Planning for a Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment Organizational Standards National Webinar Series Thursday, November 2 nd 2017 Dr. Jarle Crocker | CCAP, NCRT Director of T/TA [email protected]Courtney Kohler | MPA, CCAP, NCRT Senior Associate, T/TA [email protected]
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Planning for a Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment
Organizational Standards National Webinar SeriesThursday, November 2nd 2017
• November 20th at 2:00 PM ESTCommunicating the CNA
Agenda
• A brief overview on the importance of the CNA
• Stage One: Preparing the agency and defining the scope
• Stage Two: Creating an assessment plan
• Stage Three: Creating a data collection plan
The Importance of Community Needs Assessments
What is a Needs Assessment?
A systematic process for creating a profile of the needs and resources of a given community or
target population. (ROMA)
A process of collecting and analyzing a broad array of data and information to develop a
comprehensive picture of a particular community. (Claire Higgins)
How Many Needs Assessments?
Assessments may be required by multiple funders, but multiple assessments should not be necessary.
• Comprehensive assessment
• Collaboration
• Service integration
Connecting the CNA with Other Planning Processes
Community Needs Assessment
Strategic PlanCommunity Action Plan
ROMA and the CNA
• Assessment is the first stage of the ROMA cycle and helps determine:--Who are our customers?--What do they value?--What outcomes should we
aim to achieve?
• Assessment is the foundation of allsubsequent phases
• Assessment is an ongoingprocess
Key CNA Goals and Activities
• Assess the needs and assets within the whole community.• Analyze the underlying causes of poverty• Identify overall service needs of populations, gaps in
services, and barriers to services.• Determine if agency programs match community needs.• Support strategic planning and develop program priorities• Strengthen relationships with key partners and
stakeholders• Build awareness of Community Action and support need for
funding• Develop community consensus on a policy agenda
Organizational Standards: Beyond Compliance
Standard 3.1 • The organization conducted a Community Assessment and issued a report within the past 3 years.
The assessment is comprehensive and covers the whole community
The report is shared with customers, partners, and the community
Technical Assistance Guide
• Guidance on definitionand intent
• Guidance on interpretationand documentation
• Resources to benchmarkperformance andimprove
NASCSP Tools
The Five Stages of the CNA
Scope
1. Prepare the agency and define the Scope
• Choose an agency team
• Identify potential supporters/partners
• Present to leadership
• Introduce assessment concept and choices
• Choose the community to assess
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Roles of the Agency Team
• Sets direction and provides oversight and feedback throughout the assessment process.
• Facilitates linkages with community leaders and organizations.
• Is deeply involved in the analysis of the data.
• Provides long-term support for follow-up and implementation of recommendations.
• Develop a budget
Who should be on the team?
• Program Managers
• Planning and development staff
• Board Members
• Community partners
• Expert consultants
Potential CNA Supporters
Ask: Who has a shared interest in CNA data?
• Public agencies
• Other service providers
• United Ways
• Universities and community colleges
• Community foundations
• Hospital systems
• Private sector
Tips for Stage One
• Engage key stakeholders and sectors from the start
• Involve your board in multiple ways--Create a sub-committee--Engage other key partners and stakeholders--Access resources to support the process--Help with interview and research outreach
• Define your audience and how the information will be used
Choosing the Target Community
• Consider looking at multiple levels – zip code/census tract, neighborhood, city/county, region
• Don’t exclude communities outside of your service area
• Use the boundary discussion to identify key stakeholders to engage
• Make sure to target stakeholders beyond your client population
• Define what it means to be in poverty
How do You Define Poverty?• Supplemental Poverty Measure“The SPM extends the official poverty measure by taking account
of many of the government programs designed to assist low-income families and individuals that are not included in the
current official poverty measure.”
Choose Your Categories
• Community Commons Online Tool
• Domains of CSBG Act• Employment• Education• Income Management • Housing• Emergency Services
• Nutrition• Self Sufficiency• Health• Services for Youth • Services for Senior
Citizens
• Population Profile• Employment• Education• Housing
• Income• Nutrition• Health Care
Consider…
• What domains did you use in your last needs assessment?
• Did the way you organized your domains create any challenges with data collection?
• Are you considering any changes to how you organize your domains?
Assessment Plan
2. Create an Assessment Plan
• Develop your “Data Collection Planning Matrix”
• Brainstorm assets and needs
• Create “wish lists” organized by type
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The Data Collection Planning Matrix
• Developed by the Agency Team and/or consultant• Helps the team to brainstorm what potential
types of data to collect • Helps organize the data into the three ROMA
levels of individual/family, organizations/agencies, and community
• Helps to identify potential challenges with domains and data collection
• Helps streamline the data collection process by prioritizing what data to collect
• Use a three year time frame if possible to allow for identification of trends
• Sequence the data collection to start with quantitative methods
• Pair data collection methods with types of stakeholders and data collection needs (e.g. surveys for customers; key informant interviews for partners)
• Sequence quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g. follow up surveys with focus groups)
• Consider connections to the strategic planning process
Quantitative
(Quantity – confirms)
oNumerical/Statistical
oDemographic
o Economic
o Social
Can be time consuming... Solution?
• Web Based Data Tool – Comprehensive tool to collect secondary
data • Provide comprehensive data in one location
• Trustworthy source
• Frees up time to focus on primary data and assets
– State & National Tools
– University of Missouri – CARES & IP3
Web-Based Tool
Web-Based Tool
CAP Hub
• Indicators = 39
• National level data sources • (i.e. US Census Bureau Decennial Census, American Community
Survey, US Dept of Labor, etc)
What’s in it?
Qualitative
(Quality – explores)
o Narrative, themes, perceptions
o Available community resources
o At-risk or threatened resources
o Unmet community needs
o Current barriers to accessing services
External
o Key Informant Interviews
o Community Forums
o Focus Groups
o Surveys
Internal
o Agency Capacity
o Surveys
Qualitative - External
Community Forums
SurveysFocus
Groups
Key Informant Interviews
Re-Engage the Board
• Review the scope
• Review the data collection plan
• Roles the board will play in data collection and review
– This toolkit, created by the Partnership’s Organizational Standards Center of Excellence walks through the documentation required for each of the Standards related to Needs Assessments.
• A Community Action Guide to Comprehensive Community Needs Assessments– The toolkit, written by the National Association for State Community Services
Programs (NASCSP) in July 2011 walks through the assessment process at large with specific information for this standard starting on page 32.
• Community Needs Assessment Guide and TDHCA Submission Requirements– This toolkit from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
provides survey, focus group, and interview templates in addition to larger guidance on the assessment process.
• Community Needs Assessment Tool Kit– This toolkit, written by the Missouri Association for Community Action and
Missouri State CSBG Office in April 2009 walks through the assessment process with specific information for this standard “Statistical Data,” “Agency Gathered Data” and “Conditions of Poverty and Issue Areas” on pages 7-30.
This presentation was created by the National Association of Community Action Agencies – Community Action Partnership, in the performance of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services Grant Number, 90ET0465. Any
opinion, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.