Children's Council of San Francisco Strategic Plan 2020

STRATEGIC PLAN

2020-2025

A Message About Our New Strategic Plan

Building on more than 45 years of work at the heart of child care in San Francisco, we are proud to share Children’s Council’s new strategic plan, which articulates our aspirations, prioritizes areas of investment, and lays out an action plan for the next five years.

Vision

We believe in a San Francisco where every child is able to reach their full potential and thrive.

With a renewed state and national focus on child care and early childhood education – particularly as our society grapples with the extraordinary impact of the COVID crisis – and a recognition of the changing demographics of the city of San Francisco, we believed this was the optimal time to engage in a thoughtful strategic planning process that would result in high impact, transformational change over the next five years, on behalf of the children and families of San Francisco.

Gina M. Fromer

This process yielded a community-centered strategic Anna Nordberg plan that clearly lays out our new Vision and Mission, identifies specific areas of investment (Core Focus Areas), the Goals we aim to achieve by making those investments, and the Actions we intend to resource in pursuit of our Goals.

We identified four Core Focus Areas to invest in over the next five years: 1. Organizational Culture and Employee Experience 2. Excellence in Systems, Infrastructure and Financial Health 3. Program Design, Innovation and Impact 4. Advocacy and Community Building

Mission By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, we ensure that every child in San Francisco has the opportunity to reach their full potential

By executing this strategic plan, Children’s Council, its Board, staff, funders and partners will be working hard together to make our aspirational Vision a reality for children and families in San Francisco. We look forward to updating you on our progress.

Sincerely,

Gina M. Fromer CEO, Children’s Council of San Francisco

Anna Nordberg Board Chair, Children’s Council of San Francisco

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Children’s Council becomes an increasingly efficient and collaborative organization that possesses the technological infrastructure required to execute work on time and on budget, that articulates and demonstrates its impact to the broader community, and that delivers a clear and

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Children’s Council becomes a more diverse, equitable,

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enjoyable and inclusive place to work in which staff across all functions are increasingly engaged

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in the ways in which their departments contribute to the organization’s mission, staff consistently exceed expectations in their responsibilities and become

Optimizing and integrating our internal information systems

excellent ambassadors of Children’s Council

STRATEGIES Investing heavily in our internal culture

Engaging with staff, funders and partners

Ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion across staff, board and programs

Identifying and prioritizing new funding opportunities

Operationalizing a new cash reserves approach and policy

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Children’s Council is a principal contributor in state and local conversations around Early Care & Education, representing the specific needs of families and educators in its network and supported by a robust, active and engaged community.

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Children’s Council possesses deep and institutionalized partnerships and innovative programs designed to meet the precise needs of children, families and early

Convening and building a coalition of parents and educators in San Francisco

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Developing an internal policy framework and advocacy plan

STRATEGIES Developing and implementing an impact, learning and evaluation framework

Creating and implementing a human-centered design approach to program design

Institutionalizing strategic partnerships with community organizations

Creating an external facing policy agenda

Board of Directors Anna Nordberg, Chair Deborah Sims, Vice Chair Marga Dusedau, Treasurer Shara Chang, Secretary Omar Butler Elisabeth Diana Victoria Fram Jessica Hilberman Sophie Hood George Israel Jim Kirk Gale Mondry Fatima Moore Farris Page Peter Rosberg Chris Thomas Brandy Vause Executive Leadership Team Gina M. Fromer Chief Executive Officer Gwendolyn Cornwell Chief Human Resources Officer Eric Fischer Chief Financial Officer Amie Latterman Chief Advancement Officer Yvette Renteria Chief Strategy and Impact Officer Tiffany Stephens Chief Technology Officer

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