Building on the principles of partnership and the history of organizational assessment and capacity building, CRS produced the organizational capacity assessment indices in this manual under a USAID FFP Title II Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) grant. The goal of the ICB is, ―to reduce food insecurity in vulnerable populations through three Strategic Objectives (SOs) and eight Intermediate Results (IRs).‖ Strategic Objective One (SO1) addresses vulnerability, cross-sectoral approaches to risk management, and the gap between emergency and development programs. SO2 focuses on HIV/AIDS and water insecurity, due to the gravity and scale of these problems in relation to food security and the complex responses required to address these problems. SO3 centers on building community and private voluntary organization (PVO) capacities to understand and influence critical decisions and factors affecting food insecurity.