Community Needs Assessment is FREE courtesy of Nonprofit Utopia
1 Lesson / 97 Minutes / FREE
A community needs assessment helps us to better understand the strengths and resources available in the community to address community issues and minimize challenges of its citizens. When viewed through the lens of asset-based community development, the assessment focuses on the capabilities of the community, including its citizens, agencies, and organizations.
For a number of reasons, many nonprofit leaders don’t focus on community needs assessments until they are responding to a question on a funding application. Even so, they typically copy and paste the answers from previous proposals. Ideally, community needs assessments should be conducted independently of any proposal writing process. The information gleaned from the process should be used to design relevant programs and services and make informed decisions. This webinar is designed to give you an overview of the community needs assessment process.
You will learn:
-The 7 triggers for a community needs assessment
-The 3 things you must do in order to justify the need for your programs and services.
-What to do when it seems like there are too many players in the market to gain traction
-How to respond to funders’ concerns regarding potential duplication of services
