Tips to sustaining a restorative justice program, from the front line.
Mar 29, 2010
from Kris Miner's entry at Restorative Justice and Circles:
I can tell you from the directors seat, here at St. Croix Valley Restorative Justice I am designing a game plan to keep our program going. Some tips:
1.) Hungry dogs hunt harder.... I have checked my percentages of success and failure when it comes to applications, this analysis let me know, to be safe, I need to write for 50% more than what I might expect to get. This gave me a target. A specific measureable target.... My tip – get a target.
2.) Rule of 3. Non-profits have 3 revenue streams. Fees, grants, donations. Balance these three, beat the kettle for all these types of revenue....
3.) Commit to the cause. I love teaching... Into to Restorative Justice.... I am going to take next semester off. I need to commit my time the sustainability of SCVRJP. I am hoping by leaving this joy, on the table (and the income) it will pay off. I am going to ask my board to step up similarly and understand, we need bank!...
4.) Remember abundance. My final tip, is to operate out of abundance (there is enough for all of us) rather than scarcity (I need to get it before you)....
Hope these tips have helped, and if you get to the end of the rainbow, send me some gold!
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I read through the above tips and have been working closely with young people since 2006. I realize RJ will work very well for the age groups that we work with but if you can as well share with me more info on what could be projects for starters as funding for this area is constrained.