AFC’s Board and Staff Leadership recently completed a yearlong strategic planning effort that will chart the organization’s direction for the next four years. We approached this activity knowing how critically important it is for an organization to engage in strategic planning. The unpredictability of our nation’s healthcare policy, the rapid changes in technology and use of data, and the changing demographics in our community have made the need for planning especially acute.
Patients, staff, volunteers, donors, businesses, community safety-net partners and governmental entities joined us for focus groups, feedback sessions, discussions and meetings to inform important decisions about who we serve and how. Each of us must now work to make these dreams real and to hold ourselves accountable for the future of AFC. We are committed to pushing toward achievement—developing metrics to measure our progress and making course-corrections along the way.
AFC has a long history of rock-solid core values, a commitment to volunteerism, and a culture that transforms challenges into opportunities. Although the future is always full of uncertainties, we are confident that this plan will guide us as we continue to provide essential care to those in need. Visit www.arlingtonfreeclinic.org/strategicplan to view the complete plan.