Life in Santa Cruz County
Author: Applied Survey Research (ASR)
Date: 2009
Abstract: Over the past nine years, a consortium of public and private health, education, human service and civic organizations convened by the United Way of Santa Cruz County have sponsored the Community Assessment Project of Santa Cruz County (CAP), a collaborative project to measure and improve the quality of life in Santa Cruz County over a ten-year period. The goal of CAP is to continually improve the quality of life for Santa Cruz County residents by: • raising public awareness of human needs, changing trends, emerging issues, and community problems; • providing accurate, credible and valid information on an ongoing basis to human service planners and those providing funds; • providing information for individual institutions to guide decisionmaking about creation, management and redesign of programs; • setting community goals using measurable quality of life indicators that will lead to positive, healthy development for individuals, families, and communities; and • supporting and assisting with the establishment of collaborative action plans to achieve the community goals. The CAP steering committee intends to provide the most relevant insights about the needs of residents in order to point the community toward specific initiatives that will positively impact all residents. The CAP community assessment model, now implemented for its ninth year, provides a comprehensive view of the quality of life in Santa Cruz County. It is based on credible primary (original) data and secondary (pre-existing) data that are gathered for a series of indicators in six areas: Economy, Education, Health, Public Safety, the Natural Environment, and the Social Environment. The Comprehensive Report is a tool for concerned citizens from the private and public sectors to come together to review the numbers and turn them into a picture of where our County is headed. While the Comprehensive Report is the culmination of one year’s activity, it outlines the trends over time and helps to lay the groundwork for planning and community action. The CAP has nurtured and encouraged a common community focus by establishing Community Goals for the year 2004. There are two to three goals for each of the six topical areas of Economy, Education, Health, Public Safety, the Natural Environment, and the Social Environment. Progress toward these goals is tracked each year through measurable quality of life indicators.
Tags: Economy, Education, Environment, Health, Public safety,
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Date: 2009
Abstract: Over the past nine years, a consortium of public and private health, education, human service and civic organizations convened by the United Way of Santa Cruz County have sponsored the Community Assessment Project of Santa Cruz County (CAP), a collaborative project to measure and improve the quality of life in Santa Cruz County over a ten-year period. The goal of CAP is to continually improve the quality of life for Santa Cruz County residents by: • raising public awareness of human needs, changing trends, emerging issues, and community problems; • providing accurate, credible and valid information on an ongoing basis to human service planners and those providing funds; • providing information for individual institutions to guide decisionmaking about creation, management and redesign of programs; • setting community goals using measurable quality of life indicators that will lead to positive, healthy development for individuals, families, and communities; and • supporting and assisting with the establishment of collaborative action plans to achieve the community goals. The CAP steering committee intends to provide the most relevant insights about the needs of residents in order to point the community toward specific initiatives that will positively impact all residents. The CAP community assessment model, now implemented for its ninth year, provides a comprehensive view of the quality of life in Santa Cruz County. It is based on credible primary (original) data and secondary (pre-existing) data that are gathered for a series of indicators in six areas: Economy, Education, Health, Public Safety, the Natural Environment, and the Social Environment. The Comprehensive Report is a tool for concerned citizens from the private and public sectors to come together to review the numbers and turn them into a picture of where our County is headed. While the Comprehensive Report is the culmination of one year’s activity, it outlines the trends over time and helps to lay the groundwork for planning and community action. The CAP has nurtured and encouraged a common community focus by establishing Community Goals for the year 2004. There are two to three goals for each of the six topical areas of Economy, Education, Health, Public Safety, the Natural Environment, and the Social Environment. Progress toward these goals is tracked each year through measurable quality of life indicators.
Tags: Economy, Education, Environment, Health, Public safety,
Link to Resource: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5176dcd7e4b0e5c0dba41ee0/t/53e94646e4b0f9cfa5570c09/1407796806437/CAP+9.pdf
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