Strategic Planning Task Group

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Purpose

Strategic Planning Task Group

Current Co-Chairs April 1, 2024-March 31, 2025- Crissy Canganelli & Heather Harney

Purpose Statement: The Strategic Planning Task Group leads the board's strategic initiatives to end homelessness.

The Strategic Planning group assists the board with its responsibilities for the mission, vision, and strategic direction. Specific responsibilities of the Strategic Planning group include:

  • Making recommendations to the full board related to the mission, vision, strategic initiatives, major programs, and services. 

  • Help identify critical strategic issues facing the board. Assisting in the analysis of alternative strategic options. 

  • Ensuring board has established an effective strategic planning process, including the development of a three to five-year strategic plan with measurable goals and time targets.

  • Understanding homelessness. Keeping up-to-date on HUD rules and guidelines local data and trends, BoS needs, and other opportunities to improve the scope, cost-effectiveness, and quality of services provided.

  • Periodically reviewing the mission, vision, and strategic plan, and recommending changes to the board.

  • Annually reviewing the strategic plan and recommending updates as needed based on changes in the community needs, and other factors.

  • Reviewing and forwarding to the board strategic plans of subsidiary CoC’s to assure they are aligned with the system’s strategic direction and goals

  • Reviewing new programs and services. 

  • Monitoring the board’s performance against measurable targets or progress points.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King Jr.

Meeting Minutes

Strategic Planning Task Group

Meetings are held virtually every first Wednesday of the month at 2 PM. To add upcoming Task Group meetings to your calendar, visit the Events Page. To see meeting minutes use the link below in the drop down folders.

Archived Minutes & Resources- view previous minutes and meeting information.

Join the Task Group

Please note the success of the Iowa Balance of State Continuum of Care (IA BoS CoC) Task Groups depends on strong leadership by a group of invested individuals making up the Voting Members. These voting members represent the CoC. The CoC year runs from April 1-March 30. Every three years, or as a new member joins, all Task Group members for the IA BoS CoC must complete the Voter Agreement Form. This form indicates a commitment to- 

  • Attendance at Monthly Task Group Meetings.

  • Participation in Task Group work, including responsibilities set in an annual work plan for the group.

  • Serving as a representative of the Task Group.

  • Serving as a voting member.

If you are interested in joining the Strategic Planning Task Group please read and complete the Voter Agreement Form. If you have additional questions, please connect with Jessica Bleile.