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Community
Assessments
Using
tools such as our Community Assessment Project methodology, ASR
can depict a detailed statistical portrait of what communities think,
where they stand, and where they are going. ASR has extensive experience
in community assessments and the assessment of needs, services,
and gaps in a number of specific areas.
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Santa Clara County Community Health Assessment 2007
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This report identifies challenges and opportunities for government agencies, community organizations, and health care organizations to improve the health and quality of life in Santa Clara County.
The report focuses on the recurring issues that affect the overall health status of this community. This year the Community Benefits Coalition has chosen to focus on five key issues: Access to Health Care, Obesity, Chronic Disease, Children's Health, and Senior Health. This report has also been enhanced with local stories and local data that reflect the current efforts of specific programs and partnerships addressing these five key areas.
The goal of this report is to stimulate collaboration and community action to address these issues, in order to improve the health status of the people of Santa Clara County.
Download the entire report:
Download individual report sections:
Download the Executive Summary:
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Santa
Cruz County Community Assessment Project
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The
United Way of Santa Cruz charged ASR with a multi-year study to
assess the quality of life in Santa Cruz County.
The Santa Cruz County Community Assessment
Project has been so successful that the model for this project was
ranked as one of the top five of its kind in the nation by the University
of California, Los Angeles' School of Public Health.
This
comprehensive, far-reaching community assessment uses in-depth telephone
surveys (in English and Spanish), data research and analysis, and
an ongoing collaboration with over 30 community organizations to
profile this rapidly changing community.
The
Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Report is available
online.
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Anchorage Community Assessment Project
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ASR was contracted by the United Way of Anchorage to conduct the Anchorage Community Assessment Project, to provide a comprehensive view of the quality of life in the Municipality of Anchorage. It is based on credible primary and secondary data that are gathered for a series of indicators in six areas: Economy, Education, Health, Public Safety, the Natural Environment, and the Social Environment.
This comprehensive report is a tool for concerned citizens from the private and public sectors to come together to review the numbers and turn them into a picture of where the municipality is headed. The project's steering committee has used the Community Assessment Project findings to identify community goals, allowing community partnerships to form around those goals, consider strategies, and develop detailed action plans that result in lasting, measurable improvements for Anchorage residents.
The Anchorage Community Assessment Report is available
online.
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San
Mateo County Children's Reports
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The
Children's Executive Council (CEC) of San Mateo County asked the
Children's Executive Council Action Team to identify outcomes and
indications for children's health and well-being. The CEC was interested
in developing a report on children to build community-wide consensus,
to help policymakers and the public understand concrete results
of investments in children, and to guide program development and
resource allocation. The Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth,
and Families has been responsible for the development and publication
of this report, which has now been published for three years: 2000,
2002 and 2005
ASR
was contracted to lead the data design and collection effort. The
project identified six outcomes desired for children, including
Children Are Healthy; Children Are Nurtured in a Stable, Caring
Environment; Children Are Succeeding in School; and Children Are
Safe. For each of these general outcomes, a set of indicators was
selected to help quantify progress. The report also identified areas
in which better data were needed, and led to recommendations as
to how policymakers and service providers could align their activities
and their outcomes.
For
a copy of these reports, please visit the Peninsula
Partnership website.
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State
of the Bay Area: A Regional Report
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The
2002 State of the Bay Area: A Regional Report is a study
of four key areas of life – economic self-sufficiency, health, education
and safety. The report includes the nine counties of the Bay Area:
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa
Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. It is organized around the goals of:
Self-sufficiency for families; School readiness and academic success;
Better health and access to healthcare; Safe communities.
Data were gathered at the county-level
for each of these indicators, and then aggregated to provide information
for the Bay Area as a whole. This report represents the first time
a comprehensive picture of the Bay Area has been available. The
report was produced for the Northern California Council for the
Community (NCCC), sponsored by United Way of the Bay Area, in collaboration
with the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities (Bay Area
Alliance) and the Bay Area Partnership.
Please visit NCCC's
website to view the report in its entirety. countywide and aggregate
data are also available for download.
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