Community assessment tools
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Assessing your community’s strengths, weaknesses, needs, and assets is an essential first step in planning an effective project. By taking the time to learn about your community, you can discover the best opportunities for service and maximize your club’s ability to make an impact.
Learn how to combine or adapt the following six assessments to best suit your club’s resources and the preferences of community members:
Community meeting
Asset inventory
Survey
Interview
Focus group
Community mapping
Learn how to ensure your grant application for Foundation funding of your project demonstrates:
At least two involved stakeholder groups that represent the community fairly
A formal methodology
Assessment more than infrastructure
A description of the current situation in the community, including assets and needs
An explanation of the connection between the project and community assessment
Community assessment tools
