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Community Needs Assessment

Portfolio Assignment

Header: Community Needs Assessment 1

Running head: Community Needs Assessment

Community Needs Assessment Your Full Name, BSW Candidate
(If you are NOT a social work major, see the professor immediately) A paper submitted to the Social Work Department of
the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
in partial fulfillment of the
requirement of the Degree of
Bachelors of Social Work

These topical headings MUST be included in your final draft.

Abstract

Directions: Between 100 and 250 words. Place after title page. Begin the "Introduction" on the page after the abstract

Introduction

Directions: Between two paragraphs and NO longer than two pages. Include an explanation of your topic.

Review of Literature

Directions: Between two and three pages. Students must include scholarly citations that support the need for the assessment. Because this is a "community needs assessment," newspapers and news magazines may be cited also. However, scholarly citations MUST be included. A minimum of five citations MUST be included. APA style is required. Errors in APA style constitute minus one letter grade. Don't make mistakes. Please use your manual. Your SWK 2000 and 3850 textbooks might be a good citations.

Discussion of Sample Survey

Directions: Between one and three paragraphs -- not to go over one page. Describe how you derived your sample. Use your SWK 3910 textbook for labeling your sample type. In the number of subjects, etc.

Questionnaire

Directions: Between one and three paragraphs -- not to go over one page. Explain how you got your questionnaire.

Results and Findings

Directions: Between two and five pages. Describe the meaning of your results. All students must demonstrate the ability to create a graph using Excel and load the graph to the final paper.

Summary

Directions: Between one and three paragraphs. Write a summary.

Appendix A

Directions: Include questionnaire.