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Community Based Assessment
Holly Crawford
Western Governors University

Sentinel City
Demographics Assessment Sentinel City is a large community with a population of 634,265, which is comparable to Las Vegas, Nevada’s population of 632,912, (2016 Census). There are many different ethnic groups within the community. The white population makes up 80.6%, black makes up 10.4%, Indian makes up 2% and Asian makes up 3.7%, with two or more races making up 3.1%. Within, Sentinel City , there are four different communities. Nightingale Square that has a population of 103,974, Acer Tech Center has a population of 168,390, Casper Park District has a population of 352,643, and Industrial Heights has the lowest population of 38,855. …show more content…

Population Health Scavenger Hunt Sentinel City is an urban area. I seen few trees and grassy areas. The park and recreation center were located right next to the main road but they did offer many programs like: swimming, nutrition classes, tennis, and basketball. A playground was seen for children that is next to the church and the school. Six services for the elderly in the city are abuse prevention, meals on wheels, service animal, medical care advocates, government assistance, and a community center. The social services offer a several program that include WIC and SNAP. Also, they help in assisting teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The soup kitchen located by the church serve the homeless population. They serve approximately 45,000 meals a month. Affordable Housing is available, but there are many complaints from the community regarding stray dogs and smoke in the air from the factory nearby.
Windshield Survey In this simulation, the avatar could get on and off the bus and explore the surroundings. Most the buildings were concrete or brick throughout the city. It appeared that the nicer buildings and better kempt buildings were in the Nightingale square. While the run down buildings were located in the Industrial Heights community of the city. For example, in the Industrial Heights community there were broken windows and graffiti. Some

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