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id: "coronavirus-smarter-crowdsourcing:strategies/Conduct-a-community-health-assessment-that-identif"
type: "GovLab policy strategy"
title: "Conduct a community health assessment that identifies community assets."
url: "https://coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org/strategies/conduct-a-community-health-assessment-that-identif"
summary: "Conduct a community health assessment that identifies community assets. Public health agencies responsible for conducting contact tracing should conduct an assessment of community organizations and assets that can be mobilized to support the contact tracing effort."
source: "The GovLab (coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# Conduct a community health assessment that identifies community assets.

Conduct a community health assessment that identifies community assets. Public health agencies responsible for conducting contact tracing should conduct an assessment of community organizations and assets that can be mobilized to support the contact tracing effort.

- Timeframe: 1-3 Months (immediate)
- Audience: Civil Society, Vulnerable Populations, Organized Civil Society, Nonprofits
- Type: Research, Data, Partnerships, Capacity Building, Vulnerable Populations
- Recommendation: [Localization](https://coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org/recommendations/localization)
- Part of: [Smarter Crowdsourcing in the Age of Coronavirus](https://coronavirus.smartercrowdsourcing.org/)

## Actions governments should take

1. Establish formal relationships between the public health system and social service organizations
2. Identify resources that can support individuals who may need additional social support in order to isolate following a positive test result