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Topic: Needs Assessments

	Needs Assessments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		While establishment of global needs is an important factor, needs assessments should also deal with details such as what systems and what resources are required in each local area.
		Assess what needs to be established to ensure that information and instructions reach their intended recipients in a clearly expressed and timely fashion.
		Assessments of tentative resource needs should be an early element of election planning, with fine-tuning occurring later as more exact data for such factors as numbers of voters and voting site locations become known.
	www.aceproject.org /main/english/po/pob01.htm (1094 words)

	Making a Difference, CDFS-9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		By administering a needs assessment instrument again, it would be possible to check the headway made in reducing a discrepancy or gap.
		Once the data collection portion of the community needs assessment process is complete, you have the components that will make, in essence, a "scouting report." Now you must be able to compress and present that data in a concise format, insuring also that it will be used.
		The primary use of the community needs assessment will be to give form and direction to the coalition in addressing issues that pose threats to opportunities for youth in the community.
	ohioline.osu.edu /bc-fact/0009.html (2254 words)

	THESE ARE MEASURES OF RESPONSES AND NEED TO BE MOVED TO THE NEXT SECTION
		Needs assessments aim to define the level and types of responses and assistance required from within or from outside of the area/society affected by the disaster.
		Assessments are conducted to obtain the information that will be used to decide on the type, extent, and most appropriate methods to provide effective and efficacious responses with a minimum use of resources (costs).
		Needs assessments must be distinct and separate from the evaluations of the interventions and the relief process.
	wadem.medicine.wisc.edu /Ch20.htm (6089 words)

	An Evaluation of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of
		Thus, there is considerable need for research on how the efficiency and effectiveness of initial intake processes are conceptualized, and on identifying factors that serve as barriers to or that facilitate the efficiency and effectiveness of these processes.
		Jurisdictions vary, for example, in the kinds of risk and needs assessments they conduct, the timing of these assessments, how and by whom information from assessments is used, and the extent to which information collected for assessments at one stage of processing is re-collected at another stage.
		The need for policies to take such facts into account is of paramount importance, with consequences for successful implementation and the use of assessments as well as the efficient and effective use of scarce resources.
	www.la.utexas.edu /research/cccjr/research/intakerib.htm (1754 words)

	Needs Assessment: A Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		To help agents who are planning a needs assessment, the handbook discusses common mistakes in using the different techniques, lists practical references for Extension educators, and recommends a strategy for planning needs assessments over a four year period (using a complementary combination of techniques changing each year to minimize error and bias).
		The handbook also summarizes four years of findings from county level needs assessments in Pennsylvania (which needs assessment techniques were preferred, needs of youth that were identified, involvement of county advisory committees in the assessments, and reasons for not conducting a needs assessment).
		Needs of youth that were identified were job opportunities, help with substance abuse, lack of recreational facilities and activities, stronger families, dealing with self-esteem, and leadership training.
	www.joe.org /joe/1995february/tt1.html (645 words)

	It's Not That Simple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Expressions of the "need" for jobs locally is one example of where achieving the need may affect the realization of another equally desired need, for a clean environment, for example.
		Needs might be inferred from delving into specific problems targeted groups experience and from examining constraints that prevent them from improving.
		Finally, needs might be established by examining the vast amount of published but under-used secondary data.3 To show the utility of secondary data, you could point to the geographical areas or communities without medical care.
	www.joe.org /joe/1988winter/a3.html (1725 words)

	Rapid Community Health and Needs Assessments After Hurricanes Isabel and Charley --- North Carolina, 2003--2004
		Assessment teams were composed of PHRST staff, with the assistance of students from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health and volunteers from other state agencies.
		Community needs assessments similar to this one have been employed after natural disasters, including hurricanes (4,5), floods (6), and ice storms (7).
		These assessments, which include estimates of the numbers of households with specific needs, can be used to identify unanticipated needs or effects (e.g., limited access to medical care) and provide valuable information to guide disaster response and recovery efforts.
	www.cdc.gov /MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5336a3.htm (1594 words)

	AHC's Services - Needs Assessments
		Needs assessment is a vital first step in the housing or program development process.
		AHC uses a variety of community participatory needs assessment models tailor fit to the community, population or topic being addressed.
		Needs assessments can range in scope from a small neighborhood study to a state-wide research project.
	www.ahc.org /services_needs.html (245 words)

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		The assessments are generally for a short period of time after the disaster and the status of the water source at that time is the situation in the particular season.
		Need Assessment: An assessment is needed to identify the key hygiene behaviors of affected community.
		Reaching all sections of the population: Hygiene promotion programmes need to be carried out with all groups of the population by facilitators who can access, and have the skills to work with, different groups (for example, in some cultures it is not acceptable for women to speak to unknown men).
	w3.whosea.org /en/Section23/Section1108/info-kit/Rapid_needs_Assessment_guidelines.doc (4036 words)

	Schoolwide-Needs Assessments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The needs assessment process should provide a building with a clear picture of both perceived strengths and needs to be considered as they move ahead with the schoolwide planning process.
		One of the most successful needs assessment processes used in Vancouver School District is a card sort process utilizing statements from research conducted by the U.S. Department of Education on effective schools.
		Once a comprehensive needs assessment has been conducted, it is important that an annual review be given to assess the effectiveness of the schoolwide plan and to help identify new areas of strengths and needs.
	www.vansd.org /ti1web/schoolwideneeds.html (251 words)

	Parks & Recreation: Thinking Of Recreation Needs Assessments - recreation departments: collecting community input ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		A needs assessment is a scientifically reliable statistical study to gain an understanding of the community-wide recreation needs, attitudes, opinions and behaviors of the constituency served by a recreation service provider.
		A master plan can be developed after a needs assessment has been conducted, but a needs assessment must be considered to be independent of a master plan and should not be combined with a general master plan.
		Ideally, a needs assessment must be completed prior to a master plan, and then used as a blueprint for developing a master plan.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1145/is_5_36/ai_75563104 (1000 words)

	Needs Assessment: A Systematic Approach for Successful Distance Education
		Given the assertion that needs assessments are related to successful distance education, one is entitled to evidence for that statement.
		Burton and Merrill (1977) conclude that "it is possible, at least in theory, to conduct educational needs assessments on a global level down to the level of a module within a course" (p.
		Typical sources of educational social indicators are (a) multi-level assessment program results, (b) data from existing needs assessments, (c) related program evaluations, (d) accreditation records, (e) records of student and teacher absences, (h) demographic data, (i) district level census data, and (j) classroom observations (Witkin and Altschuld, 1995).
	www.mtsu.edu /~itconf/proceed98/rstewart.html (2482 words)

	KURC-Social Research, Surveys, Evaluation, and Needs Assessments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The needs assessment was conducted to determine the nature and extent of the drug and alcohol abuse problems in Erie County to determine the current need and whether or not these needs were being met.
		A needs assessment was conducted to determine if the public service needs within the NSA's were being met, and the percent of the population which currently utilized the services of the public service agencies.
		This needs assessment was conducted to identify the nature and extent of alcohol and drug abuse problems, to determine current needs and to assess whether or not these needs were being met.
	www.kurc.org /Profile1.htm (4922 words)

	The Energy Group
		Such assessments identify what skills need to be obtained, and how, as well as whether, results are best achieved by hiring well-trained personnel, by subcontracting, or by bringing in outside training providers.
		In IIE's experience, the most successful training needs assessments are those conducted not by human resource professionals but by middle- to senior-level managers who have a blend of technical and training/human resources experience.
		IIE made an in-country needs assessment to determine the training needs of Brazilian entities involved with private sector participation in the electricity sector, energy efficiency, and renewable energy, and to define a set of training activities that could be undertaken within the available resources.
	www.iie.org /programs/energy/services/needs.html (482 words)

	Reading Assessments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Assessment permits the teacher to diagnose the instructional needs of the class and of individual students.
		By using assessments that will monitor as well as document the acquisition and use of reading and thinking strategies, the teacher will be able to construct a profile of the students' reading abilities and instructional needs.
		Assessment provides the ongo ing information on student learning needed by the teacher to adjust instruction; grades are secondary value judgments of the teacher on the assessed performance level of the students, telling parents how the outcomes compared to expectations.
	www.howard.k12.md.us /langarts/Curriculum/readassess.htm (2644 words)

	Community Tool Box - Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		In most needs assessment surveys, a need means something that specifically relates to a particular group or community.
		Those may truly be needs, but they are not generally the types of needs that are assessed in needs assessment surveys.
		To document your needs, as is required in many applications for funding, and as is almost always helpful in advocating or lobbying for your cause.
	ctb.ku.edu /tools/en/sub_section_main_1042.htm (3148 words)

	InfoSENTRY Services Feasibility Studies, Needs Assessments, Quality Assurance Reviews, and Strategic Plans
		The resulting report contained detailed assessments of state and local needs for statewide networking capabilities and the specific requirements for a central voter database.
		The analysis included assessments of needs for new office automation and publishing capabilities, accounting software, fund raising and contributions tracking software, staff training, and enhanced networking capabilities.
		The needs assessment and requirements analysis served as the basis for installation of a local area network and incorporated such technology as wide-area networking to the national organization, network faxing, and dial-in access.
	www.infosentry.com /isassess.html (1513 words)

	Needs Assessment
		A Needs Assessment is a systematic exploration of the way things are and the way they should be.
		Realistically, it makes sense to invest in an assessment of needs to make sure we are making wise investments in training and other possible interventions.
		We must determine if the identified needs are real, if they are worth addressing, and specify their importance and urgency in view of our organizational needs and requirements (4).
	alumnus.caltech.edu /~rouda/T2_NA.html (1486 words)

	Community Needs Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		A needs assessment determines how well your library is currently meeting the needs of your community and what other types of resources and services it can provide in the future.
		The four steps to the needs assessment process require that you determine who will conduct the study, what kind of information needs to be collected, how the information will be collected, and how the information will be used.
		One of the disadvantages in using volunteers to help with needs assessments is that they may present a biased interpretation of what the community needs; thus, it is important to select volunteers who reflect a broad array of the community.
	www.dlapr.lib.az.us /cdt/commneeds.htm (1953 words)

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		GIS Needs Assessments are fast becoming the single most important step that municipalities and private sector companies are taking towards implementing GIS technology.
		Therefore, an analysis of the network as part of the Needs Assessment process is a must.
		Which members of the staff receive software licenses, what functionality those staff members need, and how much training will be required, are all questions that require answers from a Needs Assessment.
	users.rcn.com /kevinflanders/services_pages/needsassessments.htm (620 words)

	Community - Needs Assessments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		An important step in determining dependent care and work/life balance for employees is determining parent/employee needs.
		Sample surveys in this section could be used as is or you could customize your own survey based on the needs of your organization and the types of options you would like to explore.
		Data from surveys can be used to provide guidance to a company on what their staff would find most useful and supportive of their work/life needs.
	www.childcare.org /community/needs-assessments.htm (213 words)

	MassGIS - MGIC Meeting - February 3, 1998
		Some communities have not done a needs assessment or an implementation plan before they begin their GIS installation (and have sometimes regretted it later).
		The presentations discuss why they conducted a needs assessment, the benefits they have realized, and how they are using the needs assessment in their implementation.
		For project manager a needs assessment has a number of uses, including a means of securing a bi-directional form of accountability.
	www.mass.gov /mgis/mgic0298.htm (898 words)

	Voting Site Needs Assessments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Allocation of materials and equipment to each voting location, to be cost-effective, needs to be based on strict needs assessments taking into account the circumstances at each location.
		For maximum cost-effectiveness, this needs to be a "bottom up" process (overall requirements being a total of identified needs at each location), rather than "top down" (creating an overall "guesstimate" of requirements and dividing this among all locations).
		Where needs assessments are conducted by local electoral managers, some form of supervisory management review of estimated requirements at a regional or central level will assist in standardising resource use and services provided and maintaining controls over cost-effectiveness.
	www.aceproject.org /main/english/po/pog03c.htm (617 words)

	Community Housing Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning Process
		A community housing needs assessment is an in-depth housing market analysis that carefully examines the area's supply and demand for housing to determine existing and future needs for shelter.
		At a minimum, the housing needs assessment process may identify alternatives that might be more effective than the most obvious solution to a local housing problem.
		Use housing needs assessment to shape a few community-specific objectives that are measurable and achievable.
	www.extension.iastate.edu /Pages/housing/aahe/guidebook/process.html (1063 words)

	Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Rapid community health and needs assessments after Hurricanes Isabel and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The assessment determined that the majority of public health emergencies resulted from electric power outages, which affected access to food, water, and medical care.
		Tire Outer Banks barrier islands were excluded from the sample because the majority of residents left the islands before storm landfall, and travel to the islands was restricted after the hurricane.
		The state ream used mapping software to generate and map seven random points in each of the census block groups, and interview teams navigated to the random points in their assigned census blocks by using handheld computers equipped with global positioning system plotters.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0906/is_36_53/ai_n6256673 (1356 words)

	WFP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Emergency Needs Assessments provide both relief organisations and the wider international community with the answers they need to find the hungry and meet their needs.
		Joint Assessment Missions are conducted by UNHCR and WFP to assess the food and non-food needs of refugees and other communities of concern to both organisations.
		All of these assessments attempt to provide a better understanding of different sectors, such as food insecurity, nutrition, health, water and sanitation and their combined effect on people’s lives and well-being.
	www.wfp.org /operations/Emergency_needs/index.asp?section=5&sub_section=6 (672 words)

	GoldenBuckeye.com - Handbook for Needs Assessments in Ohio's Aging Network
		This resource also includes an instrument that was developed, pretested, piloted, and successfully used in several needs assessments over the past several years.
		In order to accomplish these goals, the agencies must undertake systematic assessment of older persons' needs in the community by identifying deficiencies and gaps in the service delivery system, and by outlining solutions to meet these needs and bridge the gaps.
		The assessment process described in the handbook linked below can also be used by local community organizations, coalitions, or agencies seeking to understand the needs for long-term care services for older adults in their community.
	www.goldenbuckeye.com /needsassess.html (306 words)

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