Goals – Street Soccer Seattle

As part of our mission to empower homeless individuals to find greater peace and success in their lives, our Board of Directors annually sets one-year goals to help direct Street Soccer Seattle’s growth. These goals give a sense of the new ways we hope to develop as a program over the coming year.

Sustainability

To achieve financial sustainability by broadening our funding base to include corporate partners and grants
To continue to attract talented staff and volunteers that will improve the organization through their involvement
To develop in-house training materials that will inspire and inform good leadership from our new volunteers

Community

To take an active role in developing collaboration among Street Soccer programs regionally, especially through participation and interactions with programs near to Seattle

Communication

To better represent Street Soccer Seattle’s message and mission to the community through the development of new media, including a website and promotional campaign

Reach

To identify and train an outreach coordinator to strengthen our presence among local service providers and the population we serve
To use our team practices to connect 40 young adults annually to our Street Soccer community and the resources and life skills curriculum that we deliver through that community
To better serve Seattle women that are experiencing homelessness and to expand our presence at the national tournament to include a co-ed or women’s team
To take 8 players the Street Soccer USA Cup

Accountability and Growth

To implement the monitoring and self-evaluation procedures established by our national partners at Street Soccer USA in order to measure our impact
To use the above evaluations, along with focus groups and additional research, to develop an annual report to hold ourselves accountable to our stakeholders