The Western Community Assessment Network (WeCAN) is a 6-year, USDA-funded collaboration among Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming rural community and economic development organizations.

We work together to

• Understand, evaluate, and improve how community assessments work. 

• Support non-profit organizations that conduct community assessments.

• Facilitate a Peer Learning Network across the three states.

• Organize and facilitate virtual Solutions Roundtables on challenging topics common to western rural communities.

• Provide ad hoc community teams hands-on project implementation training through an annual Community Bootcamp.

• Maintain a searchable resource database geared toward rural leaders, non-profits and agencies in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

• Develop user-friendly leadership development tools geared toward rural community leaders and organizations.