Any community in the Dallas, Texas area that works with the homeless

36051Students are to write a community assessment (10-12 pages) that assesses the community where they live or work. Students will follow the model provided in Consensus Organizing: A Community Development Workbook (Ohmer & DeMasi, 2009).
Students will utilize a minimum of two scholarly journal articles in addition to course materials/textbooks to assist in completion of this assignment.
1. Use the table on pp. 178-179 Ohmer & DeMasi to begin your Community Assessment Assignment.
2. Use the table on pp. 156-157 Ohmer & DeMasi to continue your Community Assessment Assignment.
3. Use the table on pp. 199-201 of Ohmer & DeMasi to complete your Community Assessment Assignment.
4. Utilize the section II wrap-up (begins on p. 205 of Ohmer & DeMasi, 2009) and the tables to complete a community assessment for the community in which you live or work.
This is a Community Assessment and not a Needs Assessment; these are two different types of analyses. Your assessment should be in essay format and the tables should not be used as a way to share your findings.
I would like you to discuss the characteristics of a consensus organizer and analyze your own competencies therein. However, you do not have to choose a consensus organizing approach to address the issue you have identified. If you choose an approach other than consensus organizing briefly discuss how those consensus organizing competencies do or do not fit with the approach you have chosen.