagement of Community, guided by a marketing plan that elevates peer voices and powerful storytelling for both targeted audiences and the general public.
• Funding for the Future, to include an annual budget that approaches $1 million through sources of diverse, new and potentially earned revenue, and the groundwork for an endowment.
• Infrastructure to Thrive, with appropriate and accessible facilities, and organizational capacity strengthened through staffing and use of best practices in policies, procedures and management.
• Focused and Community-Responsive Programming, informed by the strengths, needs, desires and continuous feedback of veterans, youth and individuals who are Black, Hispanic and/or LGBTQ+.
• Leadership in Mental Health, with cutting-edge peer programs supporting more people and families. Staff and board members build internal leadership capacity and contribute expertise in strategic partnerships and community initiatives.
• Awareness in and Engagement of Community, guided by a marketing plan that elevates peer voices and powerful storytelling for both targeted audiences and the general public.
• Funding for the Future, to include an annual budget that approaches $1 million through sources of diverse, new and potentially earned revenue, and the groundwork for an endowment.
Cross-cutting strategies
- Values-based practices fueling the pursuit of our strategic goals -
• Leverage and support NAMI Colorado Springs’ core strengths, including volunteerism and peer approach.
• Design programs and services guided by the local community but aligned with and informed by NAMI Colorado and NAMI national.
• Deepen relationships and build partnerships with other organizations and initiatives to extend NAMI Colorado Springs’ reach while improving the overall health and well-being of our community.
• Consider lived experience and evaluation data to develop feedback loops for continuous improvement.
• Support staff and volunteers by strengthening systems and spaces dedicated to their mental health and well-being.
• Leverage and support NAMI Colorado Springs’ core strengths, including volunteerism and peer approach.
• Design programs and services guided by the local community but aligned with and informed by NAMI Colorado and NAMI national.
• Deepen relationships and build partnerships with other organizations and initiatives to extend NAMI Colorado Springs’ reach while improving the overall health and well-being of our community.
• Consider lived experience and evaluation data to develop feedback loops for continuous improvement.
• Support staff and volunteers by strengthening systems and spaces dedicated to their mental health and well-being.
Five-year vision
- How we realize our potential come 2026 -
• Be a $1 million organization
• Establish an endowment
• Reach communities we haven’t consistently served before (veterans/military, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, youth/teens)
• Be well-staffed, in skill sets and numbers, to meet community demand for peer support services
• Come first to mind when people are seeking mental health leadership and services
• Be recognized as a mental health leader in the community
• Be a $1 million organization
• Establish an endowment
• Reach communities we haven’t consistently served before (veterans/military, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, youth/teens)
• Be well-staffed, in skill sets and numbers, to meet community demand for peer support services
• Come first to mind when people are seeking mental health leadership and services
• Be recognized as a mental health leader in the community