Presenters:
Bret Frazier, MBA, and Mack Park, MSW
Understanding the needs of students in recovery is essential for building effective, sustainable collegiate recovery programs. A well-designed needs assessment can help programs identify service gaps, engage campus stakeholders, and make data-informed decisions about program development, funding, and advocacy. This facilitated and interactive conversation will explore the needs assessments you’ve done, provide some suggestions and ideas for future data collection, and provide some tools and templates to think through designing needs assessments.
Missed the session or want more support? ARHE continues to offer technical assistance and training (TTA), and resources to help campuses build sustainable, student-centered recovery programs through the Center for Addiction Recovery Support (CARS). Book a TTA meeting with us to talk more about building a budget!
You can download the presentation slides here.
Resources developed by ARHE:
External Links and Resources:
- Student Affairs Assessment Committee (2011). Assessment Workbook Division of Student Affairs. University of Oklahoma.
- National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH, 2023). School Mental Health Quality Guide: Needs Assessment and Resource Mapping. NCSMH, University of Maryland School of Medicine.
- Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (2020). Appendix B: Sample needs assessment. CICMH. – Example of a short survey for a peer-support program
- Office of Migrant Education (2001). Comprehensive Needs Assessment (Archived). U.S. Department of Education.
Staff Chats will continue for the 2025-2026 academic year on the last Tuesday of every month at 12pm ET / 11am CT / 10am MT / 9am PT.