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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

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CalEnviroScreen

Assessment?

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Census Designated Places

Unit of analysis matters

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Income-based

Disadvantaged Communities

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Process

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

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Northern Sacramento Valley foothills in the Mountain Counties

AreaBlock Groups and Communities (in color)

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Process

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

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Five 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

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Community 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

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Capacity of northern Sierra communities

An Assets-based approach

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Process

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

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Assessment 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

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What 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