Spring In-Service Continuing Education Program
Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers and Candidates
Hilton Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, GA
April 8 and 9, 2015
Presented by Frederick Richmond
The Center for Applied Management Practices
[email protected] 717.730.3705
Application of Needs Assessment to
Your Agency
The Foundation
Policies for the Service Delivery Model
A Nevada CSBG Policy Guide for Implementation
of the Community Services Block Grant-
C1 Definition of a Family Unit for Determining
CSBG
Eligibility
C2 Income Eligibility Limit
C3 Definition of Income for Eligibility Purposes
C4 Period of Time for Determining Income
C5 Income Verification
C6 Reassessment of Eligibility
M1 Required Statewide Software
Nevada CSBG Policies for the Service Delivery
Model-M3
Statewide Data Model
Agency Data Model
Agency Matrix
NV Intake Assessment Scales
Nevada Service Delivery Model-M4
Each person seeking services is administered
an intake to determine eligibility and collect
required CSBG characteristic and
demographic data.
Each person seeking services is administered
a self-sufficiency or “well-being” assessment
of 13 mini-surveys.
NV Intake Assessment Scales
Child Care or Head Start
Education-Adults/Youth
Emergency Assistance
Employment
Energy
Food and Nutrition
Health Insurance-Adults
Health Insurance-Children
Household Budgeting
Housing
Percentage of Poverty
Primary Health Care
Transportation
Well-Being or Self-Sufficiency Matrix
Baseline Needs-Presenting Conditions
Aggregate Family Level Needs Assessment-Five Highest
Needs
Employment-#1 Need
First Highest Need (Employment):
What interventions is the agency currently using to meet this need (include quick service, one-way referral, referral and follow-up, and case management interventions)?
Enter Your Response Here:
The first highest need is employment. During the period, 7/1/14-3/19/15, 137 persons were assessed for employment and 120 or 88% were below the Prevention Line in the In-Crisis and Vulnerable benchmarks.
Of the 120 persons in need of employment services:
36 of 120 or 30% received an employment service.
265 employment services were provided to the 36 clients. Each client received on average 7 employment services.
All employment services were provided directly by “the
agency”. There were no referral services.
The most frequent service was Case Management Meeting,
provided 145 times.
No One Way Referrals were made for employment.
Household Budgeting-#2 Need
Second Highest Need (Household Budgeting):
What interventions is the agency currently using to meet this need (include quick service, one-way referral, referral and follow-up, and case management interventions)?
Enter Your Response Here:
The second highest need is household budgeting. During the period, 7/1/14-3/19/15, 130 persons were assessed for household budgeting and 112 or 86% were below the
Prevention Line in the In-Crisis and Vulnerable benchmarks.
Of the 112 persons in need of household budgeting services:
4 of 112 or 4% received a household budgeting service.
5 household budgeting services were provided to 4 clients. Each client on average received 1 household budgeting service.
All household budgeting services were provided directly by “the agency.” There were no referral services.
The most frequent service was Financial Literacy Class,
provided 4 times.
No One Way Referrals were made for household budgeting.
Emergency Assistance-#3 Need
Third Highest Need (Emergency Assistance):
What interventions is the agency currently using to
meet this need (include quick service, one-way referral,
referral and follow-up and case management
interventions)?
Enter Your Response Here:
The third highest need is emergency services. During
the period, 7/1/14-3/19/15, 154 persons were assessed
for emergency services and 81 or 53% were below the
Prevention Line in the In-Crisis and Vulnerable
benchmarks.
Of the 81 persons in need of emergency services:
36 of 81 or 44% received an emergency service
39 emergency services were provided to 36 clients.
Each client on average received 1 emergency service.
There were 3 Referral Services for clothing. The rest of
the services were provided directly by “the agency.”
The most frequent service was
burial
,
provided 35 times.
There were 3 One Way Referrals for emergency
services.
Housing-#4 Need
Fourth Highest Need (Housing):
What interventions is the agency currently using to meet this need (include quick service, one-way referral, referral and follow-up and case management interventions)?
Enter Your Response Here:
The fourth highest need is housing. During the period, 7/1/14-3/19/15, 144 persons were assessed for housing and 67 or 47% were below the Prevention Line in the In-Crisis and Vulnerable benchmarks.
Of the 67 persons in need of housing services:
23 of 67 or 34% received a housing service.
85 housing services were provided to 23 clients. Each client received on average 4 housing services.
There were 6 referral services for housing. The rest of the housing services were provided directly by “the agency.”
The most frequent service was Rental Assistance provided 25 times. There were a total of 72 Rental Assistance
services provided.
Energy-#5 Need
Fifth Highest Need (Energy):
What interventions is the agency currently using to meet this need (include quick service, one-way referral, referral and follow-up and case management interventions)?
Enter Your Response Here:
The fifth highest need is energy. During the period, 7/1/14-3/19/15, 73 persons were assessed for energy and 36 or 49% were below the Prevention Line in the In-Crisis and
Vulnerable benchmarks.
Of the 36 persons in need of energy services:
5 of 36 or 14% received an energy service.
5 energy services were provided to 4 clients. Each client received on average 1 energy service.
There were 3 referral services for energy.
The most frequent service was Utility assistance-gas, electric or propane provided 5 times.
Next Steps
Are there adjustments that
need to be made/can
be made
to improve results (include adjustments
to service interventions controlled by the agency,
staff training, additional resources, and potential
partnership opportunities)? Describe and list the
adjustments that will be made.
Enter Your Response Here:
Wage Data, Percent of Poverty, Demographics
and Characteristics
2015 HHS Poverty Guidelines with Hourly
Wage Calculations
The Cliff Effect
Sample Programs and Income Eligibility for
Low-Income Persons
The Cliff Effect-Analysis
A household income of $10.30 an hour which is
100% of poverty indicates eligibility for all benefits
listed in the table. An income greater than $13.39 an
hour or 130% of poverty limits eligibility for
subsidized benefits to persons whose income does
not exceed that amount. For example, a person
whose income is greater than 130% of poverty is
eligible for Energy Assistance, WIC, and CHIP but
not eligible for CSBG, Head Start, Medicaid or TANF.
The Cliff Effect-Analysis
A wage of $10.30 an hour or an annual income of
$20,090 qualifies a family of three for all programs
since that income is at 100% of poverty.
A person in a family of three with a minimum wage job
at $7.25 an hour or an annual income of $14,137.50 is
at 70% of poverty and also qualifies for all benefits.
The minimum wage if adjusted for inflation would be
$13/hour.
As a person begins to increase their income, they
potentially lose eligibility for benefits. A person working
at $7.25 an hour or minimum wage in a three person
household increasing their income by 38% to $10.00
an hour is still at 100% of poverty and qualifies for all
benefits as listed in the previous slide. It would take an
hourly income above $13.39 an hour which is an 85%
increase above minimum wage to lose eligibility for
many of the subsidized benefits.
The Cliff Effect-Analysis
If a person earns an income above $13.39 an hour
(without significant benefits) where they would lose
eligibility for many of the subsidized programs, is
the increase in income from a poverty wage of
$10.30 an hour to $13.39 an hour or an annual
increase in income of $6,025.50 worth the loss of
benefits resulting from:
National School Breakfast/Lunch Program/Free
Meals
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food
Stamps)
TANF
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) CAAs
Head Start
