Empowerment Model
A Community Development Organization provides a continuum of activity from direct service to direct action. At St. Christopher House we call this an
Empowerment Model
| Personal Care | Small Group Development | Community Organizing | Coalition Building and Advocacy | Political Action |
individual counsel and education crisis intervention
info and referral | self-help and peer support groups validate that individuals are not alone in their difficulties enhance self image as capable, worth and powerful | group development community outreach and education needs assessment and issue identification networking + advocacy | Interorganizational networking and cooperation advocacy to influence private and public policy choices | direct political action through various political processes |
