New Census Toolkit Can Help Coalitions Create Community Needs Assessment and Grant Proposals

The U.S. Census Bureau has developed a toolkit to help faith-based and community organizations use U.S. Census data to write grant proposals and conduct a community needs assessment.

Census data can provide a unique picture of local communities, by providing information on indicators such as household income levels, the age and education-level of a population, the race and ethnic makeup of a community and how a population has changed over time. This type of information is particularly useful when trying to write a grant proposal to demonstrate the need for resources within a community, or when trying to assess the needs and issues of a community.

Visit www.census.gov/field/www/faith to access this toolkit.