Needs Statement Sample Clauses

A Needs Statement clause defines the specific requirements, objectives, or problems that a project or agreement is intended to address. It typically outlines the context and background, detailing what is lacking or what must be achieved, such as identifying a gap in services, a technical challenge, or a business opportunity. By clearly articulating these needs, the clause ensures that all parties have a shared understanding of the project's purpose, which helps guide the development of solutions and aligns expectations throughout the engagement.

Needs Statement. 1. Besides funding, what is the single biggest challenge you are facing in financial assistance services? 7887 characters remaining 2. Besides funding, what is the single biggest challenge you are facing in employment services? County MFIP Biennial Service Agreement A. Needs Statement (continued) 3. What strengths and resources do you have available to address the needs of your participants? Please check all the resources available to participants in your service area and check whether the resource is available within MFIP financial or employment services "in-house" or from a partner organization (county resources with developed connections to MFIP), ABE/GED Adult/elder services Career planning Childcare funds Chemical health services Computer lab access Credit counseling/financial literacy English Language Learner (ELL) Food shelf Housing assistance Job club Job development Job placement Job retention Job search workshops Mental health services On-the-job training program Post-secondary education planning Short-term training Supported work Paid work experience Transportation assistance (gas cards, bus cards) Vehicle repair funds Volunteer opportunities Youth program Other Other MFIP STAFF CONTACT NAME PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ DWP STAFF CONTACT NAME PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES STAFF CONTACT NAME PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, FW Supervisor ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇ 4. County Program Contact Information County MFIP Biennial Service Agreement A. Needs Statement (continued) Employment Services Provider(s) Information NAME Population Served County MFIP Biennial Service Agreement B. Service Models Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and the Diversionary Work Program (DWP) 1. Do you have culturally specific employment services for different racial/ethnic groups? No Yes 2. What strategies do you use for hard-to-engage participants? Check all that apply. Home visits Sanction outreach services Incentives Off-site meeting opportunities Other 3. What types of job development do you do? Check all that apply. Sector job development Individual job development Other 4. Do you have an ongoing job development partnership or sector based job development with community employers to help participants with employment? 5. Do you provide job retention services to employed participants while they are receiving MFIP? 6. Do you provide jo...

Needs Statement. 1. Identify challenges in financial assistance services that are prohibiting you from properly serving MFIP/DWP families in your community? The three primary challenges that we have identified in properly serving MFIP/DWP families in ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County are lack of child care options, lack of transportation options, and lack of affordable housing options. Child care: One of the primary barriers to employment cited by MFIP/DWP applicants and participants is lack of child care openings. Pre-COVID, this was primarily an issue for people employed evenings or overnight. At present, it is a pervasive issue. Some child care providers have shut down and some have decreased their capacity limits. Parents are always aware of the possibility that a provider may need to respond to COVID exposure quickly. Most do not have a reliable back up plan for those unanticipated temporary shutdowns. This has led to a hesitancy to look for work, or to maintain employment. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County Child Care Coalition is aware of the lack of providers and the challenges that existing providers and their customers face; alternatively, people considering becoming a child care provider are also aware of the unique challenges that currently exist. Compensation remains low for this important service, and the need to meet stringent safety and training requirements may also play into the reluctance of people to become child care providers.

Needs Statement. 1. What is the single biggest challenge you are facing in financial assistance services besides funding? Financial assistance services are challenged by addressing the needs of the African refugee/immigrants to Kandiyohi County. Challenges include language barriers and determining eligibility when large families sometimes need to split the household living arrangement or double up with other households. We are now seeing a surge of secondary immigrants and sponsored immigrants. It is a challenge to identify and locate sponsors and determine their contribution to the sponsored immigrant. 2. What is the single biggest challenge you are facing in employment services besides funding? Kandiyohi County has experienced a large influx of refugees and immigrants from Africa. In our rural area there is one employer with the capability of hiring employees with limited or no English speaking ability. Many of the new residents have obtained employment there, however, if they lose the job or are not hired, there are no other employment options available. We have worked extensively with Adult Basic Education to help English Language Learners, however we are finding that it takes a long time to acquire English fluency. The language barrier and lack of employment options for non English speakers is the biggest challenge for employment services. 3. What strengths and resources do you have available to address the need of your participants? Please check all the resources available to you and check whether the resource is in-house or a community resource or both. If you lack the resources, then check the Resource Gaps column. ABE/GED Adult/elder services Career planning Childcare funds Chemical health services Computer lab access Credit counseling/financial literacy Culturally appropriate services English Language Learner (ELL) Food shelf Housing assistance Job club Job development Job placement Job retention Job search workshops Mental health services On-the- job training programs Post-secondary education planning Short-term training Supported work/ paid work experience Transportation assistance (gas cards, bus cards) Vehicle repair funds Volunteer opportunities Youth programs Other: In-house Resources Community Resources Resource Gaps 4. County Program Contact Information If you have multiple contacts, please list one in each area, otherwise, list one and indicate that the contact is for multiple program areas. Name of MFIP staff contact ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Contact phone ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇...

Needs Statement. 1. What is the single biggest challenge you are facing in financial assistance services besides funding? Hiring and maintaining a full complement of staff. During this past biennium, we have experienced considerable staff turnover due to resignations, retirements and medical leave requests. Coupled with major policy changes in healthcare services and an increase in caseload sizes, maintaining consistency and meeting required timelines has been difficult. 2. What is the single biggest challenge you are facing in employment services besides funding? The single biggest challenge faced with employment services is the lack of a county-wide transportation infrastructure. While some of our larger cities have a small bus rider system, the hours of operation are limited. Therefore, the single biggest challenge in Ottertail County is transportation. 3. What strengths and resources do you have available to address the need of your participants? Please check all the resources available to you and check whether the resource is in-house or a community resource or both. If you lack the resources, then check the Resource Gaps column. ABE/GED Adult/elder services Career planning Childcare funds Chemical health services Computer lab access Credit counseling/financial literacy Culturally appropriate services English Language Learner (ELL) Food shelf Housing assistance Job club Job development Job placement Job retention Job search workshops Mental health services On-the- job training programs Post-secondary education planning Short-term training Supported work/ paid work experience Transportation assistance (gas cards, bus cards) Vehicle repair funds Volunteer opportunities Youth programs Other: In-house Resources Community Resources Resource Gaps 4. County Program Contact Information If you have multiple contacts, please list one in each area, otherwise, list one and indicate that the contact is for multiple program areas. Name of MFIP staff contact ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Contact phone ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Contact email address ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇ Name of DWP staff contact ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Contact phone ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Contact email address ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇ Name of FSS staff contact ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Contact phone ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Contact email address ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇ Name of Teen Parent staff contact ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Contact phone ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Contact email address ▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇ Name of staff contact serving 200% FPG families ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Contact phone ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ C...

Needs Statement. Describe the specific needs for your ▇▇▇- related training program to strengthen your training delivery methods, enhance industry partnerships, or increase student completions. (1,800 characters) Existing Program Description

Needs Statement. 1. Besides funding, what is the single biggest challenge you are facing in financial assistance services? The single most challenging issue facing FAS is system modernization, specifically dealing with system interoperability between METS and MAXIS, and the lack of MAXIS to respond timely to legislative changes. Legislative changes, program migration, and modernization has outpaced the ability of MAXIS to be updated or patched to meet requirements. This has resulted in delays in benefit issuance and reduced availability of workers to respond to client requests for assistance. Recent legislative changes surrounding the MFIP Housing Assistance Grants, and the migration of Medical Assistance cases to METS have brought the limitations of MAXIS into sharp focus. Legislative updates regarding program administration and qualifications for Housing Assistance Grants resulted in on going manual issuance of benefits for an extended period, and necessitated the manual issuance of retroactive benefits by both county and state employees. This manual process drew already limited employee hours away from providing customer service and ongoing benefits issues. Additionally, lack of intersystem operability between MAXIS and METS has resulted in the duplication of work between METS and MAXIS program requirement, as well as the creation of new processes and communication methods to ensure documents and information provided to a METS worker is shared with the corresponding MAXIS worker and vice versa. Given recent experiences, it is our concern that these issues will continue to surface, creating additional work flow disruptions, and new demands on the work force to take action to ensure client received accurate and timely benefits. 2. Besides funding, what is the single biggest challenge you are facing in employment services? Employment is one of the key factors that contribute to a person’s health and wellbeing. Employment has a direct impact on a person’s individual success, improves child’s outcomes and helps people become part of the larger community. Everyone benefits from employment and everyone benefits from having opportunities for improved and continuous employment that lead to improved family stabilization. In the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) and the Diversionary Work Program (DWP), participants are encouraged and expected to work. Gainful employment, self-sufficiency, and economic independence are goals for every family. Supports are provided to enabl...

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Needs Statement. The extent to which the applicant identifies specific needs related to the purposes of the program. (20 Points)

Needs Statement. The needs statement is a short paragraph that explains why the project is necessary. Simply not having something is not a need; it is necessary to explain what problem exists and why addressing the problem is necessary and timely. Provide facts that support your claim when possible, and try to talk about things on the level on which the program will be implemented. For example, don’t just mention that access to clean water is a problem in Ghana, mention that in Adaklu specifically this problem exists. Really explain the need in the context of the target population using evidence. This can mean citing interviews/focus group discussions with community members or quantitative measures that have been collected. This is also the section to emphasize that these problems were identified by the communities themselves. This is an important distinction of HCDP-Ghana’s methods. It also helps to justify the need. Simply state that the needs were determined through a community needs assessment or interviews with community members. Be specific in the methods of data collection.

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