This report helps develop a baseline of information about a variety of barriers that may prevent AfricanAmerican men in Bridgeport and other Connecticut cities from achieving their full health potential. When these barriers involve system-wide, avoidable and unjust social and economic policies that create unequal access to opportunity, they are often known as “health inequities.”
May. 30, 2013
All DataHaven Programs, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health
The focus of this report is the large group of Connecticut residents that utilize State support and services for issues ranging from mental illness to homelessness, substance abuse, poverty, or crime. This study looks at the service delivery system serving this population and the role that nonprofit organizations play in this effort.
The NAACP Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP created the Urban Apartheid report, involving DataHaven to work with NAACP staff and board members and contribute the research material used throughout. DataHaven also received a separate contract from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to support its work on the development of this 25-page report. The report includes data from the 2012 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey.
Mar. 27, 2013
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
The NAACP Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP created the 2013 Urban Apartheid report, involving DataHaven's Executive Director, Mark Abraham, to work closely with NAACP staff and board members on its development and to contribute the research material used throughout. DataHaven also received a separate contract from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to support its work on the development and graphic design of this 25-page report.
Mar. 27, 2013
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
This series of charts presents the results of the Connecticut Master Test among students at New Haven Public Schools from 2009-2012. The results are presented within cohorts, each of which represents one school.
This report focuses on finding longer-term solutions to the effective and efficient delivery of public services in Connecticut. Connecticut’s local expenditures (now at $12 billion per year) have been growing faster than the median income in Connecticut, which makes it especially important to take alcloser look at how municipal and education services are delivered on a local level. This is part 4 of a six-part series, "Framework for Connecticut's Fiscal Future."