RISE UP! 5 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN SUMMARY
APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS APRIL 14TH 2015
Achieving our 2020 Vision
Since 1994, over 1000 students have been influenced though mentoring, small groups, camps and ball
teams. Looking back, the 250 students who were in our program for at least 3 years were the most
impacted. Dozens of these students attended or will attend college or post high school training. Therefore,
to achieve our 2020 vision of impacting 500 youth, another 150 students participating for 3 years or more
are needed.
Key Impact Areas
We will serve the children of the central district of Johnson City to be relationally successful through life-onlife relationship building and providing life skills training and tools with the hope that participants will
become followers of Christ and positive contributors to our community. Our programs will be focused on
impacting the following areas of our children’s lives:
Spiritual formation – Participants will see themselves as God sees them with a sign of tangible and regular
spiritual input in their lives (e.g. profession of faith in Christ, regular involvement in a home church, ministry
involvement, etc.)
Life skill development – Programming will be centered around and evaluated on our 10 primary life skills
which helps students fully engage and function successfully in their world: Career Planning, Goal setting,
Decision making, Social skills, Media literacy, Financial literacy, Community service, A gospel centered life,
Physical self-care, Self-learning.
Key Programs
We will support our students through these specific programs using known best practices and emphasizing
the importance of students being in multiple programs:
a. Long-term small groups
b. One-on-one Mentoring
i. Provide mentors for each Small Group youth
ii. Lunch Buddy program through 21st Century Grant
c. After school programming
i. Emphasize Quest Day to drive spiritual development
ii. Emphasize Servant and Leadership Training (SALT) program (job training)
Financial Support
To support our 5 year vision we must grow the percentage of dollars we take in through our “private”
funding base to 70% of total by 2020 so that we become less dependent on the federal grant funding
cycles. Our goal of impacting 500 children by 2020 will require greater and more stable financial resources.
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RISE UP! 5 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN SUMMARY
APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS APRIL 14TH 2015
Key Measures & Goals Per Fiscal Year
Cumulative students in programs 3 years or more
Cumulative 1st generation college students
Number of small groups
Students in small groups
Students in one-on-one mentoring
Students in after school programming
Students in more than one program
2015
350
54
13
144
110
80
100
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2016
380
60
15
158
115
80
120
2017
410
70
17
182
120
80
140
2018
440
80
17
182
130
80
160
2019
470
90
19
206
140
80
180
2020
500
100
19
206
150
80
200