Community Scale Document

Interventions, Strategies, and Activities produce change in:
National Goals	1 & 6 1. Low-income people become more self-sufficient. 6. Low-income people, especially vulnerable populations, achieve their potential by strengthening family and other supportive systems.	2 & 3 2. The conditions in which low-income people live are improved. 3. Low-income people own a stake in their community.	4 & 5 4. Partnerships among supporters and providers of services to low-income people are achieved. 5. Agencies increase their capacity to achieve results.
Unit of measure	One client or family at a time (consumers, individuals, enrollees, participants, households)	A community condition or system (wards, boroughs, counties, townships, parishes, SMSAs, territories, districits,neighborhoods)	An agency or program (agency, employee group, department, bargaining unit, project, program)
Scale Level & type of change	Family Level Scale measures change in levels of family functioning, attainment, and achievement	Community Level Scale measures change in levels of systems functioning, systems capacity, & community conditions	Agency Level Scale measures change in levels of capacity and performance
Dimensions of change	income education family functioning transportation employment housing basic needs community involvement substance abuse child care health	public policy equity civic capital service & support systems economic opportunity	goverance relationships & linkages compliance cultural sensitivity workforce environment planning measurement and evaluation external communications information management
Scale Thresholds	Thriving Safe Stable Vulnerable In Crisis	Thriving Safe Stable Vulnerable In Crisis	Thriving Safe Stable Vulnerable In Crisis
Aggregation level	agency or program	agency or state	state or agency