General Template for Using the Needs Assessment - Using Assessment Results in Title VI Applications

Sep 2, 2026

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This template provides structured guidance for using data from the National Resource Center on Native American Aging survey to complete a needs assessment for grant and reporting purposes, including Title VI applications. It instructs how to replace placeholder references to “our tribe” with the user’s tribe or consortium name, and how to update all percentages with values from comparison sheets. It also outlines how to interpret assessment findings across program demographics, chronic disease priorities, and functional limitation and long-term care need.

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General Template for Using the Needs Assessment

Using Assessment Results in Title VI Applications

Program Information Section

Our Tribe’s Elder Needs Assessment Findings

Leading chronic diseases

Functional Limitations

General Template for Using the Needs Assessment The following pages contain a template that is designed to help people with using data from the National Resource Center on Native American Aging survey; however, the template can still be used with other sources should you choose to conduct your needs assessment using a different survey. In using the template, each place where our tribe is used, should be replaced with the name of your tribe or consortium and then replace the percentages with your own numbers from the comparison sheet. In other places there is either a blank space, underlined that directs you to fill in the blank with your data or to replace the numbers with the numbers from your tribe. Each of the tables is an example, using questions you will most likely want to consider and include in your applications. After you do this, look at them to see if there are differences in the pattern from the examples and adjust the text to fit your own observations. You can follow this example to expand the number of tables or items you include in your discussion of the needs assessment. Please look at the comparison sheets to see what else might be important for your community and add those to the report using the same format. The example is not intended to include everything you might find important, but it is meant as a starting point for using the data for grant and reporting purposes. Using Assessment Results in Title VI Applications (NOTE – IN THIS SECTION YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE EXAMPLES WITH DATA FROM YOUR COMPARISON SHEETS AS DIRECTED. ALSO PUT YOUR TRIBES NAME IN PLACES WHERE OUR TRIBE IS USED.) Program Information Section In the section titled “Program Information” in the application you are asked to report the number of elders by age. This can be obtained either from the U.S. Census or your Tribal Enrollment Office. If the enrollment numbers are higher than the census, we recommend using them as the Census had problems with an undercount in some areas. Be sure to send the required enrollment certification if you use enrollment statistics. The elder age groups are expected to grow substantially in the over the next generation with the National Resource Center on Native American Aging projecting the population over age 55 to grow by 110% between 2000 and 2020. Clearly the impact of the large cohorts born during the post World War II will become a major source of change for our tribe. Our Tribe’s Elder Needs Assessment Findings The following can be used for question 1 in the Management Assessment section of the Title VI application. The elders of our tribe are highly valued as members of their families and their communities. We must recognize them, hold them in high esteem and look to their experience and wisdom for guidance. We must seek optimal wellness for them and seek to help them retain the highest quality of life possible through independence in living. Leading chronic diseases: The top chronic diseases found among our elders were high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, depression, and osteoporosis. (Replace the disease names and percentages with the top five from item 3 in the comparison sheet.) Each of these lead to limitations on peoples’ ability to take care of themselves and each are diseases for which treatments that make a difference are available. Nutritional care is particularly important for high blood pressure, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Disparities between our tribe and the nation provide us information on specific diseases where our people appear to be at greater risk than others in the nation. This information assists in identifying diseases where others have had greater success with health promotion efforts and where we should be able to make significant improvements in health status for our elders. The following table presents these diseases. (Again, examine item 3 in the comparison sheet and use those diseases where the percent for your tribe is higher than the national co

FAQs

How should “our tribe” and percentages be customized in the template?

Replace “our tribe” with the name of your tribe or consortium, and replace placeholder percentages with the numbers from your comparison sheet.

Where can program information on elders by age be obtained?

It can be obtained from the U.S. Census or your Tribal Enrollment Office. If enrollment numbers are higher than the census, the template recommends using enrollment data and submitting required certification.

What functional limitations are used to establish care needs?

Functional limitations are defined using Activities of Daily Living, such as bathing, dressing, getting in or out of bed, walking, and using the toilet, and they serve as the basis for informal or formal need.

Sep 2, 2026

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