News & Publications

Community Needs Assesments

Prosperity Project

The Prosperity Project is the name of Opportunity Council’s Community Needs Assessment. Conducted every three years, the project report informs our strategic plan, agency goals and ensures we’re focused on the timely needs of the communities we serve.

2021 Properity Project-Assessment – A community needs assessment for Island, San Juan and Whatcom counties
2018 Prosperity Project – A community needs assessment for Island, San Juan and Whatcom counties

Early Learning and Family Services Community Needs

2022-23 ELAFS Community Needs Assessment
2017-18 ELAFS Community Needs Assessment

Other Community Needs Reports

ALICE report (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), Pacific Northwest United Way, 2018

Child Care Survey, 2018

Women’s Economic Security, LWV Whatcom, 2015

Annual Reports

Whatcom County Coalition to End Homelessness (PIT Report)

The Whatcom Coalition to End Homelessness Annual Report is a comprehensive document that details the realities and common experiences of people experiencing homelessness in Whatcom County. The report includes the findings of the annual Whatcom Point-in-Time (PIT) Count, part of a national effort to count all sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night of the year.

WCCEH PIT count report, 2023
WCCEH PIT count report, 2022
WCCEH PIT count report, 2021
WCCEH PIT count report, 2020
WCCEH PIT count report, 2019
WCCEH PIT count report, 2018