DATAHAVEN25 Years of Data for Community Action

Mark AbrahamExecutive Director, DataHavenFellow, W.K. Kellogg FoundationEmail: info@ctdatahaven.orgPhone: (203) 500-7059 Twitter: @ctdata / @urbandata

Measuring Well-being and Economic Opportunity in Connecticut Neighborhoods

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Community Foundations

United Way

Hospital

Regional Planning Agencies

School of Public Health

School of Medicine

Social Service Agency

City Government

Staff and Fellows: Mark, Mary, Deanna, Ben

Cross-Sector Board of Directors

"If you want to achieve an equitable outcome, it starts with disaggregated data. We need to have the courage to look within ourselves and see who is, and who isn't, doing well." - Angela Blackwell, PolicyLink, at Ford Foundation,

2/2014

"[Data] is about whether we really want to have a democracy, and whether we really want to empower folks who are disempowered now." - New Haven Mayor Toni Harp, at Hartford Library,

3/2014

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Community Wellbeing Survey – 16,000 interviews statewide

Community Index Reports (Foundations, Hospitals, Governments)

Free Technical Assistance

Job Access & Transportation (SCRCOG, NAACP, Workforce Alliance)

Immigration (The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven)

Aging in Connecticut (World Health Organization, Geneva)

New Haven Early Childhood Council

New Haven Promise Zone

Major Programs

Recent Reports

Community Wellbeing Survey – Rationale

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169 Towns, MedianPopulation:13,000

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Community Wellbeing Survey – Rationale

* = Key determinant of individual well-being (OECD, 2014)

Individual Wellbeing and Quality of Life

Neighborhood Environment (Safety, Parks, Walkability, Social Cohesion)

Education Access Economic Mobility Transportation Housing Quality

Macroeconomic Trends Demographics

Employment*

Food & Housing Security*

Civic Satisfaction*

Community Optimism

Civic Engagement

Health Outcomes*

Health Behaviors

Healthcare Access

Community Wellbeing Survey – 2012 Funders

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Community Wellbeing Survey – 2015 Funders

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Housing Internet Vehicle Food Health Care (due to cost)

Percent of GNH families with children who did not have access to...

Moderate Income or Above ($50K+) Low Income (<$50K)

Community Wellbeing Survey: 2012 Example

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Lead AuthorMark Abraham

Co-AuthorsSarah ConderinoNicholas DefiestaAmanda DuranteMario GarciaMatthew HigbeeJeannette IckovicsAugusta MuellerJonathan Park

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Community Index

DataHaven Greater New Haven Community Index 2013 DATAHAVEN

Community Index

DataHaven Greater New Haven Community Index 2013

Key Values

Measure what matters

Neighborhood-level data

National and state context

Reliable, stable baselines

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DataHaven Greater New Haven Community Index 2013 DATAHAVEN

Community Index

Community Index – Measuring Results

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Technical Assistance

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