City Starts To Think About Broadband
New Haven Independent January 14, 2022
[Excerpt of news article by Thomas Breen, 1/14/2022] Should the city partner with an existing internet service provider to boost broadband? Or set up its own network and side-step telecom monopolies? Those questions are at the center of a revived city effort to at least think about how to bring faster and more reliable internet to all of New Haven. City economic development officials and city-hired consultants discussed that quest Thursday evening during an hourlong “community meeting” about high-speed internet access in New Haven. … Read More
Windham Hospital's maternity ward heads for closure, with safety and equity still at issue
CT Public Radio November 15, 2021
[Excerpt of news report by Nicole Leonard, CT Public Radio, 11/14/2021] A community hospital that’s been delivering babies for 88 years at its site in the Willimantic section of Windham is now seeking final approval from the state to end its obstetrics program. Windham Hospital leaders say labor and delivery at the facility has become unsafe due to a drop in birth volume and a lack of qualified obstetricians available to consistently staff the unit. But community activists argue a permanent closure will disproportionately hurt the town’s most vulnerable residents.… Read More
Selected October 2021 press coverage of DataHaven
by Mark Abraham October 28, 2021
DataHaven received significant statewide press coverage in October following the release of its Town Equity Reports and Summer 2021 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey results! Some representative examples include:… Read More
Update: The full 2021 dataset, based on over 9,000 interviews conducted through the end of 2021, is discussed in a February 2022 data release. PDF version of October 2021 press release, which was based on the initial 5,145 interviews conducted from June to August of 2021: … Read More
Report finds racial, ethnic inequities in West Haven, experts say jobs, education, health care keys to change
New Haven Register October 5, 2021
[Excerpt of front page article by Brian Zahn, Sunday, October 3, 2021] WEST HAVEN — A recent report shows economic and health disparities along racial and ethnic lines in the city, revealing gaps between white residents and Black and Hispanic residents in several indicators of wealth and wellness.… Read More
New: Equity Reports for All 169 CT Towns, 2020 Census Neighborhood Maps, Opioid Study
by Mark Abraham September 13, 2021
This is a web copy of our email newsletter. See below for information on how to sign up. DataHaven's Town Equity Reports use new approaches to disaggregate data for CT towns Find Reports for All 169 Towns Here… Read More
