Community Needs Assessment Paper

To complete assessments is a normal process of the helping relationship (Saleebey, 2013). A community needs assessment is designed to find the strengths a community possess, as well as any resources it has available. An assessment may be conducted to the best way to address the needs present in that community. This assessment can be in the form of survey handouts, focus groups, interviewing those who are invested in the community or leaders in the community
The community that will be discussed is the Guatemalan-Maya Center in Lake Worth, Florida.
The Guatemalan-Maya Center works to support all immigrants, however when the Center began they focused on providing services to Mayan and Guatemalan immigrants. Some of the needs in the Guatemalan-Mayan community are: education, unemployment or underemployment, housing, educating individuals on their rights, as well as to …show more content…
Services to the community begins with outreach, the agency aids undocumented individuals with their major needs. They work to discover ways in which undocumented individuals can have their needs met (Tim, personal communication, April 26, 2016). The Center will accompany individuals to court as translators (Tim, personal communication, April 26, 2016). They assist immigrant with obtaining their visas if necessary. They are advocates of the Guatemala and Maya community, as they are plenty agency in the community that lacks experience dealing with this clientele (Tim, personal communication, April 26, 2016). The Center is one of the largest providers for individuals to apply for food stamps. The Center works with domestic violence and child abuse cases (Mara, personal communication, April 26, 2016). They provide tutoring to students and the opportunity for high school students to be mentored. They assist individuals that have to serve community service. The Guatemalan and Mayan are served using their language, which is not a common occurrence (Mara, personal communication, April 26,