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Welcome toWelcome to

5 Steps to Assessing Community Needs

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Community Assessment: VISTA’s Philosophy

Key principles of VISTA Ending poverty Empowering communities Building capacity Creating sustainable solutions

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Today’s Model/Desired Outcomes

Articulate the value of community assessment as it pertains to your project and service; Define and characterize the various elements involved in

community assessment; Apply the assessment process to your VISTA project

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Meet Our Consultant

Shannon StoberVerve Exchange Consulting

Bozeman, Montana

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Meet Our Member

Jackie TaboneWashington Campus Compact

Whatcom Community College

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Jackie’s VISTA Assignment Whatcom Community College’s VISTA project, called Youth

Connections, aims to increase the number of disengaged, low-income youth that have access to college. In the first year of the project, the VISTA Youth Connections

Coordinator will develop a community assessment plan, develop curriculum, and cultivate partnerships with community partners in order to increase college access for out-of-school youth, homeless youth, and incarcerated youth.

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Where do we begin?

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Community Building Lifecycle

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Community Assessment Process

1. Define the scope 2. Gather data3. Organize key findings 4. Set priorities5. Communicate next steps

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1. Define the Scope

• Frame the problem

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• Frame the problem• Identify the questions to be answered

1. Define the Scope

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• Frame the problem• Identify the questions to be answered• Identify the community

1. Define the Scope

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• Frame the problem• Identify the questions to be answered• Identify the community• Identify beneficiaries

1. Define the Scope

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• Frame the problem• Identify the questions to be answered• Identify the community• Identify beneficiaries• Identify other stakeholders

1. Define the Scope

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2. Gather Data

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Federal Statistics

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What other data sources exist?

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Federal Data ─ Populations at Risk

https://headwaterseconomics.org/tools/populations-at-risk/

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Resources for Assessing Community Experiences

http://ctb.ku.edu/en

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Put yourself out there

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3. Organize Key Findings

Summarize and tease out most salient points Work with supervisor or team to do this Identify categories to sort information Clarify the problem(s) Summarize existing services and resources Identify gaps

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4. Set Priorities Ask essential questions:• What is our vision for the future?• What is being done to support that

vision? • What gaps exist? • What opportunities exist? • Based on our mission, resources, and

skills, which of the opportunities and gaps can we address?

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5. Communicate Next Steps

Communicate your findings and priorities: Organization Partners Stakeholders Beneficiaries

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Wrap up

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Evaluation

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