New Data Generation

The Center for Community Support will provide technical support for the generation of new data for community-based projects and proposals in order to provide unique and specific information for programs not available from traditional sources.

New Data Generation is...

• a process which results in uncovering unique characteristics about a target population of interest.
• a process for generating data in cases where a community-based organization needs specific information related to the proposal but which is unavailable from current data sources.
• a process for collecting data through mail, telephone, or in-person surveys or through the analysis of archival data.
• is an activity intended to provide community-based organizations with technical assistance in the development of survey instruments, sampling and methodological skills, and analytical expertise on local data for later use in program implementation.

The Purposes of New Data Generation Services are to provide...

 

• additional qualitative and quantitative data for the needs assessment and evaluation.
• To provide community-based organizations with basic program evaluation skills.