May 15, 2019

The de Beaumont Foundation today released its inaugural list of 40 Under 40 in Public Health. Twenty-four women and 16 men from 23 states and one U.S. commonwealth were selected for their creative approaches and innovative solutions to improve community health. For more information and a summary of their accomplishments, visit deBeaumont.org/40Under40.

The DataHaven team is excited to welcome Adhlere Coffy, Gina Federico, Mary Stuart, and Maritza Bond (pictured left to right, below) to the DataHaven Board of Directors. These four new additions bring with them combined decades of service to Connecticut communities. Their areas of expertise range from data analysis to social determinants of health, and their accomplishments include revamping a city health department and leading community outreach programs.

DataHaven was born of the idea that public data should be easily accessed and widely available. The Community Foundation was there at the start with seed funding to launch the organization. Twenty-five years later, more than 100 public and private organizations across Connecticut use DataHaven's research in key areas such as health, education, civic engagement and economic opportunity to improve programs and change lives for the better.

Originally published in the New Haven Independent on 4/12/19: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/data_haven_survey/

by APARNA NATHAN & MARK ABRAHAM

[Excerpt of feature article by Nathalie Bussemaker, Yale Daily News, April 12, 2019]

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Why are companies leaving Connecticut for high-tax cities? Many think the answer can be traced to the preferences of millennials.

[News article by Brian Slattery]

Hamden is a good place to live — as long as you can find a good job.

That’s one of the lessons from a newly released 2018 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey.

[Excerpt of article from Emiliano Gomez]

On March 13, New Haven–based public data analysis firm DataHaven released its 2018 Wellbeing Survey, which focuses on the quality of life in New Haven and Connecticut. The report highlights developments in the public’s perception of accessibility in terms of housing, health care and employment.

Excerpt of article by Emiliano Gomez, March 27, 2019:

"In 2010, parts of three New Haven neighborhoods — Fair Haven, Newhallville and Edgewood — were designated by the Census Bureau as especially “hard to count” tracts due to low mail-return rates of census forms — less than 60 percent.

Such neighborhoods are mostly composed of groups the Census Bureau has designated “hard to count.”