The first step in the assessment process was to seek the community’ s perceptions about the most critical issues facing our communities. The United Way facilitated “public input” strategies in each county to identify critical issues for eventual inclusion on a county-wide assessment survey, additional efforts were conducted in Vanderburgh County through four (4) focus group sessions of the general public and client populations.
Warrick County professionals from non-profit agencies were invited to attend a public input meeting to identify the county’s critical issues for inclusion on the Warrick County survey. Sixteen (16) community volunteers met on February 18, 1999 at the Rolling Hills Country Club and identified thirty-eight (38) distinct Warrick county issues.
Warrick County Critical Issue Survey:
Respondent Selection:
United Way maintains a database of individuals, organizations and businesses for Warrick County. This database is considered a list of “Key Informants” and is not a representative sampling of the general public. Specifically, the database is composed of:
Ø Individual United Way donors
Ø Nonprofit human service agencies
Ø Public and private organizations
Ø Churches
Ø Schools
Ø All businesses (those who donate and those who do not)
Total Database Size (all mailed surveys) = 2,389
(Nonprofit agencies were also given surveys to copy and distribute to their clientele)
Surveys Returned = 345 (14.4% return rate)
Demographic Profile of Warrick County
Respondents:
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Gender: (Survey) (Population) Male 33% (49.9%) Female 65% |
Race: (Survey) (Population) White 93% (98.5%) Black 2% ( 0.6%) Hispanic 1% Asian 0% Other 0% ( 0.8%) |
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Age: (Survey) (Population) 18-24 1% (11.9%) 25-34 13% (22.3%) 35-44 25% (25.2%) 45-54 34% (15.3%) 55-64 17% (10.8%) 65+ 8% (14.4%) |
Education: (Survey) (Population) Some high school 2% (19.9%) High school grad 27% (56.3%) Voc school grad 8% ( 7.7%) College grad 31% (10.3%) Post grad 28% ( 5.8%) |
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Income: (Survey) Below $20k 3% $20-39.9k 17% $40-59.9k 19% $60-79.9k 23% $80-99.9k 13% $100k + 16% |
City of Residence: Boonville 80 (23%) Chandler 21 ( 6%) Newburgh 198 (58%) Tennyson 3 ( 1%) Other 42 (12%) |