Community Assessment

A comprehensive Community Needs Assessment has been conducted by the Community Services Center at the University of Texas Arlington School of Social Work. The Assessment "has revealed significant resources, opportunities and challenges facing residents, community leaders, businesses and other groups and organizations."  Download a Brief Summary Report here.  For more detailed information or more statistical data appropriate for grant writing, download a Navarro County Community Assessment Final Report. 

Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)

Community assesments can be used to help reconnect individuals to their community by simulating conversation and ideas among residents, business owners, professionals, gevernment representatives, civil servants and all other stakeholders who have an interest in seeing change in the community.

The Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) process helps individuals in a community realize their core values.  It gives them courage to open up to others who may seem different, and it provides the interaction necessary to create a more positive community environment.  It is a process for interested individuals in the community to look at the community, to understand the strengths, assets , and development tools already in existence in the community. (Kretzman & McKnight, 1993; Mathi & Cunningham, 2003; Pan, Littlefield, Vallidolid Tapping & West, 2005)

Other communities that have followed the development process have reported many economic and social benefits to the community.  Join us as we work to improve the quality of life in Navarro County.

Community Action Groups

Community Action Groups have formed to address specific areas of the Assessment findings.  Contact the United Way office find out more about the Community Action Groups or to schedule a presentation of the Assessment findings.

Community Action Groups are already meeting to identify assets and resources and develop strategies in the following areas:

   Area of Interest                 Group Chair                          Contact Information

   Children & Youth                   George & Elmeree Burrell         gwbburrell@aol.com

   Crime                                   Chief G.M. Cox                        chiefcox@ci.corsicana.tx.us

   Education                              Lynda Sloan                            lsloan@voiceinc.org               

   Employment                          Stuart Schoppert                      sschoppert@dfwjobs.com  

   Health Care                           Emily Carroll                           emcar@airmail.net

   Housing                                Alvis Reeves                            areeves2@swbell.net                           

   Mental Health                         Rev. Dairy Johnson                 dairy.johnson@navarrocollege.edu

   Senior Citizens                       Fred Biltz                                fbiltz@ci.corsicana.tx.us

   Social Services                       Pam Crawford                         pcrawford@pchas.org

   Substance Abuse                   Jerry Ashcraft                          jashcraft@cisd.org