Objectives over the next three-year period are as follows:
- Continue to improve the infrastructure of our organization
- Recruit additional members for the Aftermath Foundation Board of Directors and Executive Committee
- Focus on individuals with experience in board governance, accounting, law, and members interested in providing financial support to non-profit organizations
- Recruit additional volunteers for key areas (fundraising, translations, website, policy and law)
- Develop an active membership base
- Establish a European presence
- Educate the general public about the nature and impact of psychopathy
- Regularly add resources, respond to frequently asked questions, and publish articles relevant to psychopathy on the Aftermath website
- Develop web based programs and or workshops for members and the general public
- Educate professionals about the nature and impact of psychopathy
- Present workshops to train therapists and counselors to deal more effectively with psychopathic individuals and include psychologists and psychiatrists as target groups
- Present workshops to train attorneys and judges to deal more effectively with psychopathic individuals
- Identify and partner with psychiatric, medical, religious, law enforcement, political, and self-help organizations interested in learning more about working with psychopathic individuals
- Develop web based programs and or workshops for professionals
- Help individuals to make contact with knowledgeable professionals
- Contact 2 psychological organizations and associations annually to identify psychologists with expertise in psychopathy. Send out our survey for professionals when appropriate.
- Increase our referral network
- Complete / improve database for tracking requests for help and outcomes in a database
- Raise money to support our mission
- Implement Funding Strategic Plan
- Improve our listing on internet sites related to foundations
- Develop a marketing plan to promote our foundation
- Develop professional membership page on the website
- Research
- Consider how best to encourage research into the impact of psychopathic personality traits.
- Continue to provide financial support when possible to promising research proposals.
- Promote the Aftermath Foundation Graduate Student Research Award and select winner annually
- Policy and Law
- Determine areas where laws and policies should be changed
- Form committee to study family law issues and policies
- Media
- Expand the visibility of the Aftermath Foundation on the internet as well as in more traditional media outlets (e.g., radio, television, print media)
- Promote the Aftermath Foundation Media Award and select winner annually