Community Assessment
In 2007, United Way of Dutchess County completed a Community Assessment which helped us determine our three focus areas and the outcomes for success in these areas.
These areas are:
- Preparing Young Children for Success
- Providing Basic Needs
- Promoting Financial Stability
The Community Assessment also showed us that the need for help stretches far beyond the main cities of our county, and therefore your United Way now ensures that food and other programs throughout the county receive our support.
In researching this assessment, United Way sought input from a number of places: annual reports from other funders and government sources, a statistical review of data about our population, focus group results, phone surveys, written surveys, and multiple other sources. An important part of our learning came from reviewing the results of assessments and surveys that others had performed and studying the direction in which they were heading.
Those groups, as presented in Appendix B of the Community Assessment, are as follows:
Many Voices, One Valley - 830 residents of Dutchess County
The Dyson Foundation and Marist College, 2002
The Dyson Foundation and Marist College, 2002
Client Assessment
Astor Home for Children, 2006
Astor Home for Children, 2006
Hudson Valley Region 2-1-1 – Dutchess County Data
3,487 calls made from September 2005 through March 2007
3,487 calls made from September 2005 through March 2007
Dutchess County HIV Health Services Planning Council
Survey
Survey
Dutchess County Department of Health
Needs assessment for maternal child health, 2003
Needs assessment for maternal child health, 2003
Dutchess County Office for the Aging
2003 Needs Assessment Survey (1,825 responses)
2003 Needs Assessment Survey (1,825 responses)
United Way of New York State
2007 Agenda
2007 Agenda
Center for Governmental Research
Surveyed 150 county staff & elected
Surveyed 150 county staff & elected
Dutchess County Youth Council, 2004
High School Student Survey (3,525 respondents from 16 different schools)
High School Student Survey (3,525 respondents from 16 different schools)
The Foundation for Community Health
2005 Study Eastern Dutchess County residents
2005 Study Eastern Dutchess County residents
Survey – Eastern Dutchess & Two Neighboring Counties
117 providers of healthcare
117 providers of healthcare
United Way of Dutchess County Research
- 45 Organizational Leaders, September 2006
- Donor Survey 2006Focus Groups, 2006
- Members of United Way’s Board of Governors, November 2006
- Current United Way Volunteers, January 2007
- Clients of funded and other human service programs, general community members and attendees at a United Way of Dutchess County breakfast
