Dr. Stephen Sills (Office of Research and Engagement – Center for Housing and Community Studies) received new funding from the Hayden-Harman Foundation for the project “Needs Assessment for the Residents of 27260 High Point NC.”
This proposal was developed by the UNCG Center for Housing and Community Studies in response to a request from Dr. Patrick Harman, Executive Director at Hayden-Harman Foundation, for a needs assessment of the population of zip code 27260 in High Point, NC to be used by the Foundation and by the Welfare Reform Liaison Project.
A community needs assessment is a process used by organizations to determine priorities, make community improvements, or allocate resources. It involves determining gaps between community need and community assets. The goal of the needs assessment will be to identify primary concerns of families and how they are currently addressed; neighborhood concerns and how they are addressed; the resources needed to address family and neighborhood needs; identify how residents learn about community resources; and finally, what additional resources they would like to have in the community.
Over the course of the 3-month project, the UNC Greensboro Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) will provide technical support and analysis from the Center Director and Staff. CHCS will: 1) attend partner meetings; 2) conduct 3-5 community ‘listening sessions’ or focus groups with community members; 3) conduct a multi-modal resident survey (online and paper through community partners); 4) complete telephone and face-to-face interviews with key informants (8-10); perform an analysis and mapping of jurisdictional data; and 5)produce a report and presentation identifying community assets, resident needs, and gaps between need and current resources.
