Community Assessment Presentation- East Downtown, Houston, Texas -Child Abuse & Neglect

For this assignment, you can either do a paper or a powerpoint. The 90% of the work has been completed by myself, throughout the semester. I just need someone to polish up the information I gathered and fill in the gaps. It is extremely important that you follow these instructions extremely closely. I do not mind adding a bonus, however, I do need to know that you have put your best effort. I have also included a rubic to guide you and show you how each area is weighted. I. Introduction (1 Slide in a Power Point - if submitting a paper, this can be the abstract) II. Community Assessment A. Task I: Target Population(s)/Target System 1. Describe the general population of the community 2. Identify and describe the target population 3. Present needs of the target population. B. Task 2: Community Characteristics 1. Identify and describe the community 2. Where is the community located? (indicate using a zip code, city, and county) 3. Present and describe the major social/issue/need in the community affecting the target population and discuss at least 3 factors/roots 4. Identify and discuss dominant values in the community that uphold the prevalence of the factors/roots causing social problem 5. Identify and describe at least 3 community strengths that can enable macro interventions with the factors/roots of the problem/issue/need previously described C. Task 3: Community Structure 1. Examine a Social Service Organizations in the community: Identify formal, informal and mediating service delivery units within the community that serve or should serve the target population experiencing the problem/issue/need identified You should use an organization you found in your Activities. The information needed should be available on their website. a) Identify Mission and Vision b) Identify the population(s) served c) Present and describe services offered (1) Service emphasis (a) And answer: Do the services respond to your target population’s needs? (2) Service eligibility (a) And answer: Is your target population eligible? (3) Location / accessibility (a) And answer: Can your target population easily access the services? (Ex. location, language, waiting lists, …) 2. Analysis: How do these institutions respond to any of the factors/roots of the problem previously identified? Provide specific examples. How do these institutions adopt and reproduce predominant values in the community that uphold the factors/roots causing the social problem? How do these institutions contribute to changing the system to respond to the target population’s problem/issue/need? (Note: Support your analysis with professional knowledge-based sources) D. Task 4: Advocacy 1. Considering what is currently being accomplished either by a social service organization, service group or advocacy group to improve the services of the target group or community. In your assessment, are these current responses to the community need adequate? Why or why not? 2. Propose a response to the current experience of the community regarding your chosen issue. You may expand on what is currently being offered or develop your own unique response. A unique solution to meeting the community need is encouraged. 3. Describe in detail your approach to advocacy using the advocacy tactics in course text Chapter 11. Discuss if you might use one of the approach (Grassroots, Legislative, Research, etc.). Discuss if your group developed a creative Social Work solution to any issue you identified. Include what type of PSA you would use for this advocacy. III. Conclusion (1 Slide in a Power Point or 1 paragraph in a paper). IV. Reference Page – with your 4 journal articles and any other interviews or resources you used to find information.