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DataHaven
Description DataHaven is the nonprofit organization that serves as a community indicators information hub for the Greater New Haven Region. Sectors Health, Civic Vitality Topics Health Equity Alliance Street Chapel st. City New Haven Zip 06511 Email info@datahaven.org Website http://ctdatahaven.org Latitude: 41.30467844916 Longitude: -72.923167705885 Resources File:AtlasSummary-072209.pdf File:Civic New Haven QOL Survey 2010.pdf Grantwriting Data HEA Health Atlas Health Impact of Transportation … further results

Contents 1 DataHaven 1.1 Goals 1.2 Outcome Measures of DataHaven 1.3 Selected News Articles About DataHaven

DataHaven

DataHaven is a nonprofit organization that serves as a community indicators information hub for the Greater New Haven Region.

Please visit the DataHaven website at http://www.ctdatahaven.org/. Follow DataHaven on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ctdata. More information about DataHaven can be found at http://ctdatahaven.org/about.php.

Resources on this site related specifically to DataHaven, such as community projects that we are involved with, may be found here: http://www.ctdatahaven.org/newhaven/index.php/Special:SearchByProperty/Organization/DataHaven

Goals

DataHaven's Goals include:

• To engage the general public as well as civic and community-based institutions, the media, business and government in better understanding the region's key challenges and opportunities through shared access to high quality, objective data.
• To facilitate measuring progress toward the community's goals over time.
• To compile high-quality information and make DataHaven resources accessible to all levels of neighborhood, community, civic and regional groups through effective outreach about the use of data to improve policy and affect positive social change.

Outcome Measures of DataHaven

Intermediate Outcome Measures

1. # of "issue topics" added to Knowledge Center, and # backed up by published reports, asset mapping and indicator data. An early draft example of an issue topic is Transportation and Health.

2. % increase in website users

3. % increase in the number of people trained (on the use of indicator systems, websites and data use generally speaking, including our own website)

4. # of media impressions / distributions of electronic State of the Region Report

5. # media impressions / distributions of results from Regional Survey

6. Open Indicators software, visualizing at least 1,000 indicators about the New Haven Region, implemented w/in DataHaven and on at least 5 other community sites

Longer Term Community-Wide Outcomes

1. Community-wide increase in understanding of regional assets and challenges facing the region

2. Increased focus on regional equity, as evidenced by policy discussions and increase in media coverage of key equity issues such as income, education, health, public safety and transportation

3. Grantseekers find accessibility to key data and data interpretation, for use in writing effective grant proposals

4. Citizens find it easier to access to assets (organizations, data, individuals) within their hyperlocal neighborhoods and regions

Selected News Articles About DataHaven

1. "New Haven's Answer Man" (Business New Haven, 2010): http://www.conntact.com/government/10699-rising-stars-mark-abraham-new-havens-answer-man.html

2. Valley Street Ready To “Connect” (NH Independent, 1/21/2011) http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/connectivity_is_lacking_in_/

3. "Stop & Shop to open on Whalley Ave. in New Haven" (NH Register, 2/2/2011) http://nhregister.com/articles/2011/02/02/news/new_haven/doc4d48d271310d8529369408.txt

4. Plan aims to make Elm City healthier (NH Register, 7/27/2010) http://nhregister.com/articles/2010/07/27/aa3_nehealth_24072710.txt

5. New Haven’s first quality of life survey has good news, bad news (NH Register, 5/9/2010) http://nhregister.com/articles/2010/05/09/news/new_haven/doc4be61a16c6c61450231947.txt

6. Post-Shaw's Food Search Begins (NH Independent, 3/31/2010) http://newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/shaws_departure/

7. ‘Ideal candidate’ joins foundation: Article about Penny Canny (NH Register, 8/5/2008) http://nhregister.com/articles/2008/08/05/new_haven/19892860.txt

8. Census 2010: New Haven Has Fastest Growth Rate Among Major Northeastern U.S. Cities (Updated) (Design New Haven, 3/24/11) http://downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2011/03/census-2010-new-haven-shows-fastest.html

9. More Latinos, Fewer Whites And Blacks (NH Independent, 3/10/11) http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/more_latinos_fewer_whites_and_blacks/