COMMUNITY READINESS QUESTIONS
Native American Youth Delinquency
Key Informant Interview Introduction and Questions

Initial Interview Introduction for Communities.

Hello, my name is ________________, and I am the Coordinator of Project CRIMES for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. We are conducting telephone interviews in the 10 ½ counties of the Choctaw Nation to ask questions about Native American youth delinquency. I'm contacting key people and organizations in (name of community) that are from the areas of law enforcement, juvenile programs, school personnel and community members at large. The purpose of these interviews is to learn how communities are dealing with this issue and to develop prevention strategies for communities to implement. Each interview should last about a half hour and of course, the entire process, including individual names and the name of your community will be kept confidential.

1. Using a scale from 1 to 10, how much of a concern is Native American youth delinquency to the community, with one being not at all and ten being a very large concern. Please explain why you chose this rating.

2. Please describe the efforts that are available in your community to address Native American youth delinquency. How long have these efforts been available?

3. What are the strengths of these efforts?

4. What are the weaknesses of these efforts?

5. What would you like to see added to the efforts for youth?

6. Using a scale from 1 to 10, how aware are people in the community of these efforts, with one being no awareness and ten being very aware? Please explain.

7. Using a scale from 1 to 10, how much of a concern is Native American youth delinquency to the leadership in your community, with one being not at all and ten being a very large concern? Please explain.

8. How are the “leaders” in your community involved in efforts regarding youth violence? Please explain.

9. Would the leadership support additional efforts? Please explain.

10. What is the community's attitude about Native American youth delinquency?

11. What are the primary obstacles to efforts in your community?

12. In your community, what type of information is available regarding Native American youth delinquency?

13. How knowledgeable are community members about Native American youth delinquency? Please explain. (prompt: Do they know signs and symptoms?)

14. What local data on this issue is available in your community?

15. How do people obtain this information in your community?

16. Whom would an individual concerned about a specific youth involved in delinquency turn to first for help and why?

17. What is the community's attitude about supporting efforts with people volunteering time, making financial donations, and providing space?

18. Are you aware of any proposals or action plans that have been written to address Native American youth delinquency in your community? If yes, please explain.

19. Do you know if there is any evaluation of these efforts? If yes, using a scale from 1 to 10, how sophisticated is the evaluation effort, with one being not at all and ten being very sophisticated.

20. Do you have any additional comments:

Community Code:

The following questions are optional, but help us know the types of people we have interviewed. Would you be willing to answer questions such as profession, ethnicity, age? If “Yes”:

Gender:

What is your work title?

What is your race or ethnicity:
Anglo
Hispanic/Latino/Chicano
American Indian/Alaska Natives
African American
Asian/Pacific Islander
Other

What is your age range:
19-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 and above

Do you live in (name community)?
If not the community we have selected, ask what community?

Do you work in (name community)?
If not the community we have selected, ask what community?

How long have you lived in your community?

Mailing Address: