Needs Assessment 2008
PURPOSE
The purpose of conducting the needs assessment was to provide insight into the strategic planning question, “Do we want to expand or enhance our current services and programs?”
NEEDS ASSESSMENT DEFINED
Needs assessments can demonstrate and document a known community need or needs and has the added benefit of involving the public in problem solving and goal setting. Conducting a needs assessment allows for a way to gauge opinions, assumptions, needs, key issues, and or assets within a defined community.
OBJECTIVES
A needs assessment provides valuable information that can be used in a variety of ways such as identifying specific needs within different communities, promoting collaboration among agencies and businesses, and ultimately providing information that will be useful in a strategic plan towards program development. In identifying a community’s needs, different community priorities can be examined within the targeted geographical area. Familiarity with services within these targeted communities is examined, and existing services within each community can be evaluated. In doing this process, gaps in services are identified. Ideas on ways in which services can be expanded, or possible with other community agencies can be made to address the issue of abuse will also be addressed. The results of a needs assessment can provide invaluable information about necessary services in the Estevan/Weyburn and surrounding rural areas.
Click here to read our completed 2008 Needs Assessment.
