MIDTERMS - LESSON 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Community needs assessment helps you identify ______ and ______ in a target community - be it a small neighborhood, urban transit users, or regional healthcare customers.
problems and service gaps
Whenever you’re preparing a policy or an urban planning project, a _____ is required to understand current development priorities and give direction to your project.
needs assessment process
Give the benefits of conducting a community assessment? (4)
• Understand-the perceived and reported needs of your community.
Collect-relevant input from stakeholders.
• Align your policymaking and development efforts with what residents and stakeholders require.
• Increase-buy- in and support of current and upcoming changes.
Community needs assessment is foundational for defining the ___,____,___, and ___ of your project. The exact steps will depend on your project- specific goals. But there are essential elements you can’t skip.
Value
Direction
Result
Acceptance
Give the 5 Steps of an Efficient Community Needs Assessment.
- Define the scope and goals for the community needs Assessment.
- Identify stakeholders and target audience & outreach methods.
- Establish the data you need for further analysis.
- Find right community needs assessment tools
- Once it’s done: analyze, report, and act.
Tools for Community Needs Assessment
There are quite a few tools handling community needs assessment process. A general rule of thumb is to combine as many of these for the best result (as long as they fit your data needs.)
For example, _______ are more standardized and give larger outreach
_______ can help you build personal connections with stake holders.
online surveys
in - person workshops
Give the four tools of community needs assessment
• _____ for data collection from stakeholders and community members
• ______ for analyzing and visualizing community assets and resources
• _______ for smaller outreach
• _______
• Standard and map- based surveys
• Community mapping
• Workshop and focus group meetings
• Individual observations
___________are the most effective tools for conducting the assessment, especially when analyzing urban environments or others spatial aspects. ______can also be used for workshops and in- person meetings to standardize data and prevent a few loud voices from influencing the whole group. So it’s a win-win.
Online surveys with map-based features
Online surveys
____________. Such surveys also allow and documenting more versatile data, for example, with voting and prioritization tools.
Online surveys save time and money for project manager as the data collection and analysis are streamlined and more efficient
Online surveys can also be fun and engaging!
Here are few tips on getting the most out of them:
• To increase motivation and completion rates, _______. Always be transparent about your ____.
• Use ____ and ____ to better visualize problems and planned changes.
• Allow respondents to answer with ____,____, and_____. It’s easier to send a photo of a dysfunctional bike parking lot than to describe it with words.
•explain why the survey is needed
goals
• images and maps
• videos, photos, and voice messages
Community action Plans
A healthy community is a form of _____, people working together to address _____”.
living democracy
what matters to them
•______ is one of the participatory tools used to build the capacity of community members in taking action in accordance with the ___,____,and,____ of the community
• it is a road map for implementing _____ and _____ by clarifying ____, ____, and___.
•The plan describe ______, ______, ____ ( money, people and materials) ______.
•The community action plan
problems, needs, and potential
•community change and delivery of essential services
What will be done, who will do it and how it will be done
•-what the community wants to achieve.
-What activities are required during a specified time period.
-what resources are needed to be successful
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______ becomes a framework for implementing the activities that are decided by the community itself. The focus is more on the process of understanding and _______ rather than just _____
A community action plan
overcoming problems in order rebuild peoples lives
Physical development such as building
_____ or _____for example. It is important to understand that the community should be the main actors in preparing their own community action plan. Producing the action plan helps people to take _____ and _____ forward participatory development planning in order to improve the services important to them. By bringing everyone together to think and discuss about resources and grouping involvement, this tool increases awareness about the skills and resources already available in the community.
Houses, providing health services
or recreational facilities
realistic and concrete steps
________ is a tried tested way of setting out a vision for a community with accompanying set of actions to be delivered over time.
The purpose of this document having reflected on the history of community action planning is to _________, but is also ____ and ____ to local people
Community led action planning
set out an ideal process that is effective and will achieve impact
affordable
accessible
What is Community service?
Community service is done by a person or group of people to benefits others.
Community service is often done ____, so your own community reaps the benefits of your work. ______, though sometimes food and small gifts, like a t-shirt, are given to volunteers
Near where you live
You do not get paid to perform community service
Community service can help any group of people. Give some examples of those
Children
senior citizens
people with disabilities
English language learners.
Shelter animals
Community service can also improve places. Give some example
local park
historic building
scenic area as well
