MEDIA RELEASE
March 14, 2018 Contact: Brent Pauley, CEO
For Immediate Release: Phone Number: 304.414.4475
EnAct Community Action and Partners Hosting Community Discussions to Help Assess the Needs and Opportunities in Five-County Area
Charleston, WV – EnAct Community Action serving Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, and Putnam counties, is in the process of completing its 3-year Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment. The purpose of the Community Needs Assessment is to develop a comprehensive report of key findings about local community conditions to be used by EnAct Community Action and its partners for planning, education and outreach, and resource leveraging and mobilization efforts.
The objectives of this project are to:
- Conduct a local assessment of needs by compiling county-level data.
- Collect and analyze primary data by gathering community feedback through surveys and community discussions.
- Collect and analyze secondary data by researching national, state, and local data sources.
- Utilize data collected in EnAct’s customer outcome tracking system.
- Facilitate a planning and analysis process with community partners that identifies priority needs in each county served by EnAct.
As part of the process EnAct is hosting a series of Community Discussions to assess to the currents needs in the communities they serve. At this discussion, EnAct is seeking input from community members about their greatest assets and challenges as well as visions for an ideal future and ideas. Community Discussions will be held at the following locations and light refreshments will be served:
- Gauley Bridge Community Center April 4 from 10AM-Noon
- Fairview Baptist Temple, Clay, WV April 4 from 2PM-4PM
- Danville Community Center April 11 from 10AM-Noon
- Buffalo Town Hall April 11 from 2PM-4PM
- Lisa Curry Annex Bldg., Chesapeake April 12 from 2PM-4Pm
If you are unable to attend but would like have your voice heard, you may complete an online survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EnActKeyInformants. If you would like more information about these events or would like a paper survey to complete, please contact Kesha Walton at 304-414-4475 or kwalton@enactwv.org.
Upon completion, the Community Needs Assessment will be available to any individual or community organization to assist them in providing much needed services to the low-income individuals and families in the area.
About EnAct Community Action:
EnAct Community Action specializes in education assistance, in-home care services, employment, nutrition and other areas that affect low income individuals and families. We reach out to people in our communities, address their multiple needs through a comprehensive approach, develop partnerships with other community organizations, involve low-income clients in the agency’s operations, and administer a full range of coordinated programs.
For more information on EnAct Community Action call 304-414-4475, or visit your nearest EnAct Community Action office. Locations may be found online at www.EnActWV.org
EnAct Community Action
1701 5th Avenue
Charleston, WV 25387
Phone: 304.414.4475
Fax: 304.414.4476
www.EnActWV.org
Service Locations: Chesapeake, Clay, Clendenin, Montgomery, Danville and Putnam
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