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- Step 1. Engage Partners
- Step 2. Assess Needs
- Step 3. Examine Strengths and Capacity
- Step 4. Select Priorities
- Step 5. Set Performance Objectives
- Step 6. Develop Action Plan
- Step 7. Seek and Allocate Resources
- Step 8. Monitor Progress for Impact on Outcomes
- Step 9. Report Back to Partners
- State and Jurisdiction Links

State and Jurisdiction Links
Introduction
Links and Resources from State and Jurisdictional Title V Agencies
The following links and resources have been collected by the MCH Digital Library to serve as examples for the needs assessment process across the country.
Resources have been identified from state and jurisdiction's MCH Title V websites and represent the latest information at the time of collection. Use these tools as models for your own assessment process.
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Please take a moment to share your resources related to your needs assessment that you would like highlighted on this page. By sharing your stories, you help to document the needs assessment process for use by other Title V agencies during this cycle and will help preserve this knowledge for needs assessment processes in the future.
Links to Resources
Collected by the MCH Digital Library- 2020 Needs Assessment (115 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Introduction, 2020 Needs Assessment Process, Findings by MCH Population Domains, Description of Prioritized Needs, Domain Reports (for each domain)
- 2020 Needs Assessment Summary - Women/Maternal (3 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment Summary - Children (3 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment Summary - Adolescents (3 pages) 2020
- Needs Assessment Summary - CYSHCN (3 pages)
- 2025 Needs Assessment to Identify Statewide MCH Priorities (3 pages)
- Needs assessment design visual (template)
- Needs assessment design visual (example)
- Issue brief (template)
- Issue brief (example)
- Healthy People 2020 comparison data table (template)
- Healthy People 2020 comparison data table (example)
- Prioritization data synthesis (template)
- Prioritization data synthesis (example)
- Prioritization information tool (template)
- Prioritization information tool (example)
- Prioritization scoring matrix (template)
- Prioritization scoring matrix (example)
- Prioritization Criteria
- 2015 Needs Assessment (74 pages) includes Executive Summary, Introduction, Process and Methodology, Maternal and Child Health Population Needs, Conclusion, References
- 2020 Strengths and Areas for Improvement - Findings from Key Informant Interviews (15 pages)
- Focus Group Analysis (26 pages)
- Results from the 2020 Delaware Title V Stakeholder Survey (38 pages)
- Needs Assessment
- 2020 Needs Assessment (24 pages) includes: Introduction, Assessment Process, Methodology, MCH Population Health Status, Organizational Structure, Agency Capacity, MCH Workforce Capacity, Title V Program Partnerships, Collaborations, and Coordination
Federated States of Micronesia
- 2020 Needs Assessment Supporting Documents (17 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment Overview (2 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (161 slides)
- Women Fact Sheet (33 pages)
- Perinatal/Infant Fact Sheet (41 pages)
- Child Health Fact Sheet (21 pages)
- CYSHCN Fact Sheet (22 pages)
- Adolescent Fact Sheet (25 pages)
The Iowa Needs Assessment was conducted in partnership with the University of Iowa, Child Health Specialty Clinics. Resources include an introductory video and data snapshots and focus group summaries for each population domain.
- 2025 Needs Assessment (524 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Introduction, MCH Programs in Kansas, MCH Needs Assessment Process, MCH Population in Kansas, MCH Workforce Profile, Family Strengthening and Support, Health Status and Needs of Kansas MCH Population, Identifying Priority Needs and Linking to Performance Measures
- 2020 Title V Block Grant Needs Assessment Executive Summary (7 pages)
- Needs Assessment Survey Methodology and Results (6 pages)
- Fact Sheets
- 2020-2025 Title V Priorities
- Women's Health Data Sheets All 012020
- MAINE ADOLESCENT HEALTH
- Maine Adolescent Health Potential Priorities summary revised 012020
- MAINE CHILD HEALTH
- Maine Children's Health Potential Priorities summaries revised 012020
- MAINE CSHCN HEALTH
- Maine CSHN Potential Priorities Summary CSHN All 012020
- MAINE INFANT HEALTH
- Maine Perinatal and Infant Health Priority Summaries All 012020
- MAINE WOMENS HEALTH
- Priorities Setting presentation (PowerPoint)
- 2018 Needs Assessment (86 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Introduction, Methods, Results, Success Stories, Challenges and Limitations, Discussion, Conclusion
- Needs Assessment
- 2020 Needs Assessment Methods and Findings (66 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Five-Year Needs Assessment Summary, Needs Assessment Methods, Needs Assessment Findings, Minnesota's 2020 Priority Needs, Community-Focused Strategic Planning, Evaluation of Needs Assessment Process, Reflections on the Process
- Results presentation (49 slides, PowerPoint)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (113 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Introduction, 2020 Needs Assessment Process, Findings by MCH Population Domain, Description of Prioritization Process, Final Prioritized List of Needs by Domain, Domain Reports
- MCH Indicators and Factsheets (10 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (15 pages) includes: Process, Findings, Title V Capacity, Identifying Priority Needs and Linking to Performance Measures
- 2020 Needs Assessment (16 pages) includes: Goals, Framework and Methods, Individual Domains, MCH Workforce Capacity, Identifying Priority Needs and Linking to Performance Measures
- 2020 Needs Assessment
- Issue Brief - Premature Birth (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - Infant Safe Sleep (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - Child Abuse and Neglect (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - Access to Preventative Oral Health (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - Motor Vehicle Crashes (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - Sexually Transmitted Diseases (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - Suicide (4 pages)
- Issue Brief - CYSHCN Behavioral and Mental Health in School (5 pages)
- Issue Brief - Women - Cardiovascular Disease DOH (4 pages)
- Issue Brief -Access to and Utilization of Mental Health Services (4 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (274 pages) includes: Acronyms, Executive Summary, Introduction, Methodology, Quality and Capacity of Home Visiting Programs, MCH Population Group Trends, Trends in Social Determinants of Health: Risk and Protective Factors, Community Voices, Children's Heath, Women's Health, Key Takeaways
New Jersey
- 2020 Needs Assessment (40 slides)
North Dakota
- 2021-2025 Priorities (9 pages Word)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (7 slides)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (49 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Purpose and Overview, Summary of Regional Forums and Online Survey Findings, Summary of Key Findings from Secondary Data Analysis, Summary and Needs by Population Domain
- 2020 Needs Assessment (37pages) includes: Introduction, Guiding Principles, 2020 Needs Assessment Process, Community and Partner Engagement, Data Collection, Synthesis of Results, Priority Selection, State MCAH Needs and Selected Title V Priorities and Performance Measures, Next Steps
- Oregon Title V Needs Assessment Webinar recording (48 minutes)
- Needs Assessment Data Tools (94 pages)
- Title V Data Tools Overview Webinar recording (45 minutes)
- Oregon's Title V MCH Program Fact Sheet
- Parent Survey for Children with Special Health Care Needs (English | Spanish; 12 pages)
- Request for Information (RFI) For Partnership to Explore the Care and Service Needs of Asian or Pacific Islander (API) Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and Their Families (8 pages)
- Stakeholder Feedback on Title V Priorities for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (7 pages)
- Youth Survey (English | Spanish; 8 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment Summary (26 pages) includes: Overview, Needs Assessment Update, Capacity Assessment
- 2020 Needs and Capacity Assessment (120 pages) includes: Abbreviations, Executive Summary, Overview of the Requirements of the Title V Five-Year Needs and Capacity Assessment, Methods, Plan and Timeline Development, Characterization of Health Status: MCH Populations, Primary Data Collection, Development of Data Briefs, Capacity Assessment: Title V Program Capacity, Prioritization, Findings, Next Steps, Conclusion
- 2020 Needs Assessment Data Briefs (21 pages)
- Title V Five-Year Needs and Capacity Assessment Values Informing the Prioritization of Maternal and Child Health Needs
- Needs and Capacity Assessment
- Final Priorities
- 2020 Needs Assessment (33 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Overview of the State, Five Year Needs Assessment Summary
- 2019 Needs Assessment Partner Summary Report (7 pages)
- 2019 Community Survey Report (23 pages)
- 2019 Youth Survey Report (22 pages)
- 2019 Child & Adolescent Health Data Brief (6 pages)
- Needs Assessment Focus Group Findings (1 page)
- Needs Assessment Priorities
- Needs Assessment - Women's and Maternal (12 slides)
- Needs Assessment - Perinatal and Infant Health (10 slides)
- Needs Assessment - Child Health (12 slides)
- Needs Assessment - Adolescent Health (13 slides)
- Needs Assessment - CYSHCN (8 slides)
- Women and Maternal Health Brief (2 pages)
- Perinatal Infant Health Brief (2 pages)
- Child Health Brief (2 pages)
- Adolescent Health Brief (2 pages)
- CYSHCN Health Brief (6 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (149 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion, Recommendations
- MCH State Priorities 2021-2025 (6 pages)
- 2020 Needs Assessment (51 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Introduction, Goals framework and methodology, Findings, Title V Program Capacity, Conclusions
- 2020 Qualitative Needs Assessment (85 pages) includes: A Qualitative Assessment of MCH in Virginia, Women of Reproductive Age, Pregnant Women and Mothers of Young Children, Adolescents, Parents of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Men in Virginia, Maternal and Child Health Providers and Systems, Population Domain Focus Groups Summary
- 2020 Needs Assessment Summary (32 pages) includes: Executive Summary, Introduction and Background, Local Health Jurisdictions Needs Assessments, Facilitated Discussions, Key Information Interviews, Discovery Survey, Considerations and Acknowledgements
- Needs Assessment Update Webinar (47 slides)