In 2007, the new Congregation of St. Joseph was formed with the combining of seven CSJ Congregations throughout America's heartland. The new Congregation had over 35 ministries under its care and within a year of the Congregation’s formation, CSJ Ministries came into being. CSJ Ministries was created as the “sponsorship arm” of the Congregation, the organization that would be completely dedicated to current and future sponsored ministries of the Congregation. Over the past 10 years, CSJ Ministries has worked to support, encourage, help sustain, and provide leadership for the ministry organizations the Congregation of St. Joseph is proud to sponsor.

The sponsorship structures and processes the Congregation has used in relation to their ministries have worked very well over many years. However, in recent years it has become apparent that these structures no longer fit the changing realities. Emerging realities have led the CSJ Ministries board to assess its historical sponsorship model and begin to envision a new model, a new way for the future. For the past two years the CSJ Ministries Board has been in the process of assessing the current CSJ Sponsorship model and determining what is needed going forward into the future. Collective Impact has been assisting CSJ Ministries through this transformational paradigm shift by providing planning, development, stakeholder engagement, and change management services.

Collective Impact continues our work with the CSJ Ministries Board in visualizing the emergence of the CSJ Mission Network, a flexible, nimble, and adaptive structure whereby all current and future ministers and ministerial outreaches are strongly united by the Congregation’s mission and charism for many years to come … “that all may be one.”

LifeBridge AmeriCorps Program contracted with Collective Impact to conduct a program evaluation for their sponsored AmeriCorps Program. LifeBridge AmeriCorps is a statewide AmeriCorps program that seeks to improve school readiness, academic achievement, job readiness assistance, financial literacy services, long term hunger alleviation, and community service projects in sites throughout West Virginia. The evaluation included two phases. Phase 1 consisted of a review of the program logic model and the various measures and tools used and data currently being collected by the AmeriCorps Program with recommendations for improvement being provided. Phase 2 of the project consisted of a one-year review of data, including the analysis of data and development of an evaluation report to be submitted to the organization upon completion of the project. Overall, the evaluation helped the organization meet the federal requirements for impact evaluation and also demonstrated the impact made by the program to help LifeBridge make necessary changes to its program for future implementation.

“Collective Impact made it easy for us to share ideas and engage community partners which lead to a comprehensive product with well-defined deliverables and dates of completion.  I look forward to working with them again in the future.” ~ Ronda Francis, Administrator, Marshall County Health Department, Moundsville, WV

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