Getting Started with a Community Needs Assesment

Getting Started with a Community Needs Assesment

A Needs Assessment is a systematic process for identifying:

  • community’s impacts and needs
  • community’s assets: resources, services, skills, and interests

In the context of opioid settlement planning a needs assessment is used to identify the areas in which interventions can save the most lives

Participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize the elements of a community needs assessment for opioid abatement planning
  2. Identify sources of data for community needs assessments
  3. Describe examples of community needs assessments conducted in different communities
April 11, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm