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How to Report for NPI 3.2

National Performance I.) Number of Low-Income
Indicator 3.2 People

Community Empowerment
through Maximum Feasible (#)
Participation

For each of the subcategories of this community empowerment indicator the following data are
required:

I. The unduplicated number of low-income community members mobilized

NPI 3.2 Examples

A. Number of low-income people participating in formal community organizations,
government, boards, or councils that provide input to decision making and policy setting
through Community Action efforts

o Eight representatives of the low-income community served by the agency are elected to
the tripartite governing board. (Report as 8 low-income people.)

o In the agency’s Head Start program, a total of 48 parents serve on various governing or
advisory boards and committees for the program. (Report as 48 low-income people.)

o As a result of agency encouragement, 2 participants seek and achieve membership on
their local school Title I Parent Council, and an additional 6 serve on the governing
boards of their housing authority. (Report as 8 low-income people.)

Data Validation: The number of low-income individuals reported in NPI 3.2A should
also be included in NPI 2.3A. Thus, NPI 3.2A should not be greater than 2.3A.

B. Number of low-income people acquiring businesses in their community as a result of
Community Action assistance

o An agency partnership with a local financial institution to make secured micro-business
loans to low-income participants in an agency’s self-sufficiency initiative results in the
creation of six new small businesses in the community owned by 12 low-income
residents. (Report as 12 low-income people.)

o As a result of an agency Individual Development Account (IDA) initiative, 5 participants
achieved sufficient savings to start a small business during the reporting period. (Report
as 5 low-income people.)

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