Title
Review and Approve the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) Community Needs Assessment (CNA) Final Report for the City Council Consideration
Body
To: Honorable Acting President Scott Means and Members of the Social Service Human Relations Board
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This item is for SSHRB to review and approve the Draft 2023 CNA.
BACKGROUND
The City's Charter assigns SSHRB the responsibility of assessing and responding to the social service and human relations needs of the City of Alameda (City). To fulfill that responsibility, SSHRB has periodically surveyed Alameda residents to determine the scope of the community needs and to evaluate and publicize resources to meet those needs. The last CNA was presented to the City Council in June 2018.
At its March 24, 2022, meeting, SSHRB finalized a methodology for the Community Needs Assessment centered on the following points:
* Eliminate previous survey format-The 2012 and 2017 CNAs relied on community surveys posted on-line, distributed by email, and made available in hard copy at various locations in multiple languages throughout the City. SSHRB considered the limitations of this approach in producing a statistically representative sample of Alameda's population. In addition, the phrasing of the survey questions left ambiguity whether the responses were based on personal experience or perceived needs in the community.
* Use existing secondary data, including data collected from the numerous community-wide surveys-As an alternative methodology, SSRHB decided to consolidate data from the many government studies and surveys already conducted of Alameda's population and social indicators.
* Supplement with community meetings-SSHRB regularly solicits and receives comments from community-based organizations and stakeholders to identify priority public service needs for the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). Most recently, SSHRB held a public hearing on December 1, 2022, where it recei...
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