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Faith and Service:
Moving From Calling to Action
Faith-based organizations, like other non-profit entities, are consistently striving to build assets and expand their outreach throughout the communities they serve. To effectively accomplish these goals, organizations need to be strategic in their thinking and action. Strategic Applications International (SAI) has assisted numerous faith-based organizations in formulating and implementing strategic plans that help them achieve their individual and organizational goals, domestically and internationally.
SAI has developed a planning and training process that assists faith-based organizations in meeting the needs of their congregations. This process uses an effective logic model to gather input from key stakeholders in a short amount of time and produce actionable recommendations through a three-step process of identifying the associated problem areas, barriers, and solutions. Working with key internal and external stakeholders (Congregational boards, Church leadership, and congregational members), a personalized, comprehensive improvement plan is collaboratively developed and implemented. Congregational leaders and members are given the tools necessary to institutionalize positive reform with long-term, sustainable results. The goal is to help faith-based organizations better identify their ministry focus, the resources they possess to address that focus, to identify gaps in resources, and explore new and creative ways to fund and support the specific ministry.
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Meth:
Comprehensive State and Community Responses to Methamphetamine
In recent years, methamphetamine, a highly addictive, easy to manufacture stimulant, has become one of the most destructive illicit drugs in the United States. According to a survey conducted by the National Association of Counties that was released on July 6, 2005, most sheriffs’ departments indicate that methamphetamine abuse is the leading drug problem affecting local law enforcement agencies.
Because of the nature of clandestine meth labs, an effective response to meth requires a comprehensive and coordinated effort across an unusual array of sectors including elected officials, first responders, law enforcement, courts, prosecutors, corrections, prevention, treatment, environmental clean up, public health, child protection, education, media, and community organizations. Meth labs are not defined or restricted to specific neighborhoods in communities. They are mobile and they are highly toxic. Many of the problems associated with meth are new and require new relationships and new protocols for local, state, and federal agencies. Communities and states need access to cutting-edge information, training, and effective practices about strategies to fight this manyheaded monster.
