Newsletter: Submit nominations for the 2nd annual Innovation Awards, new hire, Women & Girls report
by Mark Abraham December 10, 2019
Subscribe, view past issues, and view the newsletter in its original format at https://mailchi.mp/2f38db3a3110/september-announcement-568579. Now accepting nominations for the second annual DataHaven Innovation Awards! The DataHaven Innovation Awards are designed to recognize individuals and groups who employ data to make Connecticut a better place. Awardees will be announced at a statewide event in Spring 2020 in each of the following categories:… Read More
No Bail, No Justice: How Politics and Poverty Trap People in Prisons
Hartford Guardian November 27, 2019
[Excerpt from November 27, 2019 Hartford Guardian article by Christian Spencer]… Read More
Fed leaders join Fed chair Powell in Conn. to shine light on community development effort
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Newsletter November 26, 2019
[Excerpt from Federal Reserve Bank of Boston] Darius Ritchens sat at a table in the gymnasium at an East Hartford elementary school on Monday and talked about struggling to make ends meet. The single father of two once worked in financial and insurance services, he told the local officials and Federal Reserve leaders seated near him. But hard times came, and he could barely afford to live. Above all, he said, he’d lost his self-confidence.… Read More
Life Expectancy Gap Divides City, Suburbs
New Haven Independent November 14, 2019
[Excerpt from New Haven Independent feature by Thomas Breen, 11/12/2019] The average life expectancy for Newhallville residents is 71 years — a full 15 years less than the average life expectancy for residents of the outer-ring suburb of Orange, according to the findings of a broad new report at community life.… Read More
Newsletter: DataHaven officially releases 2019 Community Index reports
by Mark Abraham November 12, 2019
50 figures, 35 tables, 1 report—learn about the key issues affecting your region. … Read More
DataHaven director sheds light on surveying practices
Yale Daily News November 8, 2019
[Excerpt of feature by Brooke Alviar, Yale Daily News, 11/8/2019. Photo credit: Brooke Alviar] DataHaven Executive Director Mark Abraham believes in the power of numbers, and in a talk on Wednesday afternoon, he informed the broader Yale New Haven public on how data collection can improve New Haven policymaking.… Read More
