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2009 ROCKFORD COMMUNITY POVERTYREDUCTION SURVEY
 The
Rockford Horizons Leadership Team
, comprised of yourRockford neighbors, is beginning to prepare a strategic action plan toreduce poverty through the year 2012.
(This is the third and finaldevelopment step in our 18-month long Horizons* community leadership project which began in September 2008).
The first step is tosurvey residents and community members to see what they feel arethe most important and promising strategies to adopt. The next,second step will be to hold two community meetings
(June 23 & 30 at6:00pm at the Harvest Moon)
to gather additional public input andto write the action plan. Please plan on attending and bringfriends/neighbors! Today, we’d like to invite you to take the following survey. Allanswers are strictly confidential! All input will help us shape the abovementioned Action Plan! Your input is very important and all ideas willbe considered in plan development. This survey is organized around three guiding poverty reductiongoals identified by our funder, the Northwest Area Foundation. Theyinclude: increased individual assets/wealth among low income people,increased community capacity to achieve sustainable prosperity, andimproved public policy solutions to reduce poverty.Let’s start with a little information about
you
:
1.How many years have you lived in the community?________ 2.Please indicate your gender and age:Male _____Female _____ <18____ 18-24 ____25-34 ____35-44 ____45-54 ____55-64 ____65+ _____ 3.Would you describe Rockford as a place where people mostly help oneanother or a place where people mostly go their own way? Help one another _____ Go their own way ____ 
 
4.Please identify your ethnic background: Caucasian/White _____MexicanAmerican ____ Native American/Indian ____Asian American _____Latino/Hispanic _____ Other (please specify)________________________________ 
*Horizons is a project of the Northwest Area Foundation managed through Washington StateUniversity Extension. For more information contact community coach Patrick Malone at509.279.5107 or pmalone.horizons@live.com.
5.
Please check, and rate, the following activities/strategies which you believeare “
important” 
to reducing poverty in Rockford by the year 2012
(pleasemark all that apply):
 
Very Important ImportantSomewhat Important Not Important
Increased Individual Assets:
•
Increase financial literacy/education _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote earned income tax credit _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote individual development accounts _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote home repair/energy savings _____ _____ _____  _____ 
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Promote banking and savings _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote homeownership _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote self-employment _____ _____ _____  _ ____ 
•
Promote micro-enterprise _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote reduced health care costs _____ _____ _____  _____  
Increased Community Capacity:
•
Improve community leadership skills _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Promote job expansion _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Recruit new businesses _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Start a “Buy Local” campaign _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Reduce crime _____ _____  _____ _____ 
•
Reduce drugs/alcohol/tobacco use _____ _____ _____  _____ 
•
Create a buying cooperative _____ _____ _____  _____ 
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