The Needs Assessment should provide: 1. Vendor will provide a description of the target populations in your state or territory and their unmet primary, dental, and mental health needs, including: • An analysis of poverty rates using generally accepted measures (e.g., the Federal poverty rate or concentrations of individuals on Medicaid); • An analysis of standard mortality and morbidity rates among geographic areas and/or target populations at the county and subcounty level (may include infant mortality or low-birth rates in addition to standard mortality rates, if relevant); • A description of unmet health needs, including updates or emerging challenges since the issuance of the previous project period from April 2019 to March 2024.; • A description of disparities in health outcomes (e.g., disparities based on geography, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, disability, primary language, health literacy, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc.); and • Citations to verifiable demographic data to support the information provided (e.g., data from a U.S. government agency or survey).
