A Resource for all of California

Information + action for social change

Welcome and Introductions

• Name and Organization

• Briefly, what brought you here today?

Agenda

• Introduce Advancement Project and Healthy City

• Explore region’s interest in a Healthy City partnership

• Provide an opportunity to test drive Healthycity.org

A National civil rights “ACTION TANK”

…is about finding strategic solutions to support your work

DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:

Work ON-THE-GROUND to develop targeted research/policy

strategies and web tools.

COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB

Engages, trains, and provides tools for community groups to lead and sustain

action-oriented research

ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org

PartnersChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesAdvancement ProjectUSC School of Social Work 2-1-1 LA CountyUnited Ways of CaliforniaChildren NowCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health NetworkElla Baker Center for Human RightsPrevention InstituteThe California EndowmentLegal Services of No. Cal.California Rural Legal AssistanceSacramento Housing AllianceUC Davis – Center for Regional ChangeCommunity Services Planning CouncilUnited Way Bay AreaSanta Clara Comm. Benefits CoalitionUrban Strategies CouncilSan Mateo Healthy Communities CollaborativeOakland Progressive Empowerment Network

Contra Costa Crisis CenterUnited Way of Fresno/2-1-12-1-1 San Diego2-1-1 Monterey County2-1-1 San BernardinoVolunteer Center of Riverside CountyUnited Way Bay Area/HelplinkCommunity Service Planning Council – 2-1-1 SacramentoUW Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Eden I & R – 211 AlamedaInterface Children Family Services – 2-1-1 VenturaVolunteer Center of Sonoma County

The HealthyCity.org website

• Find services and points• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s

story

HealthyCity.org is a statewide resource that enables you to:

…to fuel social change and improve our communities

HealthyCity.orgWebsite

Service Provider

Case Manager

Policy Advocate

Funder

Community Organizer

Researcher

Who Uses HealthyCity.org?

Grant Writer

What’s on HealthyCity.org?

Oh, the Data You’ll See!

Types of Maps on HealthyCity.org

Point Thematic

Name SourceSocial Services 211s

Nonprofits IRS 990 Center for Nonprofit Management in Southern California

Schools Public & Private California Department of Edaucation

WIC Agencies & Vendors Network for a Healthy California

Hospitals (OSHPD) OSHPD

Head Start Agencies California Head Start Association

Child Care Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division

Alcohol Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

Grocery DeLormeFQHC U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services Health Resources and Services Administration

Banks DeLormeCheck Cashing Businesses DeLorme

Services & Points

Healthy City has 2-1-1 data (health & human services) for the

following counties:

Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa,

Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Ventura

Community Data

Population Characteristics – Age, Ethnicity, Educational

Attainment, etc.Civic ParticipationChild WelfareChild Care & Early EducationIncome & PovertyEmploymentNonprofit InfrastructureEnvironment & Land Use

Health – Birth, Prenatal & Child

Health - Conditions, Disease & Injury

Health – DeathsHealth - Insurance & accessHealth – Physical Activity &

NutritionNeighborhood & CommunityCrime & Public SafetyHousing

Over 2500 variables

Multiple years of data

You can save and share anything you

create while logged in

GET STARTED!

Find a Service:You’re a case manager in Fresno

looking for food and shelter options for a client.

They live in ZIP code 93710

*ZIP code 93710

*Food & Shelter

*Food & Shelter

List the services ONLY within the

area you’ve selected

Browse through listings to look

at service details

SAVE this list for future reference

EMAIL a link to this list of services

PRINT list of services

You can get directions for

your client

Extensive CDE school data

Finding a Service

Questions?

You can save and share anything you

create while logged in

GET STARTED!

Providing visual evidence

Where are there families in poverty in Oakland?

Are there resources in these highly impoverished areas?

Click the +- buttons to add

Data to your map

Find local support services

Create a list of services to add to

your map

Add boundary labels like ZIP or city

CUSTOMIZE your map:

Change the display of data

Compare your region to another geography

Other Map Room Features

Creating a map

Questions?

Creating charts and tables to better understand a

community or region

In LA County, what is the percentage of Renters v. Owners?

Of the Housing Units in L.A. County:

48.52 % are Owner Occupied

51.48% are Renter Occupied

How does this compare to the state

of California?

L.A. County has a higher ratio of renters to

owners than the state of California

View it as a pie chart

Grabbing a Stat using charts and tables

Questions?

6.

Learn about advanced features

A few HealthyCity.org Advanced Features

• Save searches, maps & charts

• Upload your own Point & Thematic Datasets

• Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

• Create a live mapping session

• Tell your Story (with Pictures, Video & Audio)

• Search Stories, live maps, and more in the Share & Connect room

Your Saved searches are stored here

Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

Map or Chart data within your new boundary

Upload your own Point OR Thematic Datasets

Create an Excel Spreadsheet with up to 1000 points

*Save as Excel 97-2003 workbook*

Upload your own Thematic Datasets

A Live Map enables multiple people to :

• Draw and drop points, lines, and shapes on a shared map

• Attach photos & video

Create Live Mapping Sessions

(with Pictures, Video & Audio)

Create a Story to:Promote your initiative or highlight your work!

Package your saved maps, live mapping sessions, reports, multi-media and more into a “story” that you can share

Create a Story

Share and Search Stories (& more) Statewide

Upcoming Training DatesCommunity Planning and Development Webinar

February 22, 10 – 11am

Introductory Webinar

February 24 at 2pm

Advanced Webinar

March 16th at 10am

Help is Available:

Click on • Healthy City User

Guideor

• FAQs

Healthy City Strategic Partnerships

Governing Statewide

Regional 211/I & R

Regional Partners: “EYES/EARS” ON THE

GROUND LOCAL DATA LOCAL OUTREACH

Bay Area Greater Sacramento Central Valley San Diego

Priority Regions

Goals/Outcomes

Champions for HC.org

Increased capacity to use HC.org for action

Regional and relevant resource

Roles & Commitments

Healthy CityProvide staff/support to

facilitate and conduct presentations and trainings

Technical support to partners interested in enhancing their utilization of HC.org

Realize regional needs, including functionality of the Healthy City website, data, and outreach requests

PartnersParticipate in all meetings

Identify outreach opportunities

Promote Healthy City statewide system among colleagues, networks, and sector representatives.

Advise on functionality, data sources, formatting, and other technological issues

Thank You!