7. The management staff of a public housing project comes to you for assistance.

They have been given a grant to train and empower resident leaders in an effort to build a sense of community and eliminate drug abuse problems. The resident councils are new, and their meetings are not well attended. The management staff is convinced that the housing project should have a new playground. They ask you to help them design a needs assessment process that will show this.

What would you do in this situation?