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Preliminary needs-assessment: consultants report 219 responses, highlight awareness gap and health-care needs
Summary
Consultants presenting preliminary findings from a town-funded needs assessment reported 219 survey responses so far and warned the sample undercounts seasonal workers; they urged expanded outreach after finding 26% of respondents unaware of available human services and health-care needs (dental, primary, specialty) ranking highest.
Consultants from Culex Strategic Advisors presented preliminary results of a town-funded human-services needs assessment to the Council for Human Services on Feb. 12, reporting 219 total survey responses so far and urging a stepped-up outreach push to reach seasonal workers and undercounted groups.
Marcos Alcorn, the project lead, said the team has collected “219 survey responses” to date, with 196 English-language full-time residents, 11 Spanish-language responses, and nine seasonal-worker responses, and plans a second on-site data collection phase in May to capture more seasonal-worker input. “We have so far 219 survey responses,” he said.…
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