Assessing Assets and Problems

Project: Identify five potential sources of quality of life information for your community. What types of social indicators or other information for a social assessment can each provide? Describe the five sources in detail and how the community may perceive these sources as contributing to “quality of life.”

Use the resources in the Web Resources section to give you suggestions on performing a community capacity assessment. Write one to two paragraphs describing what a community capacity assessment is and why it is important to program planning. Based on the web resources, discuss strategies and methods for planning and conducting a community capacity assessment.

Complete this assignment as a Word document.  The paper should be approximately two pages in length, double-spaced using 12-point Times New Roman font, using references to support your response.