Assignment 2: RA 1: Human Service Needs Assessment Report
Over the past two decades, the terms "accountability" and "program evaluation" have become the focus within the human services arena. Due to budgetary constraints and decrease in availability of public funding, the competition for scarce resources has increased. This increased competition has subjected human services agencies to an intense examination where requests for resources are scrutinized carefully.
The first step to conducting a program evaluation is to conduct a
needs assessment
to determine and justify the reason for carrying out the evaluation of a particular program. A need can be defined as the gap between what is and what should be and can be experienced by an individual, a group, or an entire community.
Tasks:
Using at least 3–5 scholarly resources from the professional literature, research human service needs assessment. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).
Create a 7- to 9-page report in a Microsoft Word document, including the following:
Identify a program at a social agency or other human services program to which you have access and provide a description of the organizational context including the mission and objectives of the program and why an evaluation is being considered.
Conduct a
needs assessment
using concepts presented previously to confirm and explain the scope of the problem, the perceived versus actual gap in service, the affected population, whether the need is changing, and in what manner the need may be changing.
Identify possible resources to meet the perceived needs. Discuss what existing resources can be used, what additional information would be needed, and what sources for obtaining data you would use.
Identify the stakeholders who need to be included in the assessment and subsequent evaluation.
Analyze the interpersonal, political, and ethical considerations of interacting with decision makers and stakeholders who may have conflicting priorities and determine strategies for reconciling those priorities.
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1. Assignment 2: RA 1: Human Service Needs Assessment Report
Over the past two decades, the terms "accountability" and
"program evaluation" have become the focus within the human
services arena. Due to budgetary constraints and decrease in
availability of public funding, the competition for scarce
resources has increased. This increased competition has
subjected human services agencies to an intense examination
where requests for resources are scrutinized carefully.
The first step to conducting a program evaluation is to conduct
a
needs assessment
to determine and justify the reason for carrying out the
evaluation of a particular program. A need can be defined as the
gap between what is and what should be and can be experienced
by an individual, a group, or an entire community.
Tasks:
Using at least 3–5 scholarly resources from the professional
literature, research human service needs assessment. The
literature may include the Argosy University online library
resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles,
and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or
institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).
Create a 7- to 9-page report in a Microsoft Word document,
including the following:
Identify a program at a social agency or other human services
program to which you have access and provide a description of
the organizational context including the mission and objectives
of the program and why an evaluation is being considered.
Conduct a
needs assessment
using concepts presented previously to confirm and explain the
scope of the problem, the perceived versus actual gap in
service, the affected population, whether the need is changing,
and in what manner the need may be changing.
Identify possible resources to meet the perceived needs. Discuss
2. what existing resources can be used, what additional
information would be needed, and what sources for obtaining
data you would use.
Identify the stakeholders who need to be included in the
assessment and subsequent evaluation.
Analyze the interpersonal, political, and ethical considerations
of interacting with decision makers and stakeholders who may
have conflicting priorities and determine strategies for
reconciling those priorities.
