State Operational Plan

State/Territory/District
APS Contact Information

Grants and Timeline

Add funding amounts for each grant listed. List includes future anticipated grants and projected funding amounts. For years 2025-2027, use the projected 2024 award amount as anticipated funding. Note: If you anticipate APRA funds are going to be spent by September 30, 2024, please record N/A in the amount section.

Award	Amount
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021: Grants to Enhance Adult Protective Services	$
Elder Justice Act Grants – 2023 Grant	$
Elder Justice Act Grants – 2024 Grant	$
Elder Justice Act Grants – 2025 Grant	$
Elder Justice Act Grants – 2026 Grant	$
Elder Justice Act Grants – 2027 Grant	$

1) Vision 2028 The vision clarifies what your Elder Justice Act funding aspires to become and achieve. It is designed to inspire by providing a picture of where the program is heading through 2028. Note: States may use prior operational plan vision statements, if applicable.

2) Mission Statement Mission and values statements can be an effective tool to educate the public, including state and local government officials, state government agencies, provider agencies, and service recipients as to what APS is and how it does business. Mission statements answer four key questions about your APS program: Who do we serve? What needs do they have that we can fulfil? How do we meet those needs? How do we make the clients' lives better? Does it link directly to the vision statement? Note: States may use prior operational plan mission statements if applicable.
3) Guiding Principles/Core Values Guiding principles or core values guide internal processes and client interactions for your APS program. Note: States may use prior operational plan guiding principles/core values if applicable.

4) Environmental Scan

An environmental scan is a description of your environment and is intended to be completed annually. It could be in narrative form or summarized in a chart that looks at your program’s strengths and weaknesses as well as the threats and opportunities created by factors in the external environment that you do not control.

Tell us what is going on in your operating environment that caused you to choose the targeted improvements. Provide context and justification for each improvement.

SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. A SWOT analysis is a tool to assess the environment your organization operates in and can be helpful in performing your environmental scan. It looks at forces both inside and outside of your organization, some of which are within your control and some of which are not.

Performing a SWOT analysis can help you challenge assumptions and identify potentially dangerous blind spots about your organization's capabilities. The SWOT process is most effective when done collaboratively with many partners and stakeholders.

A SWOT template is provided below.

For more information, see Environmental Scan Toolkit in Huddle.

For an example of SWOT use in other government agencies, see “Conducting a SWOT Analysis for Evaluation Planning” on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.

Annual SWOT

Internal	Strengths	Weaknesses
External	Opportunities	Threats

Additional Information

5) Goals for Program Improvement These are goals to be met to move your APS program from current practices to your vision. Now that you have new funds targeted for your work with APS, what can be enhanced or improved in your current program? These goals must meet the APS Formula Grant requirements. It is recommended these goals become SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely). Using the results of your environmental scan, identify key issues that need to be addressed during this planning cycle. These are goals to move your APS program from current practices to your vision #1.
6) Targeted Improvement Projects Using the results of your environmental scan, describe the targeted improvements and enhancements needed for this planning cycle. Your improvements should be concrete, measurable, and complete. Why is this improvement needed? What purpose or need will it fill? What resources will be used? What activities will it entail? What are the direct outputs of the activities? What are the intended results and how will clients benefit? See example on next page.

EXAMPLE: Targeted Improvement Projects Using the Logic Model Format Structure

Purpose/Need to Be Filled by EJA Funds	Inputs (Resources Deployed)	Activities	Outputs from Investment	Short-Term Outcomes	Long-Term Outcomes
Based on the environmental scan, what needs of your APS program will be served by the EJA funds? Should be a clear “connection” with the environmental scan items, the Federal Rule, and the APS Logic Model.	Example People, financial, organizational, or community resources directed toward doing the activity.	Improvement projects. Identify the “what” for each targeted improvement, with enough context and information to explain.	Direct products of program activities. May include types, levels, and targets of services to be delivered by the program. Examples include number of people served, number of events held, and number of units of service provided.	Specific changes in behavior, knowledge, skills, status, or level of functioning in one year. Internal benefits.	Specific changes in behavior, knowledge, skills, status, or level of functioning. Long-term outcomes should be achievable within the two- to five-year timeframe of grants. (2028) Benefits to your clients.

Purpose/Need to Be Filled by EJA Funds	Inputs (Resources Deployed)	Activities	Outputs from Investment	Short-Term Outcomes	Long-Term Outcomes