Research to Develop a Community Needs Index

From: HUD USER News
 
To understand the most efficient and fair way of
allocating Community Development Block Grant funds, HUD
is continuing to work on developing measures of
community needs. An exploratory study from HUD's Office
of Policy Development and Research, Research to Develop
a Community Needs Index, advances this work with an
index that shows current needs and demonstrates changing
community conditions. The study draws on a number of
public databases, including the American Community
Survey (ACS), which will allow more frequent updating of
information than is possible with the decennial census.
 
This study also tests an innovative index of real fiscal
capacity that measures the extent to which communities
are sufficiently resourced and able to deal with their
problems without federal assistance. The study finds
that it's possible to combine a needs index and a fiscal
capacity index for the purpose of measuring relative
need for CDBG and other federal support.
 
This report is accessible from HUD USER as a free
download at
 www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/commdevl/comm_needs.html.
It's also available in print for a nominal fee by
calling HUD USER at 800-245-2691, option 1.
 
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