Community Assessment Projects
- ASR has conducted dozens of community assessment projects in California, Arizona and Alaska.
- In 2007, ASR won a national award from the Urban Markets Initiative of the Brookings Institution for having one of the best community indicator projects in the country in Santa Cruz County, California.
- Typically, ASR's community assessments include over 130 indicators in six domain areas: the economy, education, health, public safety, the social environment, and natural environment.
- Community Assessment Projects have been used to improve the quality of life in the region, such as an increase in health care coverage and health access, a decrease in teen drug and alcohol use, a decrease in childhood obesity, and improved services for the homeless.
- ASR is currently working on an international effort to create a community indicator handbook so that communities around the world can create their own community assessment projects.
To see some recent community assessment projects, please click here:
Economic Assessments
- ASR works with communities to asess the needs of their most vulnerable populations, especially those who are very low income.
- ASR conducts interviews or surveys with needy residents, including at homeless shelters, food banks, day labor sites, and other sites where concentrations of low income people may be found.
Health Assessments
- ASR has conducted health assessments for a wide range of communities in California, Arizona, and Alaska.
- Typically, the community health assessments include dozens of indicators of health and well-being. Some indicators include:
- health insurance coverage, immunization, prenatal care, infant mortality, teen births, asthma, diabetes, obesity and nutrition, dental care, drug and alcohol use, disabilities, intentional and unintentional injuries, cancer rates, and causes of death.
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