Assess Selected Community Action Initiatives Flashcards
created to support community-led projects that helps the community to go for a change and build its character
✓ citizens take a leading role in providing public services and goods.
✓ aims for a social, environmental, and sometimes political change that will help its stakeholders to grow and have an ease in living their lives
Community Action Initiative (CAI)
take a few hours, days, or weeks to complete.
• Short-term projects
take months or even years to finish.
• Long-term projects
to know and identify current and immediate needs or situations of the community
✓ validate the current and immediate needs or situations of the community
ESSENCE OF ASSESSING COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVES
Characteristics of Short- and Long-Term Community Action Initiatives
CHARACTERISTICS
SHORT TERM COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVES
LONG TERM COMMUNITY ACTION INITIATIVES
BUDGET RESOURCES
LOCAL FUNDS
NATIONAL FUNDS
COMMUNITY OFFICIALS
BUREAUS/GOVT AGENCIES
IMPACT
SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
COMMON NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES
SCOPE
LIMITED
LARGER
• Short-term projects typically require less money to complete than long-term efforts.
BUDGET
• Short-term projects typically require less money to complete than long-term efforts.
BUDGET
Short-term projects typically cost less, they Usually require fewer approvals to started and completed
BUDGET
Short-term project leaders may simply keep track of expenditures in a spreadsheet, while larger, more complex projects might require the use of more sophisticated accounting packages to track and forecasting and spending. software monitor
BUDGET
• Short-term project typically depends on the type of product or service being developed
RESOURCES
Large, complicated development projects typically require numerous resources over the course of the project life cycle to initiate, plan, execute, control, and close the project.
RESOURCES
• Short-term projects typically have a limited impact. You may initiate a project to handle a specific problem or react to a situation. Once the problem is solved, the project team disbands.
IMPACT
are one-on-one conversations between facilitator (the interviewer) and a community stakeholder (the respondent). Interviews allow you to gain a deeper understanding of the respondent’s ideas and feelings.
INTERVIEW
What are the Advantages of Using Interview
✓ allows the facilitator to follow the flow of conversation questions. and ask spontaneous
✓ encourages the respondent to speak freely and give spontaneous answers.
✓ most accurate and thorough way to obtain qualitative data from your respondents.
✓ effective in illiterate population.
are a popular method of collecting information and opinions. In the context of a community assessment, a survey can reveal the community’s perceived strengths, assets, weaknesses, and needs.
SURVEY
