the Mountain Counties Area Jonathan Kusel PhD Lauren Miller PhD November 8 2018 Sierra Institute for Community and Environment CalEnviroScreen Assessment Census Designated Places Unit of analysis matters ID: 811004
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Assessment Lessons Learned fromthe Mountain Counties Area
Jonathan Kusel, Ph.D.Lauren Miller, Ph.D.
November 8, 2018Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
Slide2CalEnviroScreen
Assessment?
Slide3Census Designated Places
Unit of analysis matters
Slide4Income-based
Disadvantaged Communities
Slide5Slide6Process
Map and aggregate Census block groups to form communities
Name block group aggregations to capture major community namesAssess Community Capacity (through workshops involving local residents/experts)
Assess Socioeconomic Status Examine Socioeconomic status and capacity to determine “disadvantaged” communities
Slide7Northern Sacramento Valley foothills in the Mountain Counties
AreaBlock Groups and Communities (in color)
Slide8Process
Map and aggregate Census block groups to form communities
Name block group aggregations to capture major community namesAssess Community Capacity (through workshops involving local residents/experts)
Assess Socioeconomic Status Examine Socioeconomic status and capacity to determine “disadvantaged” communities
Slide9Five types of capital
Community Capacity
Human Capital
: Knowledge and ability to address issues of local concern, and the experience and capabilities of local residents and their willingness to use these locally
Physical Capital:
The “hard” infrastructure of a community, such as roads, sewers, schools, etc., including the quality of this infrastructure and its ability to meet local needs
Cultural Capital:
The prevalence and strength of shared local bonds and ways of living, and the uniqueness of and identification with this
Social Capital:
The ability and willingness of local residents to work together towards community ends and purposes and beyond self-interested ends
Financial Capital:
Availability of dollars for local uses and projects and to meet pressing local needs
Slide10Community Capacity
OVERALL CAPACITY RATING
LOW 1 2 3 4 5
HIGH
Financial Capital 1 2 3 4 5
Social Capital 1 2 3 4 5
Financial Capital 1 2 3 4 5
Human Capital 1 2 3 4 5
Cultural Capital 1 2 3 4 5
Slide11Capacity of northern Sierra communities
An Assets-based approach
Slide12Process
Map and aggregate block groups to form communities
Name block group aggregations to capture major community namesAssess Community Capacity (through workshops involving local residents/experts)
Assess Socioeconomic Status Education
Poverty
Home Ownership
Children In families Receiving Public Assistance
Unemployment
5. Examine Socioeconomic status and capacity to determine “disadvantaged” communities
Slide13Assessment Lessons LearnedMountain Counties Area
Sierra Institute for Community and EnvironmentJonathan Kusel, Ph.D. and Lauren Miller, Ph.D.
For the Lessons Learned WorkshopNovember 8, 2018
Slide14What is a “disadvantaged community” or “DAC?”
Economically disadvantagedBelow 80% median household income ($49,191)
Economically distressed area85% median household income ($52,266);A municipal population of less than 20,000, a rural county, or a reasonably isolated segment of a larger municipality with less than 20,000; andFinancial hardship, an unemployment rate of 2% higher than the state average, or a low population density (100/square mile)
Underrepresented – defined by region