Resources

Assessing Community Needs and Resources, The Community Toolbox. Provides an indepth, step-by-step guide to developing, conducting, and analyzing community needs assessments.

Guide to Conducting a Needs Assessment. Provides a clear, six-step process for developing needs assessments.

Samples From the Pilot Sites

• Community Needs Assessment Plan (PDF, 23 kb)
• Privacy Certificate (PDF, 122 kb)
• Confidentiality Agreement (PDF, 11 kb)
• Consent Forms
• Focus Groups (PDF, 23 kb)
• Focus Groups Attended by Persons With Intellectual Disabilities (PDF, 12 kb)
• Individual Interviews (PDF, 17 kb)
• Individual Interviews of Persons With Intellectual Disabilities (PDF, 12 kb)
• Community Needs Assessment Report (PDF, 15 kb)
• Protocol for Individual Interviews, Focus Groups, and Community Meetings (PDF, 44 kb)
• Script for Setting Up Interviews and Focus Groups (PDF, 19 kb)
• Focus Group and Individual Interview Questions
• Persons With Disabilities (PDF, 12 kb)
• Disability Service Providers (PDF, 12 kb)
• Victim Services Staff (PDF, 13 kb)
• Surveys
• Disability Service Providers (PDF, 13 kb)
• Law Enforcement Staff (PDF, 14 kb)
• Victim and Disability Service Providers and Law Enforcement Staff (PDF, 16 kb)
• Needs Assessment Recruitment Flier: Persons With Disabilities (PDF, 36 kb)