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Community Need Assessment

The document outlines the steps for conducting a community needs assessment, including analyzing needs and available resources, identifying stakeholders and target audiences, analyzing community problems, and using tools like SWOT analysis. The overall process aims to understand issues in a community and make informed decisions about priorities and initiatives.

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Community Need Assessment

The document outlines the steps for conducting a community needs assessment, including analyzing needs and available resources, identifying stakeholders and target audiences, analyzing community problems, and using tools like SWOT analysis. The overall process aims to understand issues in a community and make informed decisions about priorities and initiatives.

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COMMUNITY NEED ASSESSMENT (Process)

STEP-1: COMMUNITY NEEDS AND RESOURCES


Analyse the gap between what a situation is and what should be done. Check the resources that
are available and used to improve the quality of community life.
1.1. Why should you identify local needs and resources?
 To understand the environment.
 To understand public opinion.
 To make decisions about priorities.
1.2 Who benefits from identifying needs and resources?
 Those experiencing the problem.
 Service providers.
 Community leaders.
 Community workers
1.3 When you should identify needs and assets:
 You are planning to start a program.
 You are implementing an initiative.
 Efforts are being reviewed.
1.4 What are the phases of developing your plan?
 Brainstorming: developing preliminary ideas.
 Using what you already have to answer your questions.
 Finalizing questions.
 Identifying your target population.
 Deciding what methods to use.
 Deciding what is missing.
 Deciding if you have the resources to conduct a survey.
1.5 Tools for Collecting Data
 Listening sessions.
 Public forums.
 Assets mapping: One mapping method is to find a large street map of your
community,

STEP-2. IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS AND TARGET AUDIENCE & OUTREACH


METHODS
 Who are the communities and stakeholders who are influenced by your project?
 From whom exactly do you want to solicit feedback?
 What is the best way to reach these communities and individuals?

STEP 3: ANALYSING COMMUNITY PROBLEM


 The problem occurs too frequently (frequency)
 The problem has lasted for a while (duration)
 The problem affects many people (scope, or range)
 The problem is disrupting to personal or community life, and possibly
intense (severity)
 The problem deprives people of legal or moral rights (equity)
 The issue is perceived as a problem (perception)

Step-4. TOOLS IN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING


 SWOT ANALYSIS

STEP-5: ANALYZE, REPORT, AND ACT

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