Community Needs Assessment Materials

The Healthy Communities program recently conducted a community needs assessment workshop to provide tools and information for communities on:  

• Capacity building

• Building collaborations

• Sustainability

• Evaluation planning

• The community needs assessment process

• Implementing a needs assessment

Resources from the training are posted here for community review and use. (use ADOBE for all)

• Table Top Exercise
• What Collaboration Means for a Community
• The Eight Steps to Effective Coalition Building
• Policy, Systems and Environmental Change
• Community Assessment 101
• Introduction to Evaluation
• Evaluating Community Programs
• Sustainability
• Sustainable Community Development

• 2011 South Dakota County Health Rankings
• Community Needs Assessment: Models and Measures
• Community Needs Assessment - South Dakota
• Community Health Assessment aNd Group Evaluation (CHANGE): Building a Foundation of Knowledge to Prioritize Community Needs
• Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
• Resource List