(Inactive) Community Link Capital Region (Sacramento)
October 2011
Community Link and the Sacramento County Children’s Coalition are in the process of producing a new series of “Action Briefs” that target specific areas of concern for children, youth and young adults previously reported in the 2011 Sacramento County Children’s Report Card. Based on the findings from the Report Card, the briefs are designed to promote a better understanding of current issues and their underlying causes, identify challenges and opportunities for improvement, and provide program and policy recommendations.
Urban Strategies Council facilitated, with the Oakland Unified School District, a nine-month planning process with the multi-stakeholder Full Service Community Task Force. We produced a structural framework that became the foundation of the school district’s five-year strategic plan to develop full service community schools at every site with a strong academic core and integrated focus on youth development, family support and engagement, health and social services and community development.
In late 2010, the Urban Strategies Council and Oakland Unified School District, in partnership with the East Bay Community Foundation, launched a bold new initiative aimed at addressing the disparities in educational and social outcomes for African American males in Oakland. This six-year initiative has been established with a set of seven key goals that reflect the massive disparities faced by young black males in our city and a set of strategies aimed at improving those outcomes and eliminating most disparities within six years.
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African American Male Achievment Initiative (AAMAI)
On May 30th at 10am Pacific, Urban Strategies Council and the Oakland Unified School District will be hosting the first of four webinars focusing on this insightful new research on the inequities faced by African American Males and the efforts underway to eliminate these disparities in education outcomes.
The RI DataHUB is a multi-agency longitudinal data system for anyone interested in the well-being of people in Rhode Island. The DataHUB brings together data sets from multiple federal, state and local sources. Data are currently gathered from local partnering public agencies including: the RI Department of Education (RIDE), the RI Department of Health (HEALTH), the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education (RIBGHE), the RI Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), and Providence Public Schools (PPSD).
InfoWorks is a collaborative effort between the Rhode Island Department of Education and The Providence Plan. The InfoWorks site is designed as user-friendly, easily accessible resource for anyone interested in Rhode Island's schools. Available data includes achievement results, demographics, funding, and opinion data.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
June 2013 - December 2015
The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development (CUPCD), based at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, is working with the Ohio Longitudinal Data Archive (OLDA) at Ohio State University’s Ohio Education Research Center to understand how involvement in the foster care and juvenile justice systems affect high school graduation and early adult outcomes.
University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)
June 2013 - December 2015
The Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS) within the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh is working with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) to study how neighborhood characteristics and human services involvement affects absenteeism. Chronic school absenteeism is not only a strong predictor of lower educational achievement, but has also been linked to health, housing, and neighborhood condition issues such as asthma, poor property conditions, financial instability, and high crime rates.
Last week we were awarded an implementation grant from the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions for our Oakland-Alameda County Opportunity Youth Initiative.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
September 30, 2014
With recent Census data indicating that 54 percent of children in the City of Cleveland live in poverty, the Cleveland Plain Dealer asked Dr Claudia Coulton about the relationship between poverty and health for “
CI:Now gathered and analyzed the data for the past several editions of Voices for Children of San Antonio’s Child Data Report, which you can find here. The Data Report has moved under the auspices of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County's Children's Issue Council and will now be published as an online dashboard.
The Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County has been hosting Communities of Learning for all of its funded programs. They began by grouping all of their funded programs into four clusters; home visiting/case management, behavior health, early childcare/quality early learning, and school support programs. They then invited each agency or organization to send an executive director, program director, and researcher/evaluator for a full-day kick off session. The session began with a discussion about why evaluation is important from a results-based perspective.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
November 3, 2015
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In the series "Toxic Neglect", the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been running stories on the problems of lead poisoning on young children. Dr. Robert Fischer, co-director of the Poverty Center, was interviewed for "Lead poisoning makes education harder for kids and teachers" on October 22, 2015.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
November 4, 2015
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In an editorial to the Cleveland Plain Dealer on November 1, Poverty Center Co-Director Dr. Rob Fischer discussed the magnitude of the problems from lead exposure on young children.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
March 8, 2016
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At what level does lead exposure become dangerous for children?
Dr. Robert Fischer, Co-Director of the Poverty Center, and Dr. Elizabeth Anthony, Research Assistant Professor at the Poverty Center, examine this question in The Conversation. In the article, " In kids, even low lead levels can cause lasting harm," Fischer and Anthony discuss how children exposed to levels of lead below the current federal threshold still show cognitive deficits and delays in academic progress.
Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)
July 24, 2017
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Distinguished University Professor Claudia Coulton is co-presenting a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) DataSpeaks webinar on Monday, July 24: “
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DataSpeak Webinar Series Data-driven Change at the Community Level:Emerging Research on Urban Child Health
At the request of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which funds the KIDS COUNT network, the authors conducted research to explore how these state data efforts couldbring greater benefits tolocalcommunities. Interviews with child advocates and open data providers confirmed the opportunity for child advocacy organizations and state governments to leverage open data to improve the lives of children and families. But accomplishing this goal will require new practices on both sides.
The State of the Detroit Child provides community leaders with highly interactive graphics and visualizations on a wide range of factors that affect the outcomes and living conditions of Detroit's children across time and place.
University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)
February 2020
The Pittsburgh Study will follow children in Allegheny County from birth through high school. It is the largest community-partnered intervention study to follow children over time. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh are working in collaboration with many community organizations and institutions to complete this study.
(Inactive) Center for Economic Information* (Kansas City)
2020
In the fall of 2013, in collaboration with Children’s Mercy Hospital (CMH) of Kansas City, CEI was awarded grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for research into the relationship between environmental housing conditions and the prevalence of certain chronic childhood health conditions, specifically asthma and lead poisoning. This is a three-year initiative.
Data Driven Detroit has been examining the impact of COVID-19 on education and employment in a blog series. Most recently, they have been analyzing how schools and childcare facilities are responding to pandemic-related regulations and precautions.
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Household Experiences: COVID-19's Continued Impact on Parents and Children
