Agility: Redesigning and Executing a Community Needs Assessment During COVID-19

Planning, designing, organizing, scheduling -- in our work, preparation sets a project up for success. So, when OMNI began working with Adams County, Colorado in January 2020 to design and administer their 2020 CSBG data collection in March, we had all the components set, including plans for in-person surveys and focus groups across multiple community-based settings. However, when COVID-19 made in-person data collection impossible, we leaned heavily on our core values to reimagine the work in a way that would still deliver great results to our client and keep community participants and OMNI staff safe.