What was the methodology used to conduct the Community Needs Assessment?

The Community Needs Assessment partners designed an approach to understand priority needs in each county using primary data from community members (a public survey; focus groups; one-on-one interviews; a community prioritization survey) and secondary data from existing information and reports (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Census Bureau; datasets from government entities; 2-1-1 call data). You can read a detailed explanation of the methodology within the full report.