Community Needs Assessment Process

EXAMPLE OF LOGIC MODELS
PROJECT: Development of a Transitional Housing Complex
for Homeless Youth
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT LOGIC MODEL
STRATEGIC COMMITMENT: Assure that all people have their basic needs met.
PROBLEM CONDITION CAUSE(S) OUTCOME(S) INDICATOR(S) TARGET(S) STRATEGY(S) PROGRAM(S)
Community,
Family or
Agency
issue, need
or
condition.
What is
the
condition
of poverty
that will be
addressed?
What is
creating
this
problem
?
What change
do we want?
What
difference will
we make? So
What?
How will we
measure this
change? When
will we know we
have achieved it?
What is
our goal?
What will our
intervention
be?
What funding
sources will
the agency
secure to
support this
strategy?
A. Homeless
youth are
unable to
meet their
basic needs.
Inadequat
e housing
availabilit
y
Inadequate
education
and illiteracy
A1. Lack
of
transition
al housing
for youth
to stay in
for 12-18
months
A2. Lack
of support
systems
or
knowledg
e of
support
systems
for
homeless
youth
A1. Obtain
safe
affordable
housing
A2. Homeless
youth have
increased
knowledge of
and a greater
support
system
established to
help them
implement
their goals
and avoid risk
taking
behaviors.
6.4.a (Number
and percentage
of families that
obtain safe and
stable housing)
1.2h (Obtain
safe and
affordable
housing in
support of
employment
stability)
2.1.b (Safe
and
affordable
housing units
created in the
community)
1.3b.1
(Number and
percentage
able to
complete and
maintain a
budget for
over 90 days)
6.3b.1,2, and 3
(Youth improve
physical health
and
development,
youth improve
social and
emotional
development,
youth avoid rick
taking behavior
over a period of
time)
10 youth
5 youth
5 units
Planning,
funding, and
construction
of the
housing
7 Life Skills
Education
Financial
Education
Comprehensi
ve
Assessment
Referral and
Follow up
Missouri Housing
Trust Fund
Department of
Housing and
Urban
Development
Community
Services
Block Grant
Homeless
and
Runaway
Youth
Program
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