The Hendricks County Community Foundation (HCCF) has launched a 2025 Community Needs Assessment Survey in July with results to be announced by the end of the year.
In 2022, the Community Foundation completed its second Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment. This assessment was a follow up to the inaugural Community Needs Assessment which the Community Foundation conducted in 2019. The goals of these assessments were to help identify and prioritize needs in Hendricks County, unite institutions and resources from throughout our community, and create solutions that produce significant, widely shared and lasting results. Read more about the process and find the results on HCCF’s website at www.hendrickscountycf.org.
Following the conclusion of the first Needs Assessment and multiple community leader gatherings, HCCF targeted community unity as the greatest need in the county. In October 2020, HCCF was awarded a $200,000 Community Leadership Grant from Lilly Endowment to use to implement plans for a more united Hendricks County.
With this grant, HCCF took steps to address three critical issues: increased civic engagement, more collaboration and increased efficiency of services in Hendricks County, and a stronger sense of community pride. Some of these steps include:
- providing grants to increase civic engagement and County pride;
- hosting “Meet the Candidates” events and supporting a county-wide Voter’s Guide to increase civic engagement and voter education;
- launching an engaging program to highlight our local elected officials with The Republican Newspaper;
- supporting Indiana Citizen Inc. to promote voter registration and turnout in Hendricks County;
- launching a Behavioral Health Needs Assessment and Community Planning project to meet the growing mental and behavioral health needs in our community; and
- investing in the Hendricks County Bicentennial celebrations and events throughout the county
HCCF’s goal is to launch a re-fresh of the survey to continue to understand the changing needs and priorities of people across the community. The goal is to reach 4,100 or more individuals that live, work, and play in Hendricks County by August 11th. This will provide data that is 99% accurate (with a 2% margin of error).
The survey can be accessed on the HCCF website at www.hendrickscountycf.org, or by scanning the QR code below. Survey responses are anonymous and will not be used for further marketing or solicitations.
