COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICE PARTNERSHIP Needs Assessment Leon County, Florida November 2019 (Re-Submitted) Submitted to: City of Tallahassee & Leon County, Florida September 13, 2019 Submitted by: The Center for Health Equity, Inc. 231 East Jefferson Street Quincy, Florida 32351 Needs Assessment, Leon County, FL 2 Table of Contents I. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT ......................................................................................................... 4 II. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. 5 III. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 IV. COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICE PARTNERSHIP (CHSP) ............................................................................................ 10 V. NEEDS ASSESSMENT DATA ................................................................................................................................................... 14 A. Focus Groups/Interviews ............................................................................................................................................. 14 The Process The Participants Recurring Themes from Focus Groups/Interviews Key Relationships from Focus Groups/Interviews B. Stakeholder and Resident Surveys ........................................................................................................................... 19 CHSP 2019 Stakeholder/Agency Community Needs Assessment Survey Description of the Stakeholder/Agency Survey Instrument Demographics of the Stakeholde/Agency Respondents CHSP 2019 Resident Community Needs Assessment Survey Description of the Resident Survey Instrument Demographics of the Resident Respondents Stakeholder/Agency and Resident Survey Results C. Community Data from Existing Data Sets .............................................................................................................. 28 Population and Demographics - Leon County Population Age and Gender Race and Ethnicity Census Tracts Education ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Attainment Levels Early Learnig Florida Standards Assessment Leon County Schools and School Grades Title I Schools Retention Graduation Dropout Juvenile Delinquency Center for Health Equity, Inc. Fall 2019 Needs Assessment, Leon County, FL 3 Economic Factors ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 Poverty Food Insecurity ALICE Households - The Working Poor Unemployment Home Ownership, Rent and Transportation Uninsured Health ............................................................................................................................................................................ 52 Leon County Health Rankings Florida Health Chart Measures Involuntary Examinations and Institutionalization (Baker Act) Stress Other Factors & Subpopulations ........................................................................................................................ 56 Computers and Internet Crime and Justice Diabled and Seniors Homelessness Leon County Schools Environmental Safety Incidents ZIP Code 32304 VI. SERVICES GAP ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................... 66 A. Inventory of Services ........................................................................................................................................................... 66 B. Services Gaps Questionnaire Process ........................................................................................................................... 69 C. Services Gaps Questionnaire Results ............................................................................................................................ 69 VII. DETERMINING ALLOCATION .............................................................................................................................................. 78 VIII. PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER ............................................................................................................................................... 85 A. Recommended Funding Categories, Allocation, and Outcome Measures ............................................... 85 B. Additional Outcomes Across All Funding Categories ................................................................................... 103 C. Process to Maintain Funding-to-Needs Alignment ....................................................................................... 104 D. Supplemental Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 104 IX. WORKS CITED ........................................................................................................................................................................ 106 Center for Health Equity, Inc. Fall 2019 Needs Assessment, Leon County, FL 4 I. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences ACS American Community Survey ALICE Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed ACS American Community Survey ACS U.S. Census, American Community Survey CC Capital Circle CFIR Child Food Insecurity Rate CHE The Center for Health Equity CHSP Community Human Service Partnership CoC Continuum of Care CPS U.S. Census, Community Population Survey Official National Poverty Rate CRT Citizens Review Team EDR Economic and Demographic Research ELA English Language Arts ES Elementary School FIR Food Insecurity Rate FLDOE Florida Department of Education FLKRS Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener FPL Federal Poverty Level FSA Florida Standards Assessment HH Household FY Fiscal year HUD United States Housing and Urban Development LCS Leon County Schools MOA Memorandum of Agreement MOU Memorandum of Understanding PIT Point in Time PZ Promise Zone SAIPE U.S. Census, Small Area Income Poverty Estimates SESIR School Environmental Safety Incident Report STD Sexually Transmitted Diseases YPLL Years of Potential Life Lost per 100,000 Center for Health Equity, Inc. Fall 2019 Needs Assessment, Leon County, FL 5 II. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Tables Table 1: CHSP Funding Categories by Fiscal Year Table 2. Distribution of Stakeholders/Agencies by Gender, Ethnicity, Age, Race and Type of Organization Served Table 3. Distribution of Respondents to the Resident Survey by ZIP Code Table 4. Distribution of Respondents to Resident Survey by Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Race Table 5. Distribution of Residents by Educational Attainment Levels and Household Income Table 6, Five Most Important Issues Affecting Health Wellbeing and Quality of Life Table 7. Health Related Reasons Why Issues Exist Table 8. Essential Needs Reasons Why Issues Exist Table 9. Jobs/Employment Reasons Why Issues Exist Table 10. Specific Population Services Reasons Why Issues Exist Table 11. Support Services Reasons Why Issues Exist Table 12. Human Service Delivery System Reasons Why Issues Exist Table 13. General Information from Residents Table 14. Population Change 2014 to 2018 Table 15. Population Estimates by Age Group, 2017 Table 16. Population Breakdown by Race, 2017 Table 17. Demographic Summary by Census Tract, 2017 Table 18. Education Attainment Levels Among Residents 25 and Older, 2017 Table 19. Enrollment in School Readiness Programs Table 20. Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS) Results Table 21. Elementary Schools that Did Not Meet the State’s FLKRS Benchmark Table 22. Definitions of FSA Achievement Levels Table 23. % of Students Scoring at Achievement Level 3 or Above on the Grade 3 FSA ELA, 5 years Table 24. 2019 ELA - - LCS Grade 3 FSA Results Table 25 2017-2018 Three-Year Average Sum of ELA Learning Gains Table 26. 2019 School Grades for Leon County Schools Table 27. 2019-20 Title I Schools, Leon District Table 28. 2017-2018 Retention Rates by Grade, Leon District Center for Health Equity, Inc. Fall 2019 Needs Assessment, Leon County, FL 6 Table 29. Five-Year Cohort Graduation Rate Using Federal Guidelines Table 30. 2017-2018 Cohort High School Graduation Rate Using Federal Guidelines Table 31. School-Related Arrest Rate per 1,000 School Population Table 32. Delinquency Arrest Rate per 1,000 Population Table 33. 2017 Poverty Rate Among Individuals from US Census Bureau Programs Table 34. ACS Estimates of People in Poverty Table 35. 2017 ACS Percent Poverty Estimates by Age Group Table 36. Poverty by Educational Attainment Levels Among 25 and Older (2017) Table 37. Descriptions of Census Tracts in PZ and Non- PZ Table 38. Crosswalk Between High Poverty Tracts and Corresponding Zip Codes Table 39. Tracts with High Number of Children or Seniors in Poverty, 2017 Table 40. Median Household Income and SNAP Benefits Table 41. Household Information for Census Tracts with Median HH Income < $30,000 Table 42. Top 12 Food Insecure Counties in Florida, 2017 Table 43. Food Insecure Persons and Children, 2015-2017 Table 44. Leon County Poverty and ALICE Households Table 45. Unemployment Rate, 2014 and 2017 Table 46. Unemployment Rates and Median Age by Tract, 2017 Table