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DC Promise Neighborhoods Initiative: Needs Assessment and Segmentation AnalysisLet’s talk about how safe children are in their school and traveling to go to school.Do parents have any concerns about safety for their kids in their schools? What are they? What has led to theseconcerns?Probe: Determine if these are in Chavez in particular.[If parents don’t think their children are safe at school]What would it take to make children feel safer at school? Please describe.Are children in the neighborhood safe when traveling to or from school? Examples? What are the challenges ifany?[If parents report unsafe]What would need to happen to make their children safer?FAMILY SUPPORTIVE LEARNING (10 minutes)Now let’s talk know about how involved parents are in their children’s school, in their education.Are parents involved with their children’s education? In what ways?Probes: things parents can do at home, at the schoolDo parents feel comfortable/welcome in their children’s schools? Do they talk to teachers or school staff regularly?How could this relationship be improved?Are there any challenges that parents face in getting more involved in their children’s school or education?ACCESS TO SERVICES (30 minutes)Now we want to ask about the types of services, programs, and opportunities that are in these neighborhoods.What types of activities are available to the teenagers that live in the neighborhood? Where are they?Probe: Are they after school, on the weekends, during the summer?What would parents like to see available for teenagers in the neighborhoods after school, on the weekends, in thesummer?Probe: Are there enough programs—do they get full quickly? What would make it easier for teenagers tojoin/participate?Probe: How has this changed over time?Will parents go to different parts of the community for programs, events, services? Let their children go todifferent parts of the community?What opportunities are there for teens to be active or get exercise in the community? Please describe.Are there any challenges for teens to be active/get exercise? Availability of facilities? [Deanwood]Probe: Safety issues? Where in particular?What about parents—what opportunities are there for adults to be active/get exercise in the community?What are the challenges, if any?Probe: Safety issues?Where do parents in this community go when they’re sick? What about for their children?Probe: [Charter Health, Hunt Place Clinic], emergency room versus regular doctor, mobile van, schoolnurseProbe: For regular check-ups or vaccinations (e.g., daycare forms)?126