Conducting a community assessment 7-2011
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1. The document discusses conducting a community assessment to better understand how a community addresses domestic violence and substance abuse issues. It involves gathering information from various community members, agencies, and groups. 2. The goals of a community assessment are to clearly understand how these issues are currently addressed, locate underutilized resources, determine how resources can support new strategies, design effective collaborative strategies, and empower community members. 3. The process of a community assessment involves scanning for existing information, developing a focus, identifying community assets, and analyzing the collected information. Guiding principles are having a clear vision, focusing on specific topics, viewing the community from multiple perspectives, and taking an in-depth look at diversity.
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People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Advocacy represents the strategies devised, actions taken, and solutions proposed to influence change for the betterment of society. The key to successful advocacy and creating a successful strategic plan is to conduct a needs assessment to determine the needs or priorities for a given agency, organization, or community.
A needs assessment is a systematic way of determining the gap between what an agency, organization, or community has and what is desired to meet the needs of individuals, groups, communities, or societies. The needs assessment will reveal whether there
may
be unmet services. It can then provide information about those needs and help inform your planning to meet them. The needs assessment also consists of planning
who
you need to target,
how
you will effectively gather new data, and/or how you will use existing data to inform your planning decisions.
To prepare:
Think about the needs of the agency, organization, or community that you identified as being the focus for your strategic plan.
Consider how you might collect data from stakeholders regarding met and unmet needs.
By Day 7
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
Outline/describe steps you would take to conduct a needs assessment.
State which stakeholders you would contact and why you would contact each.
Develop a stakeholder survey related to your professional or societal issue.
The survey must be at least 10 questions.
Provide a justification for each question on the survey.
Provide a rationale for the type/format of questions on the survey.
State how you would vary items on the survey based on the role of the stakeholders who would complete it (administration, leadership, staff, recipient of surveys).
Support your Application Assignment, citing all resources in APA style, including those in the Learning Resources.
.
People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Adv
People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Advocacy represents the strategies devised, actions taken, and solutions proposed to influence change for the betterment of society. The key to successful advocacy and creating a successful strategic plan is to conduct a needs assessment to determine the needs or priorities for a given agency, organization, or community.
A needs assessment is a systematic way of determining the gap between what an agency, organization, or community has and what is desired to meet the needs of individuals, groups, communities, or societies. The needs assessment will reveal whether there
may
be unmet services. It can then provide information about those needs and help inform your planning to meet them. The needs assessment also consists of planning
who
you need to target,
how
you will effectively gather new data, and/or how you will use existing data to inform your planning decisions.
To prepare:
Think about the needs of the agency, organization, or community that you identified as being the focus for your strategic plan.
Consider how you might collect data from stakeholders regarding met and unmet needs.
By Day 7
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
Outline/describe steps you would take to conduct a needs assessment.
State which stakeholders you would contact and why you would contact each.
Develop a stakeholder survey related to your professional or societal issue.
The survey must be at least 10 questions.
Provide a justification for each question on the survey.
Provide a rationale for the type/format of questions on the survey.
State how you would vary items on the survey based on the role of the stakeholders who would complete it (administration, leadership, staff, recipient of surveys).
Support your Application Assignment, citing all resources in APA style, including those in the Learning Resources.
...
People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Adv.docx
People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Advocacy represents the strategies devised, actions taken, and solutions proposed to influence change for the betterment of society. The key to successful advocacy and creating a successful strategic plan is to conduct a needs assessment to determine the needs or priorities for a given agency, organization, or community.
A needs assessment is a systematic way of determining the gap between what an agency, organization, or community has and what is desired to meet the needs of individuals, groups, communities, or societies. The needs assessment will reveal whether there
may
be unmet services. It can then provide information about those needs and help inform your planning to meet them. The needs assessment also consists of planning
who
you need to target,
how
you will effectively gather new data, and/or how you will use existing data to inform your planning decisions.
To prepare:
Think about the needs of the agency, organization, or community that you identified as being the focus for your strategic plan.
Consider how you might collect data from stakeholders regarding met and unmet needs.
By Day 7
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
Outline/describe steps you would take to conduct a needs assessment.
State which stakeholders you would contact and why you would contact each.
Develop a stakeholder survey related to your professional or societal issue.
The survey must be at least 10 questions.
Provide a justification for each question on the survey.
Provide a rationale for the type/format of questions on the survey.
State how you would vary items on the survey based on the role of the stakeholders who would complete it (administration, leadership, staff, recipient of surveys).
.
People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Adv.docx
People often use advocacy to create positive change for society. Advocacy represents the strategies devised, actions taken, and solutions proposed to influence change for the betterment of society. The key to successful advocacy and creating a successful strategic plan is to conduct a needs assessment to determine the needs or priorities for a given agency, organization, or community.
A needs assessment is a systematic way of determining the gap between what an agency, organization, or community has and what is desired to meet the needs of individuals, groups, communities, or societies. The needs assessment will reveal whether there
may
be unmet services. It can then provide information about those needs and help inform your planning to meet them. The needs assessment also consists of planning
who
you need to target,
how
you will effectively gather new data, and/or how you will use existing data to inform your planning decisions.
To prepare:
Think about the needs of the agency, organization, or community that you identified as being the focus for your strategic plan.
Consider how you might collect data from stakeholders regarding met and unmet needs.
The Assignment (2–3 pages):
Outline/describe steps you would take to conduct a needs assessment.
State which stakeholders you would contact and why you would contact each.
Develop a stakeholder survey related to your professional or societal issue.
The survey must be at least 10 questions.
Provide a justification for each question on the survey.
Provide a rationale for the type/format of questions on the survey.
State how you would vary items on the survey based on the role of the stakeholders who would complete it (administration, leadership, staff, recipient of surveys).
.
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The document presents a framework for countering violent extremism developed by a collaborative in the Greater Boston region. It identifies seven problem areas, including young people feeling isolated and alienated, making them vulnerable to recruitment. For this problem, the framework suggests goals like reducing isolation and improving access to services. Sample solutions include skills development programs through schools and community organizations, as well as awareness/education initiatives like training for parents and organizations on supporting youth. The framework is intended to increase capacity to protect individuals from extremism through prevention and intervention approaches.
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The document presents a framework for countering violent extremism developed by a collaborative in the Greater Boston region. It identifies seven problem areas, including young people feeling isolated and alienated, making them vulnerable to recruitment. For this problem, the framework suggests goals like reducing isolation and improving access to services. Sample solutions include skills development programs through schools and community organizations, as well as awareness/education initiatives like training for parents and organizations on supporting youth. The framework is intended to increase capacity to protect individuals from extremism through prevention and intervention approaches.
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- A partnership's vision statement should guide the assessment . The vision points you toward the information you need in order to take action; the clearer your vision statement, the more focused and useful your assessment will be. Refer to your vision statement as you make choices about what information to look for and how to interpret what you learn. If your vision statement emphasizes prevention, your assessment will focus on, among other things, young children's health and nutrition. An assessment should focus on specific information topics such as safety of children or resources for families. Don't try to address all topics at once or you may be overwhelmed by the process and lose sight of what you are trying to accomplish. Assessment is an ongoing process . Continuing your review of the community's assets and needs over time will help you fine-tune your activities. In this sense, assessment is closely tied to evaluation (see Chapter 4). Ongoing assessment enables your partnership to respond to changing conditions--both those changed by your partnership and those that are beyond your control. An accurate assessment views the community from multiple perspectives . It recognizes cultural, linguistic, ethnic, and economic diversity as well as special needs. Information from diverse stakeholders including families, community members, and agency staff produces a more complete picture of the community. People's views vary regarding programs, agencies, services, and the relationships between agency staff and community members. People may also have different views on the issues strategies should address. An effective assessment takes an in-depth look at diversity within a community . Because ethnic groups often differ in their opinions about services, you may want to separate some information by ethnicity. You should also note differences among people who may be ethnically similar but culturally or linguistically different--for example, the many groups of people of Hispanic heritage. There may be differences among first-, second- and third-generation immigrants. And don't forget that people who share racial or ethnic backgrounds may or may not live in similar economic and social circumstances. An information coordinator can facilitate information gathering by many participants . This role is often filled by a staff member from one of the partner organizations--perhaps the school district or the department of health and human services. The coordinator should have first-hand knowledge of the community and a thorough understanding of the partnership's vision.