Vital Village Networks Strategic Planning Survey

Questions for all respondents

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Vital Village Networks is currently undertaking a strategic planning process. This process will establish goals and develop a strategy for the coming years. We’re doing this with the support of a local consulting firm, Strategy Matters.

Participation in this survey will provide the consulting team with your unique perspective. Your perspective is imperative to develop a comprehensive strategic plan.

Our consulting team will keep your responses confidential. They will share information from the survey only as averages and totals. They may share phrases or quotes only if it is certain they are not identifiable.

This survey should take about 10-20 minutes to complete. Please answer candidly. Contact Amanda Santos Jewell, Project Manager, amanda@strategymatters.org, with any questions.

Question Title

* 1. What is your relationship to Vital Village Networks? Check all that apply.

Funder

Design Committee Member

National Advisory Board Member

Partner Organization

Member of Vital Village Networks [individual]

Member of Committee or Team within Vital Village

Volunteer

Research and Evaluation Member

Staff - Director

Staff - Senior Coordinator

Staff - Coordinator

Staff - Manager

Staff - Associate

Staff - Other

VISTA Service Member

Research Intern

Student Intern or Practicum

Other

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* 2. Vital Village’s current mission statement is: “Vital Village is a network of residents and agencies committed to maximizing child, family, and community wellbeing.”

To do this, Vital Village aligns preventive efforts across sectors, embeds community-driven preventive strategies in the context of existing systems, connects and strengthens opportunity structures that support protective factors and family strengths, and couples community-based participatory research and improvement science methodology to drive progress.

Please rate how well Vital Village is:

	Extremely Well	Well	Somewhat Well	Not Well	Poor	Not Sure
Supporting cross sector collaborations	Supporting cross sector collaborations Extremely Well	Supporting cross sector collaborations Well	Supporting cross sector collaborations Somewhat Well	Supporting cross sector collaborations Not Well	Supporting cross sector collaborations Poor	Supporting cross sector collaborations Not Sure
Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being	Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being Extremely Well	Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being Well	Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being Somewhat Well	Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being Not Well	Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being Poor	Increasing access to tools and resources to improve child, family and community well-being Not Sure
Disseminating data on child family and community well-being	Disseminating data on child family and community well-being Extremely Well	Disseminating data on child family and community well-being Well	Disseminating data on child family and community well-being Somewhat Well	Disseminating data on child family and community well-being Not Well	Disseminating data on child family and community well-being Poor	Disseminating data on child family and community well-being Not Sure
Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes	Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes Extremely Well	Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes Well	Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes Somewhat Well	Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes Not Well	Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes Poor	Supporting partners to define aims and track outcomes Not Sure
Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development	Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development Extremely Well	Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development Well	Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development Somewhat Well	Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development Not Well	Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development Poor	Empowering individuals through advocacy and leadership development Not Sure
Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations	Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations Extremely Well	Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations Well	Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations Somewhat Well	Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations Not Well	Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations Poor	Growing and expanding social networks for families and organizations Not Sure
Building community capacity to promote child well being	Building community capacity to promote child well being Extremely Well	Building community capacity to promote child well being Well	Building community capacity to promote child well being Somewhat Well	Building community capacity to promote child well being Not Well	Building community capacity to promote child well being Poor	Building community capacity to promote child well being Not Sure