The resulting effort was the identification of three to five specific data for assessment of each targeted impact.

The committee also received a copy of the Communities That Care survey (December 2003). It was administrated in the Logan-Hocking School District. In Hocking County approximately 98% of the students attend the Logan-Hocking School District. Results of the data obtained from the CTC Survey served to enhance the Needs Assessment process by providing a very in-depth detailed picture of our youth. The group did not rely heavily upon the CTC Survey Report as the basis for the Needs Assessment process because of their concern about the ability to re-administer the survey in the future. There are no guarantees it will be conducted again. The group chose to track each impact through identified data using their respective sources known to be consistent, reliable, and available.

Additional data collection efforts focused on the community valuing component of the PfS Needs Assessment process. The group developed and implemented a community survey. The survey was designed to be simple. Each survey participant was to indicate the one targeted impact they felt was the biggest issue facing youth within Hocking County. There were 525+ surveys completed. According to the NCS Pearson web page confidence level calculator, the survey results are +/- 3.6% correct with a 90% confidence level.

The same survey was conducted online through the Logan-Hocking School District’s web page. Results were tracked electronically by response per question and not by individual survey records and therefore remained separate from the above. The surveys completed from the web site totaled 119 and, although statistically the sample size is small, the results paralleled that of the above mentioned process. The survey used in both cases was nearly identical. A copy of the survey instrument can be found in Attachment II.

Although the group will continue to look at data, it was at this point they chose to freeze data collection and push forward with the Partnerships for Success worksheets numbers one through four.

The Partnerships for Success Model suggests that each individual member of the group complete Worksheet #1 prior to discussion. The committee chose to have the expert in each respective impact complete the written form, present it for group discussion, and then complete the priority ranking worksheet (number two) as a group. Worksheets number three and number four were completed using the same respective process. Copies of completed worksheets can be found in Attachment III.

The final step was to place each piece of data into a PfS recommended data template. While not every piece of data is found in the analysis section of the six targeted impacts, every piece of data can be found in Attachment IV. The data is presented, described, graphed, and its source is documented. All data found in the body of the report are fully documented in Attachment IV.

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