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Helping America's Youth: Assess Your Community and Connect Its Resources


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Helping America's Youth is a nationwide effort to benefit children and teenagers by encouraging action in three key areas: family, school, and community. The Community Assessment section of this Web site can help coalitions focus their efforts to help young people in their communities, particularly at-risk boys.

This section of the Web site provides the following information and resources:

  • Why is it important to do a community assessment?
  • Conduct a community assessment
    • How do you conduct a community assessment?
      1. Establish the what, where, and who
      2. Learn more about the what, where, and who
      3. Identify resources in your community
      4. Analyze and learn from the data you've collected
      5. Develop a plan of action
      6. Share what you've learned
  • Map the community's Federal resources, concentration of census demographics, and more, using the MAPIT tool
    • Learn about the MAPIT tool
    • Define the community geographically
    • Target the youth population
    • Find Federal resources within the community
  • Gather, store, and map your community's resources
    • Access the Community Resource Inventory, a database and mapping tool for gathering, storing, and analyzing information about community resources
    • How can my coalition use this tool?
    • How can I get started?

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://guide.helpingamericasyouth.gov/assessment.htm
The Helping America's Youth Web site is available at: http://guide.helpingamericasyouth.gov/default.htm

Developer

Corporation for National and Community Service; Office of National Drug Control Policy; U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of Education; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Department of the Interior

Funding Sources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


QualityTool Topic

Prevention and Wellness


History

  • Release Date: 01/2006
  • Original Summary: 09/2006
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QualityTool Classification
Patient Population: spacer Age > Child (6-12 years); Adolescent (13-18 years); Vulnerable Populations > Children; Racial minorities
Stage of Care: spacer Preventive care
Patient Care Process: spacer Preventive Care Processes > Primary prevention; Patient-Focused Processes/Psychosocial Care > Outreach to patients; Population Health Processes > Disparities reduction
IOM Domains of Quality: spacer Effectiveness; Equity; Patient-centeredness; Safety
QualityTool Format: spacer Database; Web site; Workbook/Manual/Guide
QualityTool Topic: spacer Prevention and Wellness
Developer: spacer Corporation for National and Community Service; Office of National Drug Control Policy; U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of Education; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Department of the Interior
Funding Sources: spacer U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

Last updated: May 05, 2008.

 

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