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"us being able to conduct that community needs assessment is really important to prioritize. That is where it opens the door for the partnerships to, you know, once we have data and can share that, that will open the door to see who's interested"

“us being able to conduct that community needs assessment is really important to prioritize. That is where it opens the door for the partnerships to, you know, once we have data and can share that, that will open the door to see who's interested”
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Unidentified speaker
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Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
June 9, 2026

From the transcript

Um, I did remember what I was going to say, which was that you were talking about, um, this clearinghouse for data and that how I think us being able to conduct that community needs assessment is really important to prioritize. That is where it opens the door for the partnerships to, you know, once we have data and can share that, that will open the door to see who's interested in what data we have and what problems we're trying to solve and bring us to some future opportunities, perhaps, but also gives us more of a relevant decision-making tool when we're looking at the, the tough decisions that are at hand of, you know, we, we're seeing some of these outcomes that when we have that needs assessment, we'll see what's the greatest need and be able to align those with the outcomes that we're seeing from these programs.

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