In August 2002, the Kansas Community Action Network launched the KanDo! Project to develop and implement an outcomes-based system. The primary strategy to achieve this Project’s goal was the formation of the KanDo! Taskforce, a statewide taskforce comprised of members from the eight Kansas Community Action Agencies, the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs (KACAP) and the Kansas Housing Resource Corporation (KHRC). To provide direction for the Taskforce’s activities, the KanDo! Implementation Plan was developed. This document outlined the Project’s vision, mission and goals. As a strategy to fulfill the Project’s mission and achieve its goals, the Taskforce developed the KanDo! Plan.
VISION
Kansas is a progressive example of Community Action at its best where people, communities, and agencies actively and successfully partner to eliminate poverty.
MISSION
The KanDo! Taskforce’s mission is to develop and implement an outcomes-based system that would enable the Network to demonstrate community action’s effectiveness and fiscal accountability to the people of Kansas, community partners, funding sources, staff, Boards of Directors, and policy makers.
GOALS
The Kansas Network has an outcomes-based system that, at a minimum, meets all federal and state regulatory standards; The Kansas Network is knowledgeable about the outcomes-based system; The Kansas Network has an information management process that will enable outcome data to be captured and comparatively aggregated; and The Kansas Network fully integrates a results-oriented and accountable system in all processes including planning, organizing, directing, and evaluation.