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- Sarah Boyce
- Andries Hof
- June 23, 2006
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- UWRC engaged CGR to conduct a survey to assess community needs.
- Existing assessments are helpful but narrowly focused (e.g., health
care, children, seniors.)
- Survey designed to gather information on a wide range of health and
human service issues, using over 80 questions.
- Collects information on beliefs, experiences, and perceptions.
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- 1510 Surveys returned; 1455
included in analysis
- Surveys distributed in many ways:
- Neighborhood groups, faith community, business, and other civic groups;
- Businesses that conduct United Way campaigns;
- Nonprofit agencies passed them to clients;
- Tax Assistance Program participants;
- Town, County, and State government agencies;
- Sample of callers to the newly launched 2-1-1;
- Web link to survey was included in local paper;
- Rockland County DSS clients; and
- School districts (parents).
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- Survey over-representative of females
- Income was a good match to Census 2000, but higher proportion of
lower-income respondents
- Marital status, employment status matched the Census 2000 well
- Good zip code representation
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7
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- Please check if any of the following issues are a problem for you or
someone in your household.
- Not enough money for…
- Crime and safety issues
- Problems finding a job
- Health care/child care/senior care
- Housing problems
- Personal problems
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9
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10
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11
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- Have you (or anyone in your household) had a need for any of the
following services in Rockland County during the past 12 months? If so,
were the services available?
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25
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26
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- Please Indicate Whether you believe Any of the Following are Problems
for Your Neighborhood (the Town, Village, or Hamlet Where you Live)
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29
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30
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Notes
