Discussion: Prioritizing Strategies

Prioritizing Strategies Worksheet

Part I: Identify Community Assets, Needs, and Strategies

Problem Description (working definition): State the working definition of your problem below. Keep this definition in mind as you complete the following tables.

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In the table below, list the existing community assets and needs related to the social problem that you chose for the Final Project. Then, identify possible strategies to address the problem, given the existing community assets and needs. Refer to pp. 40–42 in the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Community Needs Assessment Participant Workbook for further guidance, if necessary.

Assets (e.g., resources, policies, programs and services)	Needs (i.e., an assessment of what is missing from existing assets)
Strategies (i.e., steps you would take to address the problem)

Part II: Prioritize Strategies

Use the following table to prioritize the strategies that you identified on p. 1. Refer to pp. 44–46 in the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Community Needs Assessment Participant Workbook for further guidance, if necessary.

Strategy	Time (1–5)	Resources (1–5)	Competing Priorities (1–5)	Total (T x R x C)	Rank
Example: Pilot afterschool mentoring program	1=large amount of time to implement the strategy	3=some amount of resources needed to implement the strategy	3=some competing priorities	1x3x3=9	2
Example: Provide 1 mentor per 3 students	4=a little amount of time to implement the strategy	3=some amount of resources needed to implement the strategy	4=a few competing priorities	4x3x4=48	1
Example: Re-write the post-pilot mentoring curriculum	1=a large amount of time to implement the strategy	1=a large amount of resources needed to implement the strategy	1=a large amount of competing priorities	1x1x1=1	3