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Community Resources Assessment

Community Resources Assessment. Robert Francis Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership [RYASAP] 2470 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport, CT06605 Phone: 203-579-2727 ext. 304 rfrancis_99@yahoo.com Asset Based Community Development Institute Northwestern University www.abcdinstitute.org.

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Community Resources Assessment

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  1. Community Resources Assessment Robert Francis Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership [RYASAP] 2470 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport, CT06605 Phone: 203-579-2727 ext. 304 rfrancis_99@yahoo.com Asset Based Community Development Institute Northwestern University www.abcdinstitute.org

  2. COMMUNITY “It’s not a place – it’s a relationship” • Where youth and adult citizens address needs and develop responses • Where people’s gifts are • recognized and used to solve • community problems and create • healthy spaces to live

  3. COMMUNITY NEEDS MAP Dilapidated Housing Unemployment Gangs Illiteracy Single Parent Families Teen Pregnancy Mental Disability Child Abuse Alcohol & Drug Abuse Crime Domestic Abuse Juvenile Delinquency Poverty Homelessness Suicide & Depression

  4. COMMUNITY ASSETS MAP Local Institutions GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS Citizens’ Associations SCHOOLS BUSINESS CHURCHES BLOCK CLUBS Gifts of Individuals INCOME ARTISTS LABELED PEOPLE YOUTH ELDERLY COLLEGES PARKS CULTURAL CLUBS HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES LIBRARIES

  5. PERSONAL ASSET INVENTORY HAND HEAD List of all those things you have knowledge of that you want to share. List of all those things you can do with your hands that you want to share. HEART HOME List of important relation- ships in your neighborhood, community and beyond – your connections List of all those things you really care about that will move you to action

  6. Types of Associations

  7. Assets of Institutions “Fortresses or Treasure Chests?” 1. Facilities 2. Equipment 3. Purchasing Power 4. Employment Practices 5. Training and Organizational Development 6. Employees and Their Skills 7. Clout to Open Doors 8. Financial Resources

  8. ACTION STRATEGIES FOR CREATING TREASURE CHEST INSTITUTIONS Join together with other institutions, citizen’s associations and community leaders to address issues in the community Convene groups to see what people really care about and are ready to act on Identify your organization’s assets and share these assets with the community to address major issues in the community Distribute small grants to involve citizens or the people you serve in your work Identify and connect local citizen’s associations to your work Use the clout of your board of directors and staff to involve citizen input and action Support citizen organizing – form community partnerships that involve citizens as well as other organizations to advance your issues Use your economic power – hire and train people from the community to strengthen the community

  9. Think ABCD to Identify Resources

  10. Daily wages Sale of local goods Foundation grants Government grants Government Staff Salaries Business sales Bartering of services Grocery sales Tax revenues Tourism revenue LEAKY BUCKET* Products for use by local institutions Social services Health related expenses Taxes and social payments Transportation costs Alcohol Recreation Education Household &Tobacco expenses consumables consumption *The “Leaky Bucket” represents money coming into the community from outside and internal sources and how this money is spent both for effective and ineffective services and goods.

  11. Community Assets • Building Blocks of Community • Individuals with gifts [All] • Associations • Neighborhood Groups • Congregations • Nonprofits • Government • Schools • Businesses • Local Economy – $ • Physical environment “Assets are not assets unless people want to share them!”

  12. START WITH A CONVERSATION The issue – adolescent sexuality Start with an answer… How can we distribute more condoms to prevent STD’s and HIV? Start with a conversation… What can we do as a community to address the issue of adolescent sexuality in order to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and HIV? Who should be involved? What qualities/assets are we looking for in these participants to help with the problem? What is the real question you want to answer?

  13. Discover What People Care About Discover What People Care About Conversations More Connections Meaningful Action “If its rats, it must be rats!”

  14. Websites • Asset Based Community Development Institute www.abcdinstitute.org • Coady International Institute www.coady.stfx.ca/ • Inclusion Press www.inclusion.com • Books • Building Communities From the Inside Out by John McKnight • and John Kretzmann • The Careless Society by John McKnight • From Clients to Citizens by Alison Mathie and Gordon Cunningham • When People Care Enough To Act by Mike Green, Henry Moore and • John O’Brien • Neighbor Power by Jim Diers • Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam • Discovering Community Power: A Guide to Mobilizing Your Local Assets • And Your Organization’s Capacity by the ABCD Institute • A Guide to Building Sustainable Organizations From The Inside Out by • the Chicago Foundation For Women • New Community Tools for Improving Child Health by John McKnight • and Carol Pandak

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