Community Assessment Training: Setting a Foundation for Program Planning

The community assessment provides a foundation for all of a program’s planning. Key management team members must have knowledge and skills that encompass the specific regulatory requirements, process management, systemic techniques, and data-gathering strategies, plus the necessary skills to analyze and adequately utilize the assessment information for grant development and program planning.

Organizations and programs must align yearly plans for program services with analyzed data from the community. All five-year grants, continuation grants, and new grantee applications per the regulations are mandated in the program design and service delivery approaches area to include the data and results from the community assessment.

In this session, the HGJA team will outline the steps that will assist your program to produce a community assessment of value to your program and community. We will examine these steps from a management and team perspective. The institute will explore how to gather, organize, and prepare the…