CMCS Services
Planning and Evaluation
Like people, non-profits need periodic checkups to ensure everything is working properly. And when the checkup is over, just like people, non-profits need to take steps to address problems uncovered. They can also have new ideas they want to introduce.
At CMCS, we are experts at both evaluating non-profits and developing plans to foster their well being. Those plans can be long-term or strategic, pointing your organization in the right direction. Or they can be one-year plans designed to move you incrementally towards your chosen future. The operating plans we prepare are usually for Executive Directors and their management teams, but we do plans for Boards as well. Every Board should have a year plan that is different and complementary to that of Management.
Since we set up shop as a private company in 2001, we have created over 50 plans for our customers across Ontario. Each plan starts with an evaluative component. Most of what we do is for individual non-profits, but we especially enjoy the challenge of planning for groups of agencies, and for whole service systems.
HR and Risk Management
HR and risk management are two areas many non-profits identify as needing attention. CMCS can help you come to terms with the depth and range of these issues. We can also assist you in formulating ways to address them. A strong HR strategy, well implemented, is critical to most non-profits, since they are staff intensive, and since it is staff that deliver the services they offer.
Effective risk management helps NPOs avoid major problems that eat up time and money, and divert them from their mandate. (A good approach to risk management means you won't end up looking like the guy on the right.)
Both HR and risk management require planning. CMCS will facilitate the process, and draft the plan, adding to the discussion with knowledge obtained from its years of helping community organizations.
Training and Research
Perhaps your need is for staff or Board training. We can provide you with customized packages as part of your orientation process or for in-service development programs. You may want to research a specific issue, such as innovative approaches to residential services for your clientele, or what makes an effective mentoring program. We can do that too!
Interim Adminstration and Management Assistance
Many non-profits lack administrative and management resources. Some are new, while some have existed through the tireless contribution of volunteers. But eventually they reach the point where they need staffing. CMCS offers administrative and management assistance to small non-profits and networking groups. We are also available to fill the gap when an Executive Director leaves an organization by providing interim leadership and helping to recruit a new one.
Current and Past Clients
Current and recent customers include:
- Resources for Exceptional Children and Youth / Best Start Network
- Woodstock District Developmental Services
- Literacy Network of Durham Region
- Community Living York South
- Durham Region Employment Network
- Community Living Ontario
- Participation House Project Durham Region
- Community Living Algoma
- Bruce Peninsula Association for Community Living
- Community Living South Huron
- Elmira District Community Living
- K-W Habilitation Services,
and community living organizations in Prince Edward, Dufferin, Kirkland Lake, Georgina, Guelph Wellington and Durham North
- Hesperus
- Toronto's Job Opportunity Information Network (JOIN)
- FOOTPRINTS autism respite program in Pickering
- New Hope Dwellings
- Muskoka Parry Sound Nipissing District Respite Planning Network
- South West Region Respite Network
- Literacy Ontario Central South.
Since 2001 we have worked with a range of other clients:
Associations for Community Living - Newmarket/Aurora, Toronto, London, Owen Sound, Grimsby Lincoln, Oshawa Clarington, Campbellford Brighton, Port Colborne, and Huntsville.
Other disability organizations and groups - Durham and Four Counties (Haliburton, Kawartha Pine Ridge) Developmental Services Networks, Autism Ontario Durham Region Chapter, Crest Community Services (Lucan), VITA Community Services (Toronto/York Region), Guelph Independent Living, The Employment Alliance (London), Wellington Planning Committee for People with Developmental Challenges, Ministry of Community and Social Services Central East Region Developmental Services Planning Committee, Service Coordination (Ottawa), and Partners in Employment Huron-Perth.
Beyond disability - Colleges of Ontario Network for Education and Training (CON*NECT), Northern Lights Canada, Safe Communities of Pickering Ajax, Greater Belleville Safe Communities, Oshawa Community Health Centre, and the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists.