Action Ministries Survey of Congregational Needs

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* 1. How often does your congregation receive calls from community members stating a need for assistance?

Multiple times per day

Once a day

Few times per week

Once a week

Rarely

Never

Other (please specify)

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* 2. When you receive requests for assistance, what are the needs most often expressed? Please rank them in order of frequency, one being most often, five being least often.

Rent assistance

Utility assistance

Employment support

Housing

Hunger relief

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* 3. Do you currently have a list of priorities for local missions? If so, what are those priorities?

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* 4. Does your congregation currently have a Benevolence Plan (list of procedures for handling assistance requests)?

Yes

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* 5. If yes, is this plan meeting your needs? If selecting yes, skip to #10.

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If no, are you interested in receiving consultation and assistance in this area?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Is your congregation interested in training and assistance with a Benevolence Plan?

Yes

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* 8. Is your congregation willing to pay for this technical assistance and consultation?

Yes

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* 9. If yes, what are you willing to pay?

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* 10. Do you have a paid staff member handling benevolence programs and requests?

Part-time staff member

Full-time staff member

No paid staff member

Other (please specify)

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* 11. How many volunteers serve in your benevolence programs in a calendar year?

0-10

11-50

51-100

101-200

201+

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* 12. Do you operate any outreach programs out of your congregation (i.e. ESL class, financial literacy, etc)?

Yes

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* 13. If yes, what outreach programs do you provide?

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* 14. If no, are you interested in operating such a program?

Yes

Please explain

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* 15. Please rate the following list of potential programs by level of need in your community.

	Not needed	Important	Critical	Don't know
Adult Literacy	Adult Literacy Not needed	Adult Literacy Important	Adult Literacy Critical	Adult Literacy Don't know
ESL	ESL Not needed	ESL Important	ESL Critical	ESL Don't know
Financial Literacy/Budgeting	Financial Literacy/Budgeting Not needed	Financial Literacy/Budgeting Important	Financial Literacy/Budgeting Critical	Financial Literacy/Budgeting Don't know
GED	GED Not needed	GED Important	GED Critical	GED Don't know
Health/Nutrition	Health/Nutrition Not needed	Health/Nutrition Important	Health/Nutrition Critical	Health/Nutrition Don't know
Life Skills	Life Skills Not needed	Life Skills Important	Life Skills Critical	Life Skills Don't know
Parenting	Parenting Not needed	Parenting Important	Parenting Critical	Parenting Don't know

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Is your congregation interested in hosting or co-hosting an outreach program as part of your local missions focus? If no, skip to #20.

Yes

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* 17. Would your congregation be interested in training and assistance with offering an outreach program?

Yes

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* 18. Would your congregation be willing to pay for this technical assistance and consultation?

Yes

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* 1. How often does your congregation receive calls from community members stating a need for assistance?

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* 2. When you receive requests for assistance, what are the needs most often expressed? Please rank them in order of frequency, one being most often, five being least often.

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* 3. Do you currently have a list of priorities for local missions? If so, what are those priorities?

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* 4. Does your congregation currently have a Benevolence Plan (list of procedures for handling assistance requests)?

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* 5. If yes, is this plan meeting your needs? If selecting yes, skip to #10.

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* 6. If no, are you interested in receiving consultation and assistance in this area?

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* 7. Is your congregation interested in training and assistance with a Benevolence Plan?

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* 8. Is your congregation willing to pay for this technical assistance and consultation?

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* 9. If yes, what are you willing to pay?

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* 10. Do you have a paid staff member handling benevolence programs and requests?

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* 11. How many volunteers serve in your benevolence programs in a calendar year?

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* 12. Do you operate any outreach programs out of your congregation (i.e. ESL class, financial literacy, etc)?

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* 13. If yes, what outreach programs do you provide?

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* 14. If no, are you interested in operating such a program?

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* 15. Please rate the following list of potential programs by level of need in your community.

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* 16. Is your congregation interested in hosting or co-hosting an outreach program as part of your local missions focus? If no, skip to #20.

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* 17. Would your congregation be interested in training and assistance with offering an outreach program?

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* 18. Would your congregation be willing to pay for this technical assistance and consultation?

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* 19. If so, what are you willing to pay?

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* 20. In what other ways could Action Ministries support your congregation as you serve your community?