Introduction

Union-Snyder Community Action Agency (CAA)’s Community Needs Assessment was implemented to better understand the unique and ever-changing needs facing Union and Snyder county residents. The contents of this report will inform the work of CAA through 2023 to ensure real-time action is being taken to address issues facing our community - as reported by our community - through either direct service offerings or enhanced community collaborations. CAA will continue its assessment following a three-year schedule to stay current on community trends.

The process consisted of three distinct data collection phases in the summer of 2020. These phases included asset mapping, survey collection, and implementation of focus groups and key informant interviews.

Additional Relevant Reports

In order not to duplicate efforts of previous needs assessments, key findings and links to previous assessments are listed below: • Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way’s ALICE Report: https://www.gsvuw.org/alice • Central Susquehanna Community Foundation Needs Assessment Report (2018): https://csgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RIF-Needs-Assessment-Report-2018.pdf • STEP Inc.’s Lycoming County Community Needs Assessment Report (2018): https://www.stepcorp.org/agency-info/administrative/community-needs-assessment.html