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, .\<f^r-'^^^ i.v^.ijj™.-.!^.-.'■T'-'r “- -r-7 r ’^:5>^'Tr^ - 'i,t;- *.-. V ’%/ • -'^**v:a:4€';^fe%rfea <br />-, a. <br />Community Social Services Act Process <br />-•* <br />V. <br />Tht Community Social Services Act Process varies from \ear-t0-3ear depending upon the <br />opportunities available for the gathering and analysis of data. The process by which the 1990 <br />service priorities weie formulated included the participation of hundreds of people. Specific <br />activitiesincluded: <br />pj'A review of local research including a local analysis of a County-wide Food Shelf Survey <br />A needs assessment of West Hennepin residents <br />An in-depth needs assessment of women coming out of treatment <br />Survey of area service providers on diversity <br />A randcHn survey of 600 Hennepin County residents on human service funding and <br />taxation issues <br />Presentation of findings, priorities and issues to the Hennepin County Community <br />Services management team and United Way planning department <br />Focus group interviews on: ta;es and human service funding; the Working Poor; families <br />with children in early childhood programs <br />Monitoring the Hennepin County budget <br />Release of two reports <br />This >ear WHHSPB is doing a special project funded by the Carolyn Foundation to implement <br />a Citizen Jury on the Hennepin County budget. This is a new method of citizen participation <br />which utilizes randomly selected citizens in the process. <br />iil[ IfidffiicaLAaaigtaDse <br />We provide technical assistance to an average of 10-15 agencies and organizations per month. <br />Advisory Committees <br />- <br />p <br />We serve on a number of advisory committees to provide a link to area services, <br />teer Hours <br />Nai*.-fl-;; ''d <br />During 1990, 12,000 volunteer hours were donated to WHHS Area Energy Assistance, the <br />Board of Directors and Citizen Participation process. <br />c <br />'' ’A*: