The Community Results Center (CRC) of the United Way of Connecticut conducted a needs assessment for MidState Medical Center and the United Way of Meriden and Wallingford to help determine the best use of their resources to impact the lives of the communities they serve. In order to ensure that the perceptions and opinions of many segments of the community were included in the research, data were gathered from residents, community leaders, publicly available data sources, published reports, and from the United Way 2-1-1 information and referral service.

The report focuses on the communities of Meriden, Wallingford, Cheshire and Southington. An analysis of the data gathered found a number of issues that frequently came to light. This report organizes these issues into the following categories: basic needs; health; children and youth; and older adults.
The report also includes a profile of these four communities,
detailing demographic and economic conditions.

View the 2008 Needs Assessment Executive Summary