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Our Future

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Year One:

  • Share the vision for meeting both perennial needs (housing and life skills) and crisis needs (food and utilities) by meeting with township officials, civic groups, local businesses and other churches.
  • Seek input on expanding the vision and partnering with existing area resources and agencies.
  • Develop funding beyond the Leola Ministerium congregations.
  • Bring the Corner of Hope Clothing Bank and Leola Food Bank under the umbrella of CVCCS.
  • Contract with Tabor Community Services for a part-time person to do intake work.
  • Develop a job description for the CVCCS Executive Director and other officers (?).
  • Develop a job description for the first part-time employee.
  • Develop a logo and branding identities.
  • Secure a site along one of the major bus routes (Route 340, Route 23, or Route 30).

Year Two:

  • Continue to share the vision.
  • Develop additional funding sources.
  • Tap into community development money.
  • Secure the services of a grant writer to write funding proposals.
  • Work with landlords to designate units for affordable housing.
  • Secure six units of affordable housing designated by landlords.
  • Work with township supervisors to overcome obstacles in building codes to build affordable housing.
  • Expand office and employee hours to 20 per week.

Years Three to Five Years:

  • Expand employee hours to full-time at 35 per week.
  • Increase operating budget to $100,000.
  • Secure 12 units of affordable housing designated by landlords.
  • Explore the possibility of creating affordable housing units by purchasing or managing property near public transportation that is zoned, or has the potential to be zoned, for multi-unit housing.
  • Work with LOVE, Inc. to develop two additional Homes of Hope in the Conestoga Valley area.
  • Develop a network of providers that can effectively provide a range of social and physical well-being services.
  • Develop the office space into a drop-in center for lunch and socialization opportunities.
  • Revisit bylaws.
  • Invite and train new board members and phase out initial board.