A GUIDE TO MAPPING AND MOBILIZING THE ASSOCIATIONS IN LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS

An Example of an Association Mapping Project
Exhibit 15: Number and Percentage of Local Associations Involved in Job Training
and Placement
Total=85
Community Benefit
Activity
Have Done
Work in this
Area
Willing, But
Haven’t
Done Work
in this Area
Not Willing
To Do Work
in this Area
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Willing To
Collaborate
with Other
Groups
Start a job training program in
the neighborhood
15% (13) 35% (30) 48% (41) 39% (33)
Participate in an existing job
training program in the
neighborhood
14% (12) 39% (33) 46% (39) 42% (36)
Participate in an inventory of
the job skills and interests of
local residents
8% (7) 44% (37) 45% (38) 42% (36)
Assist employers in job
placement efforts
15% (13) 33% (28) 48% (41) 41% (35)
Recruit residents for local jobs 19% (16) 33% (28) 44% (37) 45% (38)
Inform members of
neighborhood jobs through
postings/ announcements
29% (25) 29% (25) 39% (33) 48% (41)
Inform non-members of neighborhood
jobs through postings/
announcements
25% (21) 31% (26) 44% (37) 47% (40)
Help local teenagers find jobs 24% (20) 38% (32) 36% (31) 49% (42)
Connect unemployed residents
to the available jobs of
employed residents
29% (25) 29% (25) 38% (32) 45% (38)
Have members mentor
unemployed and/or recently
employed residents
19% (16) 34% (29) 44% (37) 41% (35)
Note: “Uncertain” and “Refused” responses are not shown in this exhibit.
Association Interest in the Neighborhood Development Trust
To determine association interest in one major aspect of the project purpose, the
sponsor created a series of questions to find out sampled association leaders’
interest in a Neighborhood Development Trust. As described earlier, a
Neighborhood Development Trust is designed to identify local investment
opportunities and to provide entrepreneurs with the seed money to capitalize them
through a fund supported by neighborhood associations.
Neighborhood associations were asked four questions to determine the degree and
nature of their members’ potential support for a Neighborhood Trust. These
questions assessed an association’s willingness to provide general support, join a
governing board, invest in the Trust, or raise money for the Trust. Exhibit 16
indicates the responses of association leaders.