Community Needs Analysis Paper

The goal of this assignment is to conduct a community mental health needs and resources assessment that also familiarizes you with the overall mental health needs in your community. Having assessed the most pressing local mental health needs, you will focus on one of the major identified issues involving a specific, marginalized population and evaluate what services are offered and by what organizations.

The paper must be 10-12 pages (not including title page, abstract, or reference page; however, these are required as well). You must use current APA style 7th edition (write in third person) and integrate references to at least 10 recent and relevant sources

 

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.

Sample paper:  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/professional-annotated.pdf

Video by Dr. Simmons:   https://watch.liberty.edu/media/1_pwjtmc3s

Perdue Owl:  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_changes_7th_edition.html

EDCO 705

Community Needs Analysis Paper Assignment Instructions

The goal of this assignment is to conduct a community mental health needs and resources assessment that also familiarizes you with the overall mental health needs in your community. Having assessed the most pressing local mental health needs, you will focus on one of the major identified issues involving a specific, marginalized population and evaluate what services are offered and by what organizations.

 

Your paper must be 10-12 pages (not including title page, abstract, or reference page; however, these are required as well). You must use current APA style (write in third person) and integrate references to at least 10 recent and relevant sources. Ideally, include both June & Black and Scott & Wolfe in a meaningful way. You may use scholarly journal articles, but your most important sources will be (local and state) government reports, census data, hospital records research, news reports, information from CDC and DHHS, and professional organizations. Sources cited must be specific and relevant to your immediate locality. Include the following content, using appropriate headings:

 

1. Introduction of your community: Describe its location, populations, demographics, and relevant trends, etc.

2. Local needs assessment: Articulate the overall, big picture of your community’s mental health needs and at-risk populations. Be sure to give clear attribution to your sources.

3. Identification of a specific population or issue: Explain why you chose to focus on this particular group.

4. Local resources assessment: Identify the specific organizations that work with this specific population/ issue. Include government, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations in your analysis. How are these organizations addressing this specific need in the community? Your goal is to briefly describe what they do, not to evaluate their effectiveness.

5. Personal reflection: Reflect on how this project has changed your view of your community and/or aided you in better understanding your community. You may use first person in this section.

 

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.

 

Hello Class –

I have graded your initial thread to your first discussion board.  I really appreciated the insight that you each shared the case you chose and reflection questions.  You were able to share your wisdom as we begin to learn through our reading and from one another.  The class as a whole did a great job following the rubric and including at least two additional resources to Sue et al. (2014).  Be sure that your citations and resources are in APA format.  I know that we have recently switched from the 6th to the 7th edition and there are some changes.  As a graduate student, you should also be following the professional (not student) format.

Sample paper:  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/professional-annotated.pdf

Video by Dr. Simmons:   https://watch.liberty.edu/media/1_pwjtmc3s

Perdue Owl:  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/apa_changes_7th_edition.html

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