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Santa Cruz County California has one of the oldest community indicator projects in the country, with the first year of the Community Assessment Project (CAP) starting in 1994 and continuing through 2006 and beyond. The CAP accomplishes four major goals: (1) to assess the quality of life in the county; (2) to educate community members about the economy, education, health, public safety, natural environment and social environment of the region; (3) to act as a catalyst for social and political change; and (4) to help evaluate the impact of social and political change in the county. This chapter will outline the history of the CAP, how the CAP reveals the quality of life in the county and educates community members, the successes of the CAP in acting as a catalyst for change in the community, challenges for the CAP, and recommendations for how the Santa Cruz County CAP, and other community indicator projects, might increase their ability to make political and social change.
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Zachary, D. (2009). Connecting Outcomes to Indicators: The Santa Cruz County California Community Assessment Project (CAP). In: Sirgy, M.J., Phillips, R., Rahtz, D.R. (eds) Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases III. Community Quality-of Life Indicators, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2257-8_1
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