ERIC ED138379: Community Development Assistance Pilot Project pdf

ERIC ED138379: Community Development Assistance Pilot Project

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A product of the Kansas Planning and Community Development (CD) Division within the Kansas Department of Economic Division, the Kansas CD Assistance Pilot Project was created to meet the more technical needs of small and principally rural communities (up to 20,000 in population). Funded from July 1, 1974 through October 31, 1975, the Project consisted of a three-man CD team of professional planners with diversified backgrounds who provided technical assistance to small communities and guidance to the Kansas Department of Economic Development re provision of a permanent technical assistance mechanism. During the project period, the Team responded to 33 different requests and became involved in 9 additional multi-community related projects. The Team also became involved in basic CD research, conferences, and administrative concerns. In response to the need for a permanent decision making capacity in small communities, the Team developed the Community Development Procedural Model based on evaluation of the Programming Resources with Initiative for Development Effectiveness (PRIDE) program, literature concerning CD, and personal experience.

The model incorporated a philosophy which coupled local initiative with outside expertise, aimed at community self-development, and included the following five phases: organization; research; goal formulation; planning; and action. (JC

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1976-06
• Year: 1976
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Administration, Community Development, Economic Development, Models, Organization, Pilot Projects, Planning, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Research, Rural Areas, Technical Assistance

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