A community mapping is a participatory process for assessing the situations in a community and documenting the knowledge of community members.” “The mapping process involves … going through a community in a structured activity format, talking to community members, learning about the needs and resources..” Directions: Students are required to utilize the APA 7th Edition format for all written materials that need to be 8 pages to include Abstract and Reference page. This assignment must include appropriate citations and references of all resources utilized. Study Miami Gardens, Florida community. You may be creative with this project and attach additional documents.
Community Assessment and Mapping
Step 1: Becoming familiar with the community
a. Identify its boundaries using official documents and by “driving through. Additionally, you may want to attach a geographical map as part of the assignment to support your comments in this section.”
b. Identify characteristics of the community: who lives there, describe its appearance.
c. Identify attributes of the community that support social functioning
Step 2: Significant Resources Identify and assess the caliber of the following resources and the resident’s access to those resources.
List the three that you believe are primary in the community i.e. three main roads based on utilization, traffic flow: Provide evidence for your observations and research a. Roads. b. Libraries c. Schools d. Police Stations e. Governmental sites. Bodies of Water g. Parks & Playgrounds h. Businesses i. Industrial or large businesses j. Social Services k. Community Service Centers l. Hospitals and other medical facilities m. House of Worship (by faith denominations) n. Residential areas (single-family vs multi-family) o. Entertainment p. Restaurants and other eating locations q. Shopping centers or malls r. Tourism. s. Large supermarkets or “mom and pop” shops
Step 3: Who are the people?
Poverty, Oppression and Trauma
a. Who lives in the community? What is the population of the community? What is the demographic breakdown? How long have most persons lived there? What is the constellation of most households? Provide evidence for your observations and research.
b. Who has the power? Provide evidence for your observations and research.
Step 4: Sub-communities
a. What sub-communities have you identified? For example, older retired persons, LGBTQ neighborhoods, sections with primarily young families, mainstream middle class, etc. Provide evidence for your observations and research.
Step 5: Physical Needs
What is your assessment of the access that the residents have to the following: Provide evidence for your observations and research a. Food, clothing and shelter
b. Ways to get around the community and to work (if outside of the community)
c. Is the environment clean and safe (e.g. air, streets, water)
d. Are there sidewalks, adequate drains, paved roads, signage, lighting?
Step 6: Social and emotional needs
Assess the level of adequacy of a socially integrated community. Provide evidence for your observations and research
a. Do people feel safe?
b. Are people proud of their community?
c. Do the residents feel that they have power?
d. Do the residents feel that they are oppressed?
e. Do the residents feel that other residents care about the community?
f. Are there social clubs or community organizations that seek to meet social and emotional needs?
Step 7: Economic needs
Can the residents find and access: Provide evidence for your observations and research
a. Goods and services
b. Jobs and income
c. Opportunities for building capacity
Step 8: Educational needs
Provide evidence for your observations and research
a. In what ways to people learn? What is their assessment of the “ways of knowing”?
b. Are there newspapers, radio/TV stations, magazines that most residents utilize for information?
c. Do the young people feel that there are opportunities for them to stay in the community and advance?
d. What are informal ways people communicate?
Step 9: Unmet Needs
Provide evidence for your observations and research
a. What are the unmet needs of the community?
b. What resources must be secured in order for the community to gain or maintain power?
Step 10: Self-reflection and Summation
Give a final summary working on this project for this community assessment map. What were some of the strengths? What were some of the challenges?
Finally, give two examples of how human rights and being trauma-informed are, or are not reflected in the identified community. Support your statements with references.
How would engaging in trauma-informed practices advance social, economic and environmental justice in this identified community? Give two examples, and support your statements with references.
Give a statement about how facilitating the community assessment map transformed your knowledge or understanding of the identified community
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