2005 Low-Income Needs Assessment
SCCAA’s “Low-Income
Needs Assessment”, which the agency does every four years, is the
foundation of planning efforts for Community Action and other public and
private, nonprofit service providers in Skagit County. The 2005 document
may be the most ambitious of all previous studies. The data collected from
over 1,000 households are being used for several purposes.
The
Executive Summary
functions as a stand-alone document, and provides a bird’s eye view of this
and previous needs assessments: the needs of low-income service provider
clients in Skagit County. The reader will also find a special targeted
study of the Hamilton area in eastern Skagit County. The report may be
viewed, and duplicated as desired, in its entirety, or by chapters as
follows: