Strategic Plan
2022-2025
MISSION
Champions Community Foundation exists to empower young adults with physical challenges to reach their potential for independence and belonging.
SUMMARY
In the Atlanta Metro area, conservative estimates show there are over 11,000 young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 with physical disabilities due to cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy and physical injury; estimates indicate there are over 630,000 nationally. The needs of this existing population are great. With each successive year, a new group of young adults with disabilities “ages out” of high school, finding themselves increasingly isolated at home, dependent upon aging parents for personal care and support. To help address these challenges, the founders of Champions Community Foundation created the Titan Program in 2009 by implementing a broad range of athletic and social programs. The program grew from 6 to engage a community of 90+ physically challenged young adults, known as the Titan Community. The program is designed to build community and friendships. The Titans also serve as community ambassadors, fostering understanding and education about physical disabilities.
In 2014, Champions Community Foundation broadened its focus by pursuing the development of Champions Place, a uniquely designed, safe, accessible and affordable shared living community where these young adults would live independent and productive lives. After opening in October of 2020, 14 physically challenged young adults now call Champions Place “home”. Through the use of the latest assistive technology such as automated doors, voice activated lights, fans, TVs, shades and more, the residents are learning to become more self-reliant. And, due to its large common area and backyard, Champions Place is now the new social hub for the Titan Community hosting events such as cookouts, tailgates and holiday parties.
MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL EXPAND OUR MISSION IN 3 WAYS
GOAL #1
FURTHER DEVELOP
THE CHAMPIONS PLACE MODEL
Further develop and document the model to ensure it is sustainable.
Replicate the model and enable others to build a Champions Place in their local community.
GOAL #2
PROVIDE COMMUNITY
AND FRIENDSHIPS
Leverage Champions Place as the new social hub and continue to provide a robust schedule of athletic and social events for the Titan Community.
Expand these services to reach more physically challenged young adults in person and virtually
GOAL #3
IMPACT MORE LIVES
BY LEVERAGING WHAT WEHAVE LEARNED
Champions Place@Home – Offer the same portfolio of assistive technology to physically challenged young adults still living at home with parents.
Employment Services – We have seen the increase in self-esteem in the Champions Place residents who have jobs today. Explore providing this new service for the Titan Community.
Share Knowledge with Parents – Leverage partners, parents and staff to share best practices we have learned to support parents raising young adults with physical disabilities
The Champions Community Foundation’s Strategic Plan outlined in the following pages seeks to enhance the quality of its services, expand service provision to more young adults, and increase its service portfolio sustainably, while simultaneously developing new tools and best practices to support parents raising their physically challenged young adults at home.
GOAL #1
FURTHER DEVELOP
THE CHAMPIONS PLACE MODEL
Objective 1.1: Develop a more sustainable, long term caregiving model at Champions Place that is no longer reliant on the involvement of the resident’s parents by June 30, 2025
Activity 1.1.1: Create a working group to develop a sustainability strategy for caregiving after parents have passed. The group will be created by December 31, 2022.
Activity 1.1.2: Research existing resources and philosophies by June 30, 2023.
Activity 1.1.3: Develop an internal strategy to minimize negative impact on caregiving from parents passing by June 30, 2024.
Activity 1.1.4 Work in collaboration with Medicaid Leadership to implement a pilot by December 31, 2024.
Activity 1.1.5: Develop an implementable strategy to minimize negative impact on caregiving from parents passing by June 30, 2025.
Objective 1.2: Document the Champions Place operational model by June 30, 2024.
Activity 1.2.1: Prepare a central file location to store operating procedures, along with an initial list of operational procedures to develop. Create a template and instructions for standard operating procedures. Train staff who will be creating standard operating procedures by January 30, 2023.
Activity 1.2.2: Create standard operating procedures using the template by September 30, 2023 to document primary, repeatable, standardizable functions of the organization.
Activity 1.2.3: Create and implement a cycle for standard operating procedure review and update by December 31, 2023.
Objective 1.3: Actively engage and work alongside 5 to 10 qualified organizations by sharing our best practices to help them develop a Champions Place in their local community resulting in at least 2 organizations being committed to move forward by June 30, 2025.
Activity 1.3.1: Leveraging the standard operating procedure created in Objective 1.2.2, develop a portfolio of best practices to share and educate visiting groups by September 30, 2023.
Activity 1.3.2: Determine whether to profit, recover cost or donate these services by December 31, 2023.
Activity 1.3.3: Proactively identify interested organizations by January 31, 2025.
Activity 1.3.4: Prioritize our efforts with qualified organizations with a goal that at least 2 commit to break ground by June 30, 2025.
Objective 1.4: Explore alternative replication models for Champions Place
Activity 1.4.1: Create a working group to research alternative models and best practices by January 1, 2023.
Activity 1.4.2: Engage research team and identify other potential models by November 30, 2023.
Activity 1.4.3: Present findings to the board of directors by January 31, 2024.
Activity 1.4.4: Conduct site visits to leading programs to continue research by March 30, 2025.
Activity 1.4.5: Present final recommendations to board and begin applying lessons learned in planning for Champions Place II program planning by June 30, 2025.
Objective 2.1: Provide a robust schedule of events for the Titan Community in order to increase participation by 15% by June 30, 2023.
Activity 2.1.1: Plan bi-monthly scrimmage schedules 30 days prior to each quarter starting by August 31, 2022 and ongoing each year until June 30, 2025.
Activity 2.1.2: Increase participation by planning monthly social events at least 2 months in advance, leveraging Champion’s Place where appropriate, starting August 31, 2022 and ongoing each year until June 30, 2025.
Activity 2.1.3: Develop and implement a “New Titan Roadmap” by February 28, 2023 to ensure each Titan is serviced and stays connected to the Titan Community.
GOAL #2
PROVIDE COMMUNITY
AND FRIENDSHIPS
Objective 2.2: Create a virtual community of 1,500 young adults with physical challenges to increase social connectedness and offer support for practical life challenges by June 30, 2025.
Activity 2.2.1: Create a working group to research virtual programming structures by December 31, 2022.
Activity 2.2.2: Evaluate what services can be reasonably offered in a virtual setting. Research and present recommendations for the structure of virtual programming to Executive Director by July 31, 2023.
Activity 2.2.3: Offer and market virtual social programming to increase feelings of belonging and community in young adults with physical challenges by December 31, 2023.
Activity 2.2.4: Based on participation in virtual programming, create a staffing structure to provide programming and social services in a virtual setting. Determine staff needed and hire by June 30, 2024.
Activity 2.2.5: Improve virtual and social media presence of Champions Community Foundation to recruit 1,500 young adults with physical challenges as users in virtual programming.
GOAL #3
IMPACT MORE LIVES
BY LEVERAGING WHAT WEHAVE LEARNED
Objective 3.1: Expand Champions Place@Home services to 500 young adults with physical challenges by June 30, 2025.
Activity 3.1.1: Survey Titan Community to identify 24 young adults with physical challenges who are interested in applying for Champions Place@Home by December 30, 2022.
Activity 3.1.2: Execute a total of 18 individual plans for service by June 30, 2023.
Activity 3.1.3: Evaluate the effectiveness of the use of assistive technology using the Champions Place@Home model via survey by September 30, 2023.
Activity 3.1.4: Use survey data to update programming to be more effective for young adults with physical challenges by November 1, 2023 and biannually thereafter.
Activity 3.1.5: Create a method of post-installation support for Champions Place@Home by June 30, 2024.
Activity 3.1.6: Develop a strategic partnership to enable us to increase our reach and scale of Champions Place@Home installations by June 30, 2024.
Activity 3.1.7: Expand the offering to physically challenged young adults outside the Titan community with the goal of reaching 500 Champions Place@Home installations by June 30, 2026.
Objective 3.2 - Determine if Champions Community Foundation will provide employment services by September 30, 2024.
Activity 3.2.1: Evaluate three potential partnerships to provide employment assessments for young adults with physical challenges by September 30, 2023.
Activity 3.2.2: If partnership is defined, then pilot employment assessments with three young adults with physical challenges by March 31, 2024.
Activity 3.2.3: Based on the success of the pilot assessments, make a recommendation to the board of directors to more broadly implement employment assessments via a partnership model by September 30, 2024.
Objective 3.3: Leverage the knowledge and experience of partners, parents and staff to develop and offer 3 to 4 informational sessions per year to 80 Titan parents to help them support their physically challenged sons and daughters who have or will be transitioning out of high school by June 30, 2024.
Activity 3.3.1: Create a working group of stakeholders to focus on educating parents by July 31, 2023
Activity 3.3.2: Gather feedback from parents and staff to understand the skills and challenges of parents of young adults with physical challenges through a digital survey and 1 listening sessions by August 31, 2023.
Activity 3.3.3: Identify 3 or 4 topics that represent the areas of greatest need for resources and support by September 15, 2023.
Activity 3.3.4: Research identified topics thoroughly and gather direct information from experts on each topic by November 30, 2023
Activity 3.3.5: Conduct 5 educational sessions with parents of young adults with physical challenges by June 30, 2024.
GOAL #4
ESTABLISH SUSTAINABILITY FOR OPERATIONS
Objective 4.1: Increase the long-term sustainability of leadership of Champions Community Foundation for the future through succession planning and strengthening the board of directors by July 1, 2024.
Activity 4.1.1: Create a written succession plan for leadership transition that is approved by the board of directors by March 31, 2023.
Activity 4.1.2: Evaluate the board of directors to ensure biographical and skill diversity by February 28, 2023.
Activity 4.1.3: Recruit 5-7 new board members to fill diversity gaps by June 30, 2024.
Activity 4.1.4: Conduct board training 2 times per year starting July 1, 2024.
Objective 4.2: Increase the sustainability of the organization by expanding its fundraising capabilities in the areas of annual fund contributions and grant awards over 3 years.
Activity 4.2.1: Create a written development plan by February 28, 2023.
Activity 4.2.2: Realize a 10% increase in annual fund contributions from private donors each year for 3 years.
Activity 4.2.3: Realize a 10% increase in grant awards from institutional donors each year for 3 years.
Activity 4.2.4: Develop and launch an endowment campaign to increase its value to $2.5M by June 30, 2025.
TIMELINE
At Champions Community Foundation, we believe in a healthy balance between planning and flexibility. The strategic actions are sorted into years to show the work that will be prioritized during that year. We understand a need may arise to adapt this plan to changing context and new opportunities.
GOAL 1: FURTHER DEVELOP THE CHAMPIONS PLACE MODEL
STRATEGIC ACTIONS
Develop and implement a sustainable care giving model not reliant on parent involvement
2022
Create work group
2023
Research existing resources and philosophies
2024
Develop an internal strategy
Work with Medicaid Leadership to implement a pilot
2025
Implement a strategy to minimize negative impact on caregiving from parents passing
Document the Champions Place operational model
2023
Create template and train staff for creating standard operating procedures
Create standard operating procedures
Create and implement a cycle for standard operating procedure review
Engage and work alongside 5-10 organizations to share best practices
2023
Develop best practices to share and educate visiting groups
Determine whether to profit, recover cost or donate these services
2025
Proactively identify interested organizations
Prioritize our efforts with qualified organizations with a goal that at least 2 commit to break ground on new programs
Explore alternative replication models for Champions Place
2023
Create a working group to research alternative service models
Engage research team and identify other potential models
2024
Present findings to the Board of Directors
Conduct site visits to leading programs to continue research
2025
Conduct site visits to leading programs to continue research
Present recommendations to board and begin applying lessons learned in planning for Champions Place II program planning
GOAL 2: PROVIDE COMMUNITY AND FRIENDSHIP
Strategic Actions
Provide a schedule of events for the Titan Community in order to increase participation by 15%
2023 - 2025
Plan bi-monthly scrimmage schedules 30 days prior to each quarter
Plan monthly social events at least two months in advance
2023
Develop and implement a “New Titan Roadmap”
Create a virtual community of 1,500 young adults for social and practical support
2022
Create a working group to research virtual programming structures
2023
Evaluate what services can be reasonably offered in a virtual setting.
Offer and market virtual social programming
2024
Create a staffing structure to provide virtual programs and services
2022 - 2025
Improve virtual and social media presence of CCF to recruit 1,500 virtual programming users
GOAL 3: INCREASE IMPACT BY EXPANDING SERVICES BASED ON KEY LEARNINGS
STRATEGIC ACTIONS
Expand Champions Place@Home services to 500 young adults with physical challenges
2022
Survey Titan Community to identify 24 adults to apply for Champions Place@Home
2023
Execute a total of 18 individual plans for service
Survey the use of assistive technology using the Champions Place@Home model
Use data to update programming to be more effective for young adults
2024
Create support for Champions Place@Home adults as they use assistive technology
Develop a strategic partnership to scale install the assistive technology
2025
Implement 500 Champions Place@Home installations
Determine if Champions Community Foundation will provide Employment Services
2022
Evaluate 3 potential partnerships to provide employment assessments
2023
If partnership is defined, pilot employment assessments with three young adults
Decide on in house or partner to do assessments
Provide five written, topical resource guides and 3-4 educational sessions to 80 parents
2023
Create a working group of stakeholders to focus on educating parents
Gather feedback from parents and staff to understand the skills and challenges of caregivers
Identify 3-4 topics of greatest need for resources and support
Research identified topics thoroughly
2024
Conduct 5 educational sessions to cover the resource guides with parents
GOAL 4: ESTABLISH SUSTAINABILITY FOR OPERATIONS
strategic actions
Create a written succession plan for leadership transition
2023
Create a written succession plan for leadership transition
Evaluate the board of directors to ensure diversity
2024
Recruit 5-7 new board members to fill diversity gaps
Conduct board training 2 times per year
Expand organization fundraising capabilities in the areas of annual fund contributions and grant awards
2023
Create a written development plan
Realize a 10% increase in annual fund contributions from private donors each year for three years.
Realize a 10% increase in grant awards from institutional donors each year for three years.
2024
Realize a 10% increase in annual fund contributions from private donors each year for three years.
Realize a 10% increase in grant awards from institutional donors each year for three years.
2025
Realize a 10% increase in annual fund contributions from private donors each year for three years.
Realize a 10% increase in grant awards from institutional donors each year for three years.
Launch an endowment campaign to increase its value to $2.5M
CHAMPION’S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Administrative Address for Donations
2850 Old Alabama Road Johns Creek, GA 30022
Physical Address
9460 Nesbit Ferry Road Alpharetta, GA 30022