Community Organization – Community Building: Case Study
Choose one case study:
You have been invited to organize a community group in San Diego County.
A) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of parents who are interested in reducing heavy drinking among college students. (*)
B) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of fathers who are interested in improving child nutrition in the local schools.
C) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of Latinas who are interested in reducing mortality due to breast and cervical cancer
D) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of Lesbians who are interested in reducing the rate of smoking.
E) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of Asian women who are interested in decreasing the rate of cervical cancer.
F) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of IV drug users who are interested in decreasing the transmission of Hepatitis B and C and HIV.
G) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of mothers who are interested in improving child safety surrounding the local schools
H) The Health Department has been approached by a small group of fathers who are interested in improving child nutrition in the local schools.
•How will you prepare for your first meeting with the parents?
•What data will you collect and from what sources?
•How will you recruit new members?
•What tasks will you delegate to the volunteers
•What is the mission of your group?
•Write a first objective for the community group.
•How will you develop leadership among the community group?
•When will you leave the group and turn over the administration to the community?

Select one community organization/community building as a reference/model and indicate: Where does funding for many of the community organizing and community building projects come from? What type of efforts would support enhanced funding for quality evaluation of community building initiatives?