Advancing Racial Equity and Improving Communities in Connecticut with DataHaven’s Unique Survey
National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership News November 29, 2023
[Article by Elizabeth Burton and Kathy Pettit at NNIP News, November 2023]… Read More
DataHaven's Hartford Foundation 2023 Equity Profile Highlights Region's Challenges and Opportunities
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving November 27, 2023
DataHaven’s Hartford Foundation 2023 Equity Profile Highlights Region’s Challenges and Opportunities… Read More
To address mental health issues, Hartford offers free access to app
Hartford Courant September 27, 2023
[Excerpt of article by Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9/27/23] All Hartford residents, students, and employees will soon have access to a free one-year subscription for a mental health app to help address what officials say is a rise in anxiety and depression in the city. A new partnership with the mental health app, Headspace, and West Hartford’s wellness nonprofit, Copper Beech Institute will offer personalized content recommendations, everyday mindfulness and meditation activities, mental health tips, and information.… Read More
Join the Advisory Council for DataHaven's statewide survey - participant incentives available
by Mark Abraham September 19, 2023
The DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey completed live, in-depth interviews with over 45,000 randomly-selected adults in every town in Connecticut in recent years, producing robust local-level information (such as data included in the Town Equity Reports) on the issues that are most relevant to community well-being. This survey has been supported by over 100 public and private partners throughout Connecticut, and will be fielded again beginning in early 2024.… Read More
United Way: A family of four needs $126,000 a year to survive in CT
Connecticut Mirror September 19, 2023
[Excerpt from CT Mirror feature article by Keith M. Phaneuf published 9/19/23, which also appeared in print newspapers throughout the state] According to the Federal Poverty Level, a metric with roots going back 60 years, a family of four is impoverished this year if it earns $30,000 or less. But a new analysis Tuesday from the United Way of Connecticut shows the true gap here is more than four times that level — and heading in the wrong direction.… Read More
Press coverage of the Health Equity in Connecticut 2023 report
Various August 30, 2023
On August 23, 2023, DataHaven published its latest health equity report, along with a press release, "DataHaven health equity report finds that preventable health problems … Read More
