Catalyst Partnerships

ABOUT CATALYST PARTNERSHIPS

We help provide volunteer home repairs, maintenance, and remodeling for elderly, disabled, & under-resourced property owners for low, or sometimes no, fee.  Our volunteers range from highly-skilled trades professionals, to 'barely-skilled' novices who just want to pitch-in to help.  We started in September 2007 as a grass-roots movement of a few families & individuals who simply wanted to help neighbors who needed help with home repairs, but couldn't do it themselves or hire a contractor.  Beginning then, and continuing after Catalyst Partnerships was officially registered as a non-profit community-based organization on August 1, 2008, we've worked with over 160 volunteers who have donated over 1,000 labor hours in volunteer Restoration Projects in Oregon & Washington.

About Portland, Oregon

LOCATED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, ON PORTLAND’S WEST-SIDE

Washington County, and the Portland metropolitan area, are nationally recognized as one of the most livable areas in the country. Located on the western edge of the City of Portland, Washington County is the second largest and fastest growing urban county in Oregon, with approximately 500,585 citizens. The community is Oregon’s most ethnically diverse, most affluent, and most highly educated in Oregon. The community enjoys excellent schools and a uniquely diverse array of brand-new housing areas and vast neighborhoods built in the early 1900’s.  Only an hour’s drive from the beach and mountains and less than a half-hour to downtown Portland, Washington County enjoys the benefits of a healthy urban and rural environment.

Contact Catalyst Partnerships:

Shawn Mitchell, President & CEO

Phone: (503) 705-2847

Email: shawn@catalyst-project.com

Website: www.catalyst-partnerships.com

    Elements

           

Community Surveys
By talking directly to community members needs and priorities become apparent.

           

Key Informant Interviews
The insights gained through carefully conducted stakeholder and key informant interviews sharpens the focus.

           

Data Analysis
The combination of inquiry methods produces key data to inform and guide the needs assessment.

What is Needs Assessment?

Community Needs Assessment is a organized investigation into the needs and priorities of the community through a serious of interviews and surveys. The approach advocated by CCIR is a team based approach that combines the best of participatory and qualitative research leading to a planned action response.

“ The responsible first step for new community organizations is a well designed needs assessment that compliments and brings clearer focus to the existing needs survey data and secondary data already available in the community. ”