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Definition: A systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or "gaps" between current conditions and desired conditions or "wants". 

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  • document cover for Community Supervision Staff Trauma and Organizational Stress Needs Assessment
    Accession Number
    033336

    This needs assessment was developed by Rulo Strategies LLC and the National Center for State Courts with the support of the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). The needs assessment was deployed as part of a cooperative agreement designed to develop responses to staff trauma and organizational stress in community supervision agencies. The information gathered in this assessment is designed to accomplish the following: