Governors Advisory Council Strategic Planning Committee

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Governors Advisory Council Strategic Planning
Committee

• FINAL SURVEY RESULTS and STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW
• March 28, 2007

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NJ Community Survey

• Launched January 5
• 750 direct emails leveraged to 10,000
  (estimated) recipients
• Posted to State Website
• 2162 Responses
• 60 Individuals
• 40 Organizations

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Final Survey Results Demographics

• Individuals 1290 (60)
• All 21 counties represented
• Bergen (14), Morris (14), Mercer (8)

• Orgs 872 (40)
• All 21 counties represented
• Morris (15), Mercer (12), Bergen (7)

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Final Survey Results Activity

• Individuals
• 353,312 volunteer hours annually

• Organizations
• 373,124 volunteers used or provided
• 7,110,000 volunteer hours annually

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Final Survey Results Community Needs Survey
List

• Advocacy
• Animal Welfare
• Arts and Culture
• Child Welfare
• Correctional Institutions Prison Services
• Disabled
• Disaster Preparedness
• Domestic Violence
• Drug Education and Rehabilitation
• Education (K-12)
• Education (Post-high school)
• Emergency Services
• Environment
• Faith-based Instruction or Service

• Health Services
• Homelessness Housing Services
• Hunger
• Immigrant Refugee Services
• Jobs Training
• Literacy for Adults
• Literacy for Children
• Recreation
• Senior Citizens Services
• Womens Rights
• Workforce Development Training
• Youth Services

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Final Survey Results Priority Community Needs

• Observation 1
• Among all respondents, Emergency Services tops
  list
• Major focus on children and families in top five
  (child welfare homelessness/housing services
  K-12 education)
• Environment also in top five stronger among
  individuals vs. organizations
• Organizations more focused on children/families
  than individuals Same with Corporations vs Non
  Profits
• Geographic consistency North vs. South Jersey
  counties

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Final Survey Results Priority Community Needs
All Responses
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Final Survey Results Will More Volunteers
Improve Conditions?

• Observation 2
• Volunteers are viewed as important resource to
  create change across a wide range of issues
• Emergency Services/Environment in top of list
  Children and Youth continue strong
• Seniors move into top tier
• All issues have a constituency

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Final Survey Results Will More Volunteers
Improve Conditions?
All Responses
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Final Survey Results Program Priorities

• Programs Tested
• Matching people interested in volunteering with
  opportunities
• Training agencies in volunteer management
• Training individual volunteers
• Encouraging youth
• Encouraging retirees
• Encouraging businesses to support workplace
  volunteering
• Recognizing volunteers
• Creating/enhancing partnerships

• Observation 3
• More than 75 of respondents see all programs
  listed as high or very high priority, save
  training volunteers
• Encouraging youth and business, and matching
  volunteers top list
• Consistent by respondent type and geographically

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Final Survey Results Program Priorities All
Responses
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Final Survey ResultsKnowledge of Programs

• Observation 4
• Organizations (GAC, GOV) have 50 recognition,
  but little direct involvement
• State programs (Conference, Awards, Volunteer NJ)
  low recognition (below 50)
• Federal programs and Volunteer Centers better
  recognized
• Volunteer Center participation relatively high
• Recognition higher among organizations than
  individuals

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Final Survey Results Knowledge of Programs All
Responses
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Observations Summary

• Observation 1
• Among all respondents, Emergency Services tops
  list
• Major focus on children and families in top five
  (child welfare homelessness/housing services
  K-12 education)
• Environment also in top five stronger among
  individuals vs. organizations
• Organizations more focused on children/families
  than individuals Same with Corporations vs Non
  Profits
• Geographic consistency North vs. South Jersey
  counties
• Observation 2
• Volunteers viewed as important resource to create
  change across a wide range of issues
• Emergency Services/Environment in top of list
  Children and Youth continue strong
• All issues have a constituency

• Observation 3
• More than 75 of respondents see all programs
  listed as high or very high priority, save
  training volunteers
• Encouraging youth and business, and matching
  volunteers top list
• Consistent by respondent type and geographically
• Observation 4
• Organizations (GAC, GOV) have 50 recognition,
  but little direct involvement
• State programs (Conference, Awards, Volunteer NJ)
  low recognition (below 50)
• Federal programs and Volunteer Centers better
  recognized
• Volunteer Center participation relatively high
• Recognition higher among organizations than
  individuals

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Survey Conclusions

• Volunteering important resource serving wide
  constituency across broad set of issues
• Increasing volunteers yields positive impact on
  critical issues.
• Focus on children and youth will generate
  greatest support across the state from
  individuals and organizations
• Addressing needs of children and families
• Encouraging youth volunteering
• Volunteer Centers provide key infrastructure
  well utilized resource that can be even stronger
• Business can play greater role by expanding
  workplace volunteering
• Providing information broadly about programs and
  resources important to increase participation

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Strategic Plan

• Purpose Fulfill GACs mandate to
• Advise Governor
• Advise Support Office of Volunteering
• Identify and Prioritize Community Needs
• Process
• GAC Review, Comment Approval
• Present to Secretary of State/Governor
• Work with GOV on Operations Plan/Budget to
  Implement Recommendations, with a Three-year Time
  Horizon
• Monitor, Measure, Course Correct as Needed

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Backup
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Final Survey Results Community Needs Order of
Priority

• Environment
• Child Welfare
• Homelessness Housing Services
• Emergency Services
• Education (K-12)
• Disaster Preparedness
• Youth Services
• Health Services
• Senior Citizens Services
• Hunger
• Domestic Violence
• Disabled

• Advocacy
• Drug Education Rehabilitation
• Jobs Training
• Workforce Development Training
• Animal Welfare
• Child Literacy
• Arts Culture
• Recreation
• Adult Literacy
• Education (Post HS)
• Immigrant Refugee Services
• Correctional/Prison Services
• Faith Based Instruction Services
• Womens Rights

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Final Survey Results Priority Community Needs
Response Type
Individuals
All Responses
More Family/Child Focus in Organizations
Organizations
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Final Survey Results Priority Community Needs
Corps vs NPs
Corporations
All Responses
Corporations (vs NPs) more focused on
children/families
Non Profits
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Final Survey Results Priority Community Needs
Geographic
North Jersey
All Responses
Consistent Top Three Geographically
South Jersey
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Final Survey Results Program Priorities
Respondent Type
Individuals
All Responses
Organizations
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Final Survey Results Program Priorities -
Geographic
North Jersey
All Responses
South Jersey
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Final Survey Results Knowledge of Programs
Respondent Type
Individuals
Organizations
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Final Survey Results Knowledge of Programs
Geographic
South Jersey
North Jersey