Community Development Case Study

Community Development Case Study

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Case Study students will:

1. Analyze and apply foundational community development theories and principles to a case study
2. Complete a root cause analysis to determine community problems
3. Create an asset map of community resources available
4. Write an intervention plan for the case that includes phases of the plan and the role of the community worker in each phase
5. Develop a logic model for your intervention and evaluation plan

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Assignment Objective

The objective is to apply community development approaches and principles in working with a community.

Community Development Case Study

Instructions

1. Select a case study from the list, below, and watch the video to learn about one of these communities.

• Case # 1: My Village in Nunavik. NFB video at: Library.humber.ca
• Case # 2: Cross Lake: “This is where I live”. NFB video at: library.humber.ca
• Case # 3: Street Life: Canada’s Homeless Crisis video at: library.humber.ca
• Case # 4: The Downtown Project video at: library.humber.ca

Community Development Case Study

Imagine you have been hired by a community development organization to engage with the community you learned about in your selected video. Your job is to help community members address/solve a major issue or problem. What might that problem be and how would you approach this community work?

2. Create an intervention plan for your case that includes both locality development and social action components. Your intervention plan must include the following subsections:

         Root cause analysis – Your method & possible findings

         Asset mapping – Your method & possible findings

         Phases of organizing – What will you do? Apply Lee’s pragmatic approach.

         Role of community worker – What will your role be and what types of skills will you need to be successful?

         What will your logic model look like for a project you might undertake with this community?

         Evaluation plan – How will you evaluate your intervention to measure success and the attainment of both outputs and outcomes?

Submission

Submit your case study intervention through BlackBoard as a WORD document (not PDF). Please submit one copy per dyad with both names on the cover page.