Strategic Priorities
Strengthening access requires more than good intentions. It requires shared infrastructure that helps communities understand what resources exist, strengthen coordination across partners, and create clearer pathways to support. Oklahoma Resource Access Network, Inc.’s strategic priorities reflect the systems-level work needed to make resource access more accurate, coordinated, and connected across Oklahoma.
Community
Resource Infrastructure
Focus Area 1: Resource Mapping and Verification
Ongoing research, review, verification, outreach validation, and maintenance that helps build a clearer picture of Oklahoma’s community resource landscape. Before information is published through the Oklahoma Resource Hub, organization and program details are reviewed, verified, and validated through direct outreach so people and partners can access clearer, more current pathways to support.
Focus Area 2: Oklahoma Resource Hub
A dynamic Oklahoma-centered platform designed to turn verified and validated resource information into real connection. The Oklahoma Resource Hub brings together searchable organization and program profiles, clear pathways to services and opportunities, and partner-managed tools for sharing updates, events, job fairs, job opportunities, stories, and other community information. Together, these features help people, partners, and communities stay informed, take action, and stay connected across Oklahoma’s community resource ecosystem.
Community Collaboration Infrastructure
Focus Area 1: Oklahoma Resource Collaborative
A trust-centered partner network designed to strengthen connection, communication, and coordination across Oklahoma’s community resource ecosystem. The Oklahoma Resource Collaborative creates space for nonprofits, service providers, public agencies, volunteers, and community-minded businesses to build relationships, share updates, identify needs, strengthen referrals, and work together with greater clarity, care, and collaboration.
Focus Area 2: Volunteer Oklahoma
A statewide volunteer connection initiative designed to help Oklahomans find meaningful ways to serve and help community organizations share approved volunteer opportunities. Volunteer Oklahoma creates a clearer pathway for individuals, partners, programs, coalitions, and community events to connect around service needs, strengthen community participation, and support Oklahoma’s broader resource access ecosystem.
Applied Community
Systems Pathways
Focus Area 1: Applied Community Systems Internship and Practicum Pathway
A structured internship, practicum, and service-learning pathway for students who want hands-on experience in community resource systems, nonprofit infrastructure, research, outreach, communications, and public impact work. This focus area supports student learning while helping strengthen the systems, tools, and infrastructure that make resource access clearer and more connected across Oklahoma.
Focus Area 2: Workforce Partner Placements
Structured placement opportunities for participants connected through workforce partners, training programs, or other externally funded pathways. These placements help participants build practical workplace skills in research, verification, outreach, documentation, communication, administration, and community systems work while contributing to Oklahoma’s growing resource access infrastructure.
Focus Area 3: Volunteer Learning Projects
Short-term, structured opportunities for students, volunteers, and community members who want to contribute their time and skills in a meaningful way. These projects may support research, resource updates, outreach preparation, communications, event support, administrative systems, and other defined needs that help strengthen community resource access.