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From Data to Action:
Community Needs Assessment Best Practices
What separates a community needs assessment that gathers dust from one that drives real change?
The difference usually comes down to three things: the right data, the right process, and the right partners.
Watch this on-demand webinar for a practical session on conducting needs assessments that actually move communities forward.
CPPR brings deep expertise in community-engaged research — working directly alongside community members, practitioners, and policymakers to surface what matters most. mySidewalk contributes the population-level data layer and workflow to publish findings communities can act on.
Watch the recording to learn how to:
- Structure a community needs assessment for clarity and impact
- Choose and combine data sources effectively
- Turn findings into publicly accessible, actionable outputs
Structure a community needs assessment for clarity and impact
Choose and combine data sources effectively
Turn findings into publicly accessible, actionable outputs
Meet the speakers
About Center for Public Partnership & Research
CPPR is one of the founding centers of the Achievement and Assessment Institute (AAI) at the University of Kansas. AAI and its centers partner with numerous agencies to improve the lives of children and adults through academics, employment, career advancement, and building healthy environments, as well as to enhance the capacity of organizations that help children, adults, and communities succeed.
About mySidewalk
mySidewalk is a community data platform that helps mission-driven organizations turn data into decisions—faster and with more confidence. With ready-to-use datasets, intuitive mapping and visualization tools, and built-in publishing features, users can uncover insights and share them clearly without heavy technical lift. An AI assistant guides even data novices to ask better questions and explore local trends, while a data upload tool lets teams bring in their own data for deeper, more context-relevant storytelling.