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    [Excerpt]: "DataHaven also provides "technical assistance" for nonprofit and community groups in the New Haven area. Groups creating policy or writing grants can reach out to DataHaven with a problem or a question—for example, what is the income disparity among neighborhoods in a certain town?—and DataHaven will do its best to reply with some figures. "It’s like data matchmaking," says Abraham, laughing. It’s an especially important service for the smaller towns in the New Haven area, which don’t necessarily have the resources to gather the data on their own.

    Feb. 11, 2014

    All DataHaven Programs

  • A New Haven citywide diet? Let the healthful eating begin

    [Excerpt] A study last year found that in six city neighborhoods surveyed, seven of 10 people were either overweight or obese.

    Jan. 10, 2014

    All DataHaven Programs, Health

  • 2013 Greater New Haven Community Index

    Click on the link below to view the main report page, or on the document link to download a PDF of the complete 2013 report.

    Dec. 31, 2013

    All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety

  • Big Data Backs Up Hunches—and Offers Some Surprises

    [Excerpt] Grubbs and others from the community gathered at the Institute Library on Chapel Street Wednesday evening to talk about that report, the Greater New Haven Community Index 2013, and about its real-world implications in New Haven.

    Dec. 12, 2013

    All DataHaven Programs

  • Local panel discusses data as a tool for Greater New Haven

    [Excerpt] The report, written by Mark Abraham, executive director of DataHaven, has gotten high praise for its compilation of data benchmarking economic opportunity, health needs and the civic life of Greater New Haven residents.

    Dec. 11, 2013

    All DataHaven Programs

  • Opportunity limited in Elm City

    [Excerpt] Economic opportunity in the Greater New Haven area has remained stagnant in the past decade, according to a report released in late September by the nonprofit group DataHaven.

    Oct. 15, 2013

    All DataHaven Programs

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