COMMUNITY AUDIT TYPOLOGY

AN OVERVIEW OF NVOCOMMUNITY AUDITS CMUTAS The type of community audit a local area will launch depends above all on the goals of the stakeholder partnership that initiates it. This is a quick overview—in table form—of community audits tailored to different strategic goals. This paper was prepared by WORKFORCE LEARNING STRATEGIES for the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Adult ThprepKFOINGES fymeg Ad OffServices. Se TYPES OF COMMUNITY AUDITS Conducting the AUDIT TYPE Purpose Methods and Data Analysis Customers Baseline Audit Provide a basic lay of • Goals and • In most cases, WIBs • Individual customers the land about both the geographic scope do not have the staff and career demand and supply sides need to be resources to conduct counselors of the labor market and established in themselves so should • Policymakers and the employment and advance. In general, contract out. practitioners training “resource base”. it is best to profile an • It is useful to have (workforce economic region. partners in this kind development, • The first step is to of project (e.g. a economic create a basic profile number of WIBs development, using available within a region or educational) quantitative data. multiple • Other stakeholders organizations within • Supplement with (e.g. unions, primary research to a WIB area or both). community-based ensure timeliness • WIBs and their organizations) and fill in ...