Focus statement

    Order Description     Part 1: Identify Focus of Community Assessment What is a macro social issue that affects a citizen/client group or resident population? Each task group will identify a social issue (e.g. housing, education, safety, employment) that affects a client/citizen group or resident population. • Group members will come to consensus about the specific social issue and client/citizen group or resident population based on one of the member’s field placement. o Example: Client/Citizen Group: Senior citizens o Social issue: Prevalence of poverty • The social issue chosen could also be one that affects a population of residents in a defined geographic area, for example, vacant housing in the XYZ neighborhood. What is the geographic community (neighborhood, Statistical Planning Area, small town) for the assessment? • Each task group should identify a geographic community (neighborhood, Statistical Planning Area (SPA), or small town) served by a field site to conduct the community assessment. o Example geographic community: Cleveland’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. o The second task is to come up with a focus statement for the community assessment—putting the pieces together. • Example of focus statement for community assessment: prevalence of poverty among seniors in Cleveland’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood   Focus group racial minority youth and access to education,