1999 Community Needs Assessment
Volume 3
Inventory of Existing Needs Assessment Reports
Prepared for the Budget Office
State of Delaware
by
Karen A. Curtis
Timothy K. Barnekov
Erika Klar
Glen Ernst
Richard Clerkin
and
Patti Campbell
with assistance from
Russ Stark
Christopher Holmes
James Carson
Michele Pierdinock
Zenzi Reeves
and
Armine Mkhitaryan
Center for Community Development and Family Policy
College of Human Resources, Education, and Public Policy
University of Delaware
December 1999
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The ABC Evaluation: The Early Economic Impact’s of Delaware’s A Better Chance
Welfare Reform Program, by DHSS-DSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Access to Jobs / Reverse Commute Application, of Delaware Department of
Transportation and Delaware Transit Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adolescent Substance Abuse in Delaware, by CUAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Affordable Housing Finance Needs Assessment, by The First State Community Loan
Fund (Terry Kreer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse Among Delaware Students, by UD - CCD The Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Annual Report and Strategic Plan Annual, by Delaware Health Care Commission;
includes:
1. Consumer Assessment of Health Plans in Delaware: Preliminary Report . . . . 19
2. Delaware Health Care Commission Committee on Managing Managed
Care: Recommendations for Regulating Managed Health Care . . . . . . . . . . 20
3. Delaware Without Health Insurance: A Demographic Overview . . . . . . . . . . 21
4. Options for Medicaid Managed Long Term Care in Delaware: Executive
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Assessment of the Capacity-Building Needs of Nonprofit Housing Development
Organizations in Delaware: Overview Report, by O M G, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Barriers to Food Security in Wilmington: Problems in Access to Affordable,
Nutritious Food, by CUAPP - CCDFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Care & Services for Adults with Disabilities in Delaware, By Cari DeSantis - for The
Longwood Foundation - Easter Seals of DE and MD Eastern Shore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CAREVan Data, by Ingleside Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Client Satisfaction Survey Results for Wilmington, New Castle County, Kent County
and Sussex County, by DHSS - Delaware State Service Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
A ‘Competitive Advantages’ Analysis of Wilmington, Delaware Economy: 19901995, by UD - CHEP - SUAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
CONTACT Delaware Helpline Statistics, by CONTACT Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Crime & Justice in the Enterprise Community: The Public’s View, by CHEP - SUAPP and
CCDFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Crime in Delaware 1993: An Analysis of Delaware Crime, by Executive Department Statistical Analysis Center - State of Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Crime in Delaware 1995: An Analysis of Delaware Crime, by Executive Department Statistical Analysis Center - State of Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Crime, Public safety & Police Service: Attitudes of Wilmington Residents, by CHEP CCDFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Delaware Career Compass: Charting Your Course, by Delaware Dept. of Labor . . . . . 46
Delaware: Child Care Challenges, by Children’s Defense Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Delaware Dropouts, 1996-1997: Summary Statistics, by State of Delaware Department of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Delaware Helpline Problems/Needs, by Delaware Helpline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Delaware Jobs: What Do They Offer?, by Delaware Department of Labor, Office of
Occupational and Labor Market Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Delaware Monthly Labor Review: November 1998, by Delaware Dept. of Labor . . . 54
Delaware Perinatal Board Progress Report, by Delaware Perinatal Board . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Delaware Regional Job Access Transportation Business Plan (draft), by Delaware
Transit Corporation and KFH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Delaware Tomorrow 1997, by Delaware Dept. of Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Delaware Wages 1995, by Delaware Dept. of Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Delaware Women: Where Are They Working - by the Delaware Department of
Labor: Office of Occupational and Labor Information and the Delaware
Occupational Information Coordinating Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Delaware’s Continuum of Care Narrative: Gaps and Priorities, by Homeless
Planning Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Delaware Health and Social Services’ Division of Services for Aging Adults with
Physical Disabilities: Demographic Packet, by DHSS - Division of Services for Aging
and Adults with Physical Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs and Policies - Report I:
Community-Based Service Organizations, by CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs and Policies - Report II: Educational
Institutions, by CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs and Policies - Report III: Emergency
Shelters and Transitional Housing Programs, by CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs and Policies - Report IV: Advocacy
Organizations, by CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs and Policies - Report V: Health Care
Treatment Services, by CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs and Policies - Report VI: Enforcement
Services, by CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Domestic Violence: An Inventory of Programs an Policies // Report VII: Survivors’
Perspective on Emergency and Support Services, By CUAPP - CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Strategic Plan for Wilmington,
Delaware: Capturing the Potential of Wilmington’s Future - prepared by Kise,
Straw & Kolodner with Urban Partners for the City of Wilmington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Enterprise Community Evaluation Design: An Assessment of the Program’s
Implementation and a Framework for Future Evaluation, by SUAPP - CCDFP . . . . . . . 102
Enterprise Community Progress Report: January 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996, by
Enterprise Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Evaluation of the Wilmington Weed & Seed Program January to December 1995,
by State of Delaware - Executive Department - Statistical Analysis Center . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Family Survey Report, by Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS), University of
Delaware, Interagency Resource Management Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Final Report: Delaware Alcohol and Drug Prevalence Survey, by CUAPP - DHHS CSAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Findings and Recommendations to the Complaint of the Coalition for Equal Justice
in Public Education, by State of Delaware - Human Relations Commission . . . . . . . . . 118
Focusing on Information Sources for Delaware’s Developmental Disabilities
Community, by UD - CUAPP - Delaware Public Administration Institute . . . . . . . . . . . 120
History Report: Services Integration in the State of Delaware - Robert B. Denhardt
and Joseph W. Grubbs, CCDFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Homebound Seniors by Zip Code, by Meals on Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Homelessness in Delaware, CUAPP/Urban Agent Division, in cooperation with
The Salvation Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Homelessness in Delaware Revisited, by CUAPP - CCDFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hunger: The Faces and Facts 1993 - prepared by the VanAmburg Group, Inc. for
the Food Bank of Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Hunger: The Faces and Facts 1997 - prepared by the VanAmburg Group, Inc. for
the Food Bank of Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The Impact of a Boys and Girls Club Facility / Component A: Baseline Analysis, by
CUAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Juvenile Victims and Their Perpetrators, by State of Delaware - Executive
Department - Statistical Analysis Center, in conjunction with the Attorney General’s
Task Force on Child Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Lenders’ Profile of Southern Delaware, by Community and Consumer Affairs Dept Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
The Location of Critical Businesses and Services in Wilmington, Delaware, by CHEP CCDFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
1995 Vital Statistics Annual Report, by Delaware Health and Social Services . . . . . . . . . 149
1997 Delaware Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, by DHSS - DPH - CDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
1997 Delaware Medical Assistance Program Annual Report - DHSS, DSS . . . . . . . . . . . 154
1996 Surveillance Report: Division of Public Health, Office of Lead Poisoning
Prevention (OLPP) - Russell Dynes, OLPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
1996 Vital Statistics Annual Report, by Delaware Health and Social Services . . . . . . . . . 157
No Home, Poor Health: Final Report of the Wilmington Homeless Health Care
Study, by CUAPP - Urban Agent Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
The “Persistent Emergency” of Hunger: Food Pantry Usage in Delaware - by
Karen Curtis and Brian Green of CUAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Prevalence and Need for Treatment of Alcohol/Drug Abuse Among Women
in Delaware, by Roberta Murphy, Christine Saum, Dorothy Lockwood, Karen
Cerra and Steven Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
The Prevalence and Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Dependence
among the Sheltered Homeless in Delaware, by CCDFP - CHEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Protection From Abuse Act Statistics for Calender Year 1997, by The Family
Court of Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
(Public Perceptions) 1997 Statewide Poll on the Condition of Education in
Delaware - Summary of Results, by UD - College of Education - Delaware
Education Research and Development Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Public Perceptions of the Condition of Education in Delaware - Summaries of
Results of Comparisons of African-American Households to Caucasian-American
Households, by UD - College of Education - Delaware Education Research and
Development Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
The Realities of Poverty in Delaware (1989 - 1999 Updates), by Public Assistance
Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Secondary Conditions and Community Integration Among Delawareans with
Traumatic Brain Injuries: A First Look, by Ed Ratledge, CADSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Service Provider Survey, prepared for Division of Child Mental Health Services Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families - State of Delaware,
by University of Delaware - College of Human Resources, Education and Public
Policy - Center for Community Development and Family Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
State of Delaware Consolidated Plan, Fiscal Year 1998 Annual Action Plan for
period 7/1/98 to 6/30/99 (Document number 10-03-98-05-01), by Delaware
State Housing Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Statewide Housing Needs Assessment: Executive Summary and Technical Summary,
by Prepared by Legg Mason Realty Group, Inc. for Delaware State Housing
Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Substance Abuse and Need for Treatment Among Criminal Justice Detainees in
Delaware 1995 -- Steven S. Martin, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, CUAPP . . . 205
Substance Use and Abuse Patterns of Delaware Youth: Implications for Treatment
Services Planning Summary Report (and Interim Draft Report), by Delaware
Department of Health and Social Services - Division of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse
and Mental Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
The Need for Supported Housing in Delaware: A Survey of Existing Data, by
Independent Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
The Needs of Delawareans with Disabilities: A Five Year Plan for Strengthening
Person’s and Families’ Community Supports, by Community Systems and Services
Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
A Turning Point: A Series of News Journal Special Sections, by The Wilmington
News Journal, CADSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Urban Neighborhoods: Opportunity for Community Reinvestment Act Investment
- Dr. John E. Stapleford and Dr. Francis X. Tannian, Bureau of Economic Research,
College of Business and Economics, UD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wilmington Area Community-Based Development Project: First Year Report - by
Raheemah M. Jabbar-Bey, CUAPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Year 1 -1997: A Report on the Focus Groups (Study Circles on Racism and Race
Relations; New Castel County, Delaware, by Study Circle Resource Center and
the YWCA of New Castle County, Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Acknowledgments
Many people throughout the state have generously contributed their time and talents to the
success of the 1999 Community Needs Assessment. The Community Needs Assessment Research
Panel provided valuable input on the development of our primary data collection instruments as
well as critical suggestions on secondary data and existing needs assessments to review. We are
grateful for their participation which significantly improved the quality of our findings. Research
Panel members include: Celeste Anderson, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services,
Charles Anderson, President, United Way of Delaware (Invited),Timothy Barnekov, Director,
CCDFP, The Honorable Patricia Blevins, Senator, 7th Senatorial District, Lorraine de Meurisse,
Vice President, Bankers Trust, The Honorable Joe Di Pinto, Representative, 4th Representative
District, Andrew Hastings, President, Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies (DANA), Lynne
Howard, Family Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor, William Kooser, Executive Director, St.
Patrick’s Center, Carl Nelson, Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their
Families, Jan Rheingold, President, Family and Workplace Connection, Roland Ridgeway, Vice
President, First USA Bank, Helen Stewart, Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank, and John Tylee,
Deputy Director, Renaissance Development Corporation (formerly Wilmington 2000).
Focus group facilitation and analysis was provided by Devona Williams, principal of GoeinsWilliams Associates. Her work was made more challenging by the large number of people who
turned out to participate in the four focus groups. Her clear thinking and firm grasp of the data
brought order to an extremely complex undertaking.
At the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy, we would like to thank the
staff of the Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, particularly Rebecca Bedford
and Barbara Sobkowiak for their advice and assistance in designing the household survey,
constructing the telephone sample, and overseeing its implementation.
A number of Center for Community Development and Family Policy graduate students
provided research assistance in tracking down, obtaining, and analyzing existing needs assessment
reports and secondary data and in implementation and analysis of the focus group meetings and
the household and service provider surveys. Two deserve special recognition, Erika Klar, for her
creativity, diligence, and perseverance in creating and managing the existing reports data base,
and Glen Ernst, who approached and carried out the difficult and complex task of preparing the
service provider data for statistical analysis with curiosity, enthusiasm, and competence.
Special thanks go to all of the respondents to the household and service provider surveys and
participants in the focus group meetings. We are grateful for their willingness to contribute their
time, calculate agency data, and respond thoughtfully to our queries. This project would not
have been possible without their participation.
Karen A. Curtis, Ph.D.
December 1999