Leveraging community needs assessments to bolster rural capacity
Brimmer, Olivia
Brimmer, Olivia
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The siloing of insights gleaned from community needs assessments (CNA) is detrimental to leading, planning, and developing rural communities. This can lead to duplicated efforts, lack of effective and data-informed action, and unmet needs. This project explores the possibilities for coordinated CNAs across Vermont’s public sector using a systematic literature review of best practices, the creation of a VT CNA catalogue, and qualitative analysis. Our findings emphasize the role of community-university relationships in applied research and evaluation, and their ability to contribute to rural capacity. We conclude with recommendations for the development of statewide CNA catalogs.
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2025-06-03