Social Assessment : Santa Clara County

This paper will conduct a community assessment of Marion County, Indiana. Marion County is located in the heart of Indianapolis, which is the capital of the state of Indiana. Marion County was created April 1, 1822 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase. It was named after General Frances Marion from South Carolina in the Revolutionary War period. This assessment will address the health needs and risks of Marion County through the use of the WGU assessment forms identifying the population’s economic status, neighborhood and community safety inventory, cultural assessment, and the disaster assessment and planning guide.

When the baby is about 3-6 months old they are able to recognise similar faces this could be of family such as parents, uncles, aunts, siblings or hospital staff for example doctor, nurse or midwife. They are also starting to develop wariness of strangers and parents for example in this situation they might start to cry whilst being picked up by their mums friend where as when they’re picked up by their mum they are absolutely fine it shows how attached the baby can be to their mother there is no one more important to them except their mummy and daddy. The face of the child will brighten up when a familiar carer turns up.

In our Social Services Class, we talked about many things but two of them stood out the most: anti-oppressive practises and the Indigenous people. We learned about residential schools and how these schools came to be to destroy the culture of the Indigenous people. Young children were abducted from their homes, separated and beaten whenever they displayed anything that was remotely similar to their culture. Some were in sexually abused and some even died while in the care of these schools. The last school may have been shut down in 1996 but the effects these schools caused are felt to this day and have affected generations of Aboriginal people.

“Building family, building business, building future[O1] .” This is the New Salem town motto. Three senior nursing students assessed the rural community and have determined the motto is fitting. New Salem is only 20 miles from the larger, urban city of Bismarck, but that does not mean that New Salem has nothing to offer. New Salem has a grocery store, a school, several churches, and recreational activities available. New Salem also has several different attractions including a statue of world’s largest Holstein cow also known as “Salem Sue.” Diving deeper into New Salem, students explored the civic core, subsystems, perceptions, and priority needs of the community.

The minority population in Los Angeles is “68.2%”(Stephanie and Doris) and “38% are Latino, 29% are African American and 6% of other ethnicities, and 27% are white.”(Hans P. Johnson)

Included below are tables demonstrating a clearer view of the demographics, information was taken from California’s Secretary of State:

The population that I will be focusing on for the Community Needs and Services paper includes those individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 that struggle with opioid addiction who have become involved in the Criminal Justice system. The paper will analyze specifically what demographics constitute the prison population and those who are continuously participating in community supervision under the Justice system who are addicted to opiates or other narcotics. The ability to obtain funding for this population and the resources available while transitioning from a Court room to the community or a prison facility

I am an assistant day care teacher and due to that it is important I know the demographics behind the city of Sherman Oaks, located in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California. The follow information is pertaining to these zip codes: 91401, 91403, 91411, and 91423. It has a total population of 118,592. The male population is 58,261, while the female population is 60,330. The median age is 36.52. 10% of the residents are 9 years or under, 7% are 10-17, 5% are 18-24, 30% are 25-39, 36% are 40-64, and lastly 65+ is 13%. There are 6,095 white-collar jobs and 4,152 blue-collar jobs.

The male’s population is 1,950,662, and 49.6% of the Bakersfield. The female’s population is 1,978,202, and 50.4%.Tthe median resident age is 34.7 years. Persons under 5 years percentage was 6.6, under 18 years was 23.1 percent, 65 years and over was 10.1 percent, and female persons was 50.2 percent in April 1, 2010. The white alone was 49.8 percent, black or African American alone was 9.6 percent, American Indian and Alaska native alone was 0.7 percent, Asian alone was 11.3 percent, native Hawaiian and other pacific islander alone was 0.1 percent, Hispanic or Latino percent was 48.5 percent, and white alone, not Hispanic or Latino was 28.7 percent in April 1, 2000. In Los Angeles, there were 101,509 veterans and foreign born persons was 38.6 percent. The housing units were 1,413,995 and the owner-occupied housing unit rate was 37.2 percent. The household was 1,329,372 and per household was 2.84. High school graduate or higher percent of person’s age 25 years+ was 74.9 percent, and bachelor’s degree or higher was 31.5 percent. The people with a disability under 65 years old was 6.1 percent, persons without health insurance under age 65 years was 26.4 percent. In civilian labor force of population age 16 years+ was 66.3 percent, female of age 16 years+ was 59.5 percent in 2010-2014. The total accommodating and food services sales was 9,295,589, total manufactures shipments was 43,502,545, total merchant wholesaler sales was63,834,855, total retail sales was 40,156,864, and total retail sales per capita was 10,409 dollars in 2012. The mean travel time to works age 16 years+ was 29.6 percent. Median household income was 49,682 dollars, and person in poverty was 22.4 percent. Business firms were 497,999, men-owned firms were 262,460, women-owned firms was 192,358, minority-owned firms was 247,710, nonminority-owned firms was 235,220, veteran-owned firms were 30,581, nonveteran-owned firms were

As the bay area technology boom continues, so has one of residents’ basic needs: the cost of housing. According to U.S. Census data five of the top seven fastest growing counties in California are in the bay area, with the fastest growing county being Alameda (2010). Since the 2010 census, it was estimated Alameda would add a little over 100,000 residents by August of 2014. With the increased population the cost of living has also increased, especially housing costs. From January 2014 to January 2015, the average rent in Oakland increased by approximately 20 percent in a city struggling to deal with housing demands (Zillow, 2015).

Demographics is the study of human population based on statistical facts of the social and economic characteristics of a locality. This report describes the demographic outline of Orange County, California, which is located east of the Pacific Ocean and south of Los Angeles County. As of 2014, the population was 3,086,331 making it the third most populated county in Southern California (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). Primarily known as “The OC,” Orange County is famous for its tourist attractions and beaches that stretch along more than 40 miles of coastline. The OC is a comprehensive metropolitan to its 34 cities, with the four largest cities each exceeding a population of 200,000 (Orange County, 2016). It ranked as the sixth most populous county in the United States showing a combination range of statistic data based off race and ethnicity, education, household and income, healthcare, and economy.

The client we are working with is Community Living Cambridge, which is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with various mental disabilities such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD). The organisation was founded in 1954, and has since then provided support for over 450 members of the Cambridge community. The main members of this organisation are young adults (age 18-29) who have been diagnosed with FASD, and have been in foster care for most of their lives. Young adults with FASD are the most vulnerable to being viewed as outcasts, as they generally lack the same social and mental skills.

A community health assessment is a fundamental instrument of public health practice. Its objective is to depict the health of the community, by presenting information on health standing, community health needs, resources, and epidemiologic and other studies of present local health problems. It seeks to recognize target populations that may be at augmented risk of poor health results and to increase a better understanding of their needs, as well as evaluates the larger community surroundings and how it relate to the health of people. It also identifies those areas where better information is desired, particularly information on health differences amid different subpopulations, quality of health care, and the incidence and severity of disabilities in the population. The Community Health Assessment is the foundation for all local public health development, giving the local health component the instance to recognize and network with key community leaders, businesses and concerned residents about health priorities and concerns. This information shapes the foundation of improving the health status of the community by way of a strategic plan (The Municipal Public Health Services Plan Community Health Assessment Guidance and Format, n.d.).

Research is conducted in a variety of different ways using different methods and methodologies. How these methods are used is imperative to how clear and accurate research will be. Community needs assessment is a research method used by many researchers that assists in finding gaps within a particular target group within a particular community. Throughout this paper I will discuss what a community needs assessment is and when and how it is used. I will also discuss some of the strengths and limitations of this method. I then continue to explain some theoretical and practical perspectives when dealing with this method and how it would apply when conducting your own research in a

This paper serves as an overview and reflection of the community assessment assignment process for the Chinatown presentation team with the community issue of gentrification. There will be an analysis of the team’s performance in regards to strengths and opportunities for growth as well as an outlining how roles and responsibilities were formed including collaboration and communication. Further, since our group presented last, there is an inclusion of the positive aspects of our colleague’s presentations and some suggestions for revision if we were to present again. Additionally, there is personal analysis of my role within the team, areas of personal opportunity for growth, and my role within our group. The end of the reflection paper provides an opportunity for potential application of skills in future social work practice and how I will use the principles of community assessment in future practice. Overall, the process of collaborating with colleagues and the intricacies of assessing a community have prepared me for micro and macro level social work practice in communities of any size.