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Service Area:  Strategy & Capacity Building Primary Methods:  Focus groups, community conversations, qualitative analysis Geographic Focus:  Florida (County example) Listening Is Only the First Step Across Florida, early childhood coalitions, nonprofits, and public agencies are investing time and resources into community engagement. Focus groups, listening sessions, interviews, and surveys are now standard practice — especially when addressing childcare access, affordability,

From ZIP Codes to Strategy: Turning Data Into a Community Needs Assessment Community needs assessments are most effective when they move beyond high-level statistics and into place-based insights . In a recent project, I supported a needs assessment by developing a ZIP code–level indicator analysis  paired with a living, searchable community resource system —designed not just to inform a report, but to guide decision-making. This approach allowed stakeholders to clearly see w

Nonprofits and public-sector organizations collect a tremendous amount of data—program outputs, service counts, grant metrics, budgets, timelines. Yet much of this information lives in spreadsheets that are reviewed once and rarely revisited. For Florida nonprofits navigating complex funding requirements, reporting cycles, and community needs, relying on spreadsheets alone often limits strategic decision-making. Dashboards provide a way to turn routine reporting into real ins