HOW SMAART ARE QOL PLAN GOALS?Group Exercise

Actual QoL Plan Goals• For each goal

• Is it SMAART?• Why or why not?• Can anything be done to make it SMAARTer?

Examples• By 2013, develop housing for youth in 46807 who are

aging out of foster care

• Improve K-12 educational opportunities for the neighborhood

• Develop a family literacy program reaching 50% of South Central Elkhart families by 2016 to support strong families

• Increase availability of employment services

• Address high foreclosure rates

Examples• Improve the character of the neighborhood by adding 10 park

benches and planters to key locations by 2016

• The Cultural Trail is complete through Fountain Square and Fletcher Place

• Improve housing conditions

• Reduce the negative impact of at least 95 vacant and abandoned or substandard housing units in Census Tract 6 by strategic rehabilitation of single family homes, production of quality market rate and affordable rental housing, demolition and redevelopment and other measures by end of 2018

Examples• Engage in the city’s initiative for Lincoln Way West

• Increase the number of residents who obtain a GED to 500 in South Central Elkhart through current resources by 2014

• Create a more connected, beautiful Creighton-Home neighborhood

• Develop tools for marketing and communication to connect residents and potential residents to service providers, organizations, the faith community, and educational institutions