Vernon Research Group\'s PowerPoint presentation of the Community Needs Assessment-Final Report for the United Way of Muscatine and their partners

2. Community Needs Assessment Comprehensive Report: Phase I—Data Mining Phase II – Community Leaders Phase III – Community Residents Phase IV – Service Providers United Way of Muscatine and its Partners: October 27, 2008 Presented by: Doug Wagner and Diane Nelson

4. Community Needs Assessment Partnership: City of Muscatine County Community Services Muscatine Community College Muscatine Community School District Unity HealthCare Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and Industry United Way of Muscatine

5. Community Needs Assessment Additional Funders: Alliant Energy Health Support Foundation Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine

9. Muscatine County, Iowa Four-Phase Community Needs Assessment “… let us celebrate all the wonderful happenings in Muscatine but not forget we have work to do to assure that everyone in Muscatine can enjoy our great facilities and quality of life.” - United Way of Muscatine Website

10. Comparative Overview

16. Telling the Story of Community Challenges

29. Findings – Meeting the Need (Appendix C: Service Providers’ Study) 1=Not at all important 2=Somewhat unimportant 3=Neither important nor unimportant 4=Important 5=Very important 1=Very poor 2=Poor 3=Average 4=Good 5=Very good 10% 62% 3.8 4.5 3/4.2 Services for the elderly 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.1 3.0 Performance Mean Rating 14% 29% 5% 57% 48% 55% 67% 60% 71% Percent Very Important 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 Importance Mean Rating 10% 3/4.6 Services for minorities 5% 3/4.3 Services for low-income people 19% 3/4.1 Services for people with disabilities 15% 3/4.4 Services for young children 3/4.10 Services for at-risk populations 3/4.5 Services for teenagers 5% 3/4.7 Promoting art and culture 5% 3/4.8 Protecting the environment 14% 3/4.9 Services for people with substance abuse problems Percent Very Good Q3. From the following list of community services, please indicate how important you feel each is in terms of serving Muscatine County’s specific needs. Q4. Considering both the amount of services available and the comprehensiveness of available services, rate Muscatine County for each of the following in terms of how well needs are being met.

33. Achieving Focus

37. Conclusions Conclusions

44. Recommendations

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