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Analysis: You are helping to save thousands of lives this week by avoiding non-essential travel
Apr. 11, 2020
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
Since its emergence in late 2019, the novel coronavirus/COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 has swept across the world at an alarming rate. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the virus a pandemic. While the pace of the virus’ spread has overwhelmed health systems around the world, most of those infected experience mild symptoms. Fever and dry cough are the most common symptoms.
The Hartford Foundation is committed to supporting the availability of high quality, impartial research to inform action on a host of issues that are critical to the region as well as our own priorities, strategies and operations. We are excited to share the highlights from the Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019 to build a shared understanding and promote dialogue on the challenges and opportunities we face as a community.
Mar. 11, 2020
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
[Excerpt from feature article by Jodie Mozdzer Gil, March 11, 2020]
In cities throughout Connecticut, urban farms and community gardens are sprouting up to address a significant health challenge: Many people don’t have access to enough food or access to healthy food.
Mar. 10, 2020
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Health
This is a CSV (raw data) file with the state, county, and town-level data used in our community profile pages, updated with 2018 5-year ACS data (released by Census Bureau in December 2019). For Connecticut counties and select Connecticut towns, the dataset also contains a small number of estimates from the 2018 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey. Please refer to the survey page for full crosstabs and results.
The CSV may be downloaded using the "Document" link below.
Jan. 31, 2020
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
[Excerpt from WTNH TV]
NAUGATUCK, Conn. (WTNH) — There’s a new “Judge” in the fight against the opioid crisis in Naugatuck: the town’s new police K-9. On Friday, Judge and his handler, Officer Jake Pinho, completed state police training for specialized drug detection.
Judge and Officer Pinho Judge graduated as the top police dog in the state and now his skills will be put to use on the streets of Naugatuck, becoming part of the plan to snuff out opiates and drugs at crime scenes. [....]
Jan. 27, 2020
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Health