The Center for Community Futures offers Head Start programs invaluable resources for Community Assessments:

*Community Assessment Services: call Jim Masters at 510-339-3801 for info.

* Community Assessment: A How-To Guide for Local Head Start Programs

*Information on the Santa Clara County Community Assessment we worked on

*The Word document of the Berkeley-Albany YMCA Head Start Community Assessment we worked on

Community Assessment: A How-To Guide for Local Head Start Programs

Community Assessment (CA) Data Framework and Methods.

A real-life example of a Community Assessment and a workbook describing methods for you to use to produce the exact data you need for your Community Assessment to meet Head Start standards. Printed Manual, and a CD-Rom that has the manual and the real-life example (a real community assessment we did for a Head Start sponsor) which is the case study. By Dr. Betsy Morris and Jim Masters. Updated in March, 2011. $195. 

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Table of Contents (click on image for larger view):

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For details on the Santa Clara County community assessment we worked on, please click here.