[Partnerships] a few resources on community assessment

[Lisa Deyo]

Hi Folks,

Listed below are a few guides to community assessment that might be helpful to partnerships as they work through options and strategies for their community assessments. The three guides listed below focus on the use of the assessment as a product - - 'an exercise that identifies the strengths, concerns, and conditions in community' and describes 'community 'assets, resources, activities, gaps, barriers, and emerging needs' -- and a process to gain community and agency commitment and support. What made these particular guides stand out for me was the fact that they include strategies for identifying both assets and needs in addition to their practice and action orientation.  Are there other resources that have helped you in the assessment process that you would like to share with colleagues on the listserv?

Charting a Course: Assessing a Community's Strengths and Needs (39 pages) 

By Charles Bruner, Karen Bell, Claire Brindis, Hedy Chang, & William Scarbrough

National Center for Service Integration, 1993.



NCSI Publications may be ordered by fax or mail to: Child and Family Policy Center [www.cfpciowa.org], 218 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1021, Des Moines, IA 50309-4006, Phone: 515-280-9027, Fax: 515-244-8997 $4.00

Know Your Community : A Step-by-Step Guide to Community Needs (138 pages)

by Bryan Samuels, Nilofer Ahsan & Jill Garcia

Family Support America, 1998  $34.31 [http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/home.htm]

Family Support America publications can be ordered by calling or writing to:
20 North Wacker Dr. Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312/338-0900; Fax: 312/338-1522 

Putting the Pieces Together: Comprehensive School-Linked Strategies for Children and Families. Chapter 2: Community Assessment (14 pages)

Found online at http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/css/ppt/chap2.htm.



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