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City of San Marcos Five Year Consolidated Plan for the 2025-2029 Program Years— FINAL—Last Updated 08/08/25 <br /> • Affordable Housing <br /> The assessment found health disparities correlated to race, socioeconomic level,geography, and other factors.The Community Health <br /> Improvement Plan contains goals, objectives, and actions that are designed to respond to the four strategy areas. Data and plans are <br /> stored on the website of the Healthy Hays Coalition: healthyhays.org. <br /> In 2023, Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas (CAICT), created a Community Needs Assessment to measure the basic needs of the <br /> residents of Hays,Caldwell,and Blanco counties.To create the assessment tools,CAICT used the official Community Needs Assessment <br /> Guide provided by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for both qualitative and quantitative surveys. A survey <br /> asked respondents what they considered the most important needs in seven domains: employment, education and cognitive <br /> development, income and asset building, housing, health and social/behavioral development, civic engagement and community <br /> involvement, and emergency assistance. The community needs assessment resulted in CAICT identifying the following 6 major needs <br /> for Hays County: <br /> 1. Medical Needs: Access to affordable health & dental care <br /> 2. Housing Needs: Assistance Paying Utility Bills <br /> 3. Employment Needs: Assistance finding work that pays enough to support a family <br /> 4. Housing Needs: Access to Affordable Housing <br /> 5. Counseling Services for Adults (mental health and well-being) <br /> 6. Family Support Needs: Financial Education, Budgeting, Credit Counseling <br /> Consolidated Plan SAN MARCOS 33 <br />