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Tools for Grantees: Needs Assessment Guide

This 6-section document explains how to conduct a CARE Act needs assessment. It explains the needs assessment process and includes "how-to" information on multiple topics.

Sections Adobe
Letter
pdf 32KB
Table of Content
pdf 75KB
1: Introduction
pdf 96KB
2: Components of Needs Assessment
pdf 58KB
3. The Needs Assessment Process
pdf 106KB
4. Using Needs Assessment Results
pdf 76KB
5. "How To" includes:
Obtaining "human resources" to do the work
pdf 91KB
  Preparing an epidemiologic profile
pdf 70KB
  Using poverty, insurance status, co-morbidity, and surrogate marker data pdf 310KB
  Collecting "primary data"
pdf 154KB
  Preparing a resource inventory/provider profile pdf 204KB
  Estimating unmet need
pdf 111KB
6. Appendices include:  
Glossary of needs assessment and care terms
pdf 111KB
  CARE Act legislative requirements for needs assessment pdf 63KB
  Sample RFP pdf 70KB
  Sample time line pdf 27KB
  Sample work plan pdf 26KB
  Sample consumer and provider surveys pdf 226KB
  Sample focus group materials pdf 66KB
  The HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Technical Assistance Contract pdf 67KB
 


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