Community, State and Congressional District Well-Being Reports Florida
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COMMUNITY WELL BEING COMMUNITY WELL BEING Hawai`i Institute for Public Affairs August 31, 2010 Jim Dannemiller SMS SMS
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COMMUNITY WELL BEING. Hawai`i Institute for Public Affairs August 31, 2010 Jim Dannemiller SMS. OBJECTIVES. What is the Well Being Project? What has it told us so far? What is it good for? How can you use it? Aim at non-profit organizations’ information needs. Well Being – for What?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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COMMUNITY WELL BEINGCOMMUNITY WELL BEING
Hawai`i Institute for Public Affairs
August 31, 2010Jim Dannemiller
SMSSMS
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
What is the Well Being Project?
What has it told us so far?
What is it good for? How can you use it?
Aim at non-profit organizations’ information needs
Well Being – for What?Well Being – for What?
PersonalPersonal
Well-BeingWell-Being
IssuesIssues
CommunityCommunity
ServicesServices
CommunityCommunity
Well-BeingWell-Being
How are the folks doing?
Do people need this program there?
What is needed over here?
How is my community?JournalistsJournalistsEvaluatorsEvaluators
Service ProvidersService ProvidersAdministratorsAdministrators
LawmakersLawmakersAdvocatesAdvocates
RepresentativesRepresentativesAssociationsAssociations
METHODSMETHODS
SURVEYS: ongoing measure of public well being
HARD DATA: ongoing updates of indicators
ACCESS: Ongoing publishing of index data;
Open access to project infrastructure
SURVEYSSURVEYS
Three Part Questionnaires: core, changing, user
Telephone: dual frame, landline & cell, entire State, disproportionate sample, n=6,000 per year
Continuous Fielding: monthly and annual reporting
Rigorous methods: ala BRFSS, HHS
Funded by Users: as needed
Publicly available data: summaries and full dataset
INDICATORSINDICATORS
Quality of Life in Hawaii: Center on the Family
Expanded indicator set: continuous
Service availability: providers in area
Service Capacity: long-range
ACCESSACCESS
Web Access: to CORE and basic indices
Historical Data: some published
Access to dataset: for your analysis
Access to survey infrastructure
Access to hard data infrastructure
Sponsorships available
FINDINGSFINDINGS
January 2010 Benchmark SurveyScores
Geographies
Examples
Well Being MeasuresWell Being Measures
Central Index Satisfaction with QOL Last 5 yrs, things are better Stress level these days Are you happy?
Central Index Satisfaction with QOL Last 5 yrs, things are better Stress level these days Are you happy?
Personal Well Being health finances education family life job, career environment social life relationship with God spiritual life
Community Services Assessment child care programs prog. to end drug use health care facilities family counseling roads and transportation elder care facilities schools parks and recreation crime control services stores and shops affordable housing recycling services jobs and job training local products avail. services for homeless people youth activity after school
Community Well Being feel safe walking at night know and trust my neighbors homes and yards well maintained respect each others’ privacy location is best on island respect cultural differences respect each other’s religious belief
Community Well Being feel safe walking at night know and trust my neighbors homes and yards well maintained respect each others’ privacy location is best on island respect cultural differences respect each other’s religious belief
Benchmark ScoresBenchmark Scores
Personal Well-Being
Community Well-Being
Community Service Rating
Very high 19 20 25
High 15 8 18
Average 27 36 34
Low 20 22 15
Very Low 19 14 8
Geographies Geographies
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
North Shore …
Hono. PUC-…
West Kauai
West Oahu
South Maui
Windward Oahu
Koloa, S. Kauai
Hono. PUC-East
East Honolulu
Kohala
Upcountry Maui
West Maui
S. Kona, Ka`u
Service Rating
Community WB
Personal WB
X1: PUC-WestX1: PUC-WestPersonal Low; Community Low, Services, HighPersonal Low; Community Low, Services, High
Elements of Personal Well-BeingV. low: health, finances, job/career, community life, social life
Community RatingsHomes/yard unkempt, people don’t care about each other, don’t trust neighbors
Services: Mostly OK, no need for child care or health services
DemographicsSWD, renters, very large hh, many more seniors, less education, more church attendance, little more politically liberal
Issues: none
X2: Upcountry MauiX2: Upcountry MauiPersonal High; Community High. Services, LowPersonal High; Community High. Services, Low
Elements of Personal Well-BeingLow on $; high on community, relationship to God, spirituality
Community RatingsHomes/yard well kept; great location
Services: Need child care, schools, activities for youth, job training, senior services, drug programs, family counselors, elder care, etc. Plenty of Parks, though
DemographicsHomeowners, large hh, more children, more church, more voters, liberal
Issues: Don’t favor growth, strong on environmental protection, more agriculture, food self-sufficiency, local buying
X3: Windward OahuX3: Windward OahuPersonal High Community Med., Services LowPersonal High Community Med., Services Low
Elements of Personal Well-BeingHigh: health, finances, community life, no stress
Community RatingsHomes/yard well kept, great location
Services: Mostly OK, need more access to health care, no more youth activities or family counseling
DemographicsHomeowners, small hh, more seniors, high education, fewer children, more voters, political activity, more conservative.
Issues: pro-agriculture, “mildly green”.
What can you do with Well What can you do with Well Being?Being?
What can you do with Well Being?What can you do with Well Being?
Measure Measure personal well being personal well being in a community, in a community, among a specific target group, or across time:among a specific target group, or across time:
Better grant apps: describe your target group in a grant application
Better program design: understand well being’s links to social and demographic characteristics of your target group
Demonstrate impact: Measure change in well being over time, in your target group, to show the impact of your services
What can you do with Well Being?What can you do with Well Being?
Measure Measure community well being community well being in one or more in one or more communities communities
Identify need for community strengthening.
Demonstrate exactly which problems are at work, and how they can be solved
Build solid programs with strong logic models, backed by quantitative data
Measure changes in community well being over time and demonstrate community strengthening program success
What can you do with Well Being?What can you do with Well Being?
Measure Measure demand for social services demand for social services in one or in one or more communitiesmore communities
find out which service is needed most in a specific community
find out where your service is most needed.
quantitatively justify the need for your service(s) in a specific community
add data on current service availability to beef up your program decisions, your grant applications, or your progress reports
Questions ?Questions ?
