Community Assessment is a priority for Susan G. Komen for the Cure because the basic philosophies on which the organization was founded hinge on the ability to "know" the communities it serves.
Responsive
• An Affiliate's community assessment identifies specific ways Komen can be responsive to the needs of its service area and provide for those touched by breast cancer today.
Non-Duplicative
• Komen carved its niche in the cancer environment by identifying and focusing on unmet needs. Community assessment allows each Affiliate to identify and focus on the needs in its service area and to carve its niche in the local breast cancer environment.
Collaborative
• An Affiliate's community assessment helps to identify strategic partners in the local fight against breast cancer. Partners may be potential grant recipients, donors, volunteers and other community nonprofits.
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