NNIP Partner Application: Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County

This is the application of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County to join NNIP.  JWB was the first of Florida's Children’s Services Councils,  which are countywide special taxing districts that fund and operate programs and services that improve the lives of children and their families.   They represent an organization that was largely playing the role of the local data intermediary when they approached NNIP about membership.

Neighborhood data is used by JWB staff to fulfill their mission in three main ways:

1. Built, maintains and improves two separate but functionally related community indicator systems, pinellasindicators.org and About Pinellas Kids
2. JWB facilitates and promotes the practical use of data by city, community and county leaders. JWB staff regularly work to synthesize, distribute, and interpret data to community leaders at initiatives that range in scope from neighborhood to county.
3. JWB works to promote statistical literacy and empowering communities with data. Although JWB’s mission is to serve all residents of Pinellas County, resources are distributed according to need and thus emphasis and resources are targeted and capacity building occurs primarily in distressed neighborhoods.