healthy city presentation central valley
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Healthy City Central Valley PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Resource for all of California
Information + action for social change
Welcome and Introductions
• Name and Organization
• Briefly, what brought you here today?
Agenda
• Introduce Advancement Project and Healthy City
• Explore region’s interest in a Healthy City partnership
• Provide an opportunity to test drive Healthycity.org
A National civil rights “ACTION TANK”
…is about finding strategic solutions to support your work
DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:
Work ON-THE-GROUND to develop targeted research/policy
strategies and web tools.
COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB
Engages, trains, and provides tools for community groups to lead and sustain
action-oriented research
ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org
PartnersChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesAdvancement ProjectUSC School of Social Work 2-1-1 LA CountyUnited Ways of CaliforniaChildren NowCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health NetworkElla Baker Center for Human RightsPrevention InstituteThe California EndowmentLegal Services of No. Cal.California Rural Legal AssistanceSacramento Housing AllianceUC Davis – Center for Regional ChangeCommunity Services Planning CouncilUnited Way Bay AreaSanta Clara Comm. Benefits CoalitionUrban Strategies CouncilSan Mateo Healthy Communities CollaborativeOakland Progressive Empowerment Network
Contra Costa Crisis CenterUnited Way of Fresno/2-1-12-1-1 San Diego2-1-1 Monterey County2-1-1 San BernardinoVolunteer Center of Riverside CountyUnited Way Bay Area/HelplinkCommunity Service Planning Council – 2-1-1 SacramentoUW Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Eden I & R – 211 AlamedaInterface Children Family Services – 2-1-1 VenturaVolunteer Center of Sonoma County
The HealthyCity.org website
• Find services and points• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s
story
HealthyCity.org is a statewide resource that enables you to:
…to fuel social change and improve our communities
HealthyCity.orgWebsite
Service Provider
Case Manager
Policy Advocate
Funder
Community Organizer
Researcher
Who Uses HealthyCity.org?
Grant Writer
What’s on HealthyCity.org?
Oh, the Data You’ll See!
Types of Maps on HealthyCity.org
Point Thematic
Name SourceSocial Services 211s
Nonprofits IRS 990 Center for Nonprofit Management in Southern California
Schools Public & Private California Department of Edaucation
WIC Agencies & Vendors Network for a Healthy California
Hospitals (OSHPD) OSHPD
Head Start Agencies California Head Start Association
Child Care Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division
Alcohol Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Grocery DeLormeFQHC U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Health Resources and Services Administration
Banks DeLormeCheck Cashing Businesses DeLorme
Services & Points
Healthy City has 2-1-1 data (health & human services) for the
following counties:
Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa,
Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Ventura
Community Data
Population Characteristics – Age, Ethnicity, Educational
Attainment, etc.Civic ParticipationChild WelfareChild Care & Early EducationIncome & PovertyEmploymentNonprofit InfrastructureEnvironment & Land Use
Health – Birth, Prenatal & Child
Health - Conditions, Disease & Injury
Health – DeathsHealth - Insurance & accessHealth – Physical Activity &
NutritionNeighborhood & CommunityCrime & Public SafetyHousing
Over 2500 variables
Multiple years of data
You can save and share anything you
create while logged in
GET STARTED!
Find a Service:You’re a case manager in Fresno
looking for food and shelter options for a client.
They live in ZIP code 93710
*ZIP code 93710
*Food & Shelter
*Food & Shelter
List the services ONLY within the
area you’ve selected
Browse through listings to look
at service details
SAVE this list for future reference
EMAIL a link to this list of services
PRINT list of services
You can get directions for
your client
Extensive CDE school data
Finding a Service
Questions?
You can save and share anything you
create while logged in
GET STARTED!
Providing visual evidence
Where are there families in poverty in Oakland?
Are there resources in these highly impoverished areas?
Click the +- buttons to add
Data to your map
Find local support services
Create a list of services to add to
your map
Add boundary labels like ZIP or city
CUSTOMIZE your map:
Change the display of data
Compare your region to another geography
Other Map Room Features
Creating a map
Questions?
Creating charts and tables to better understand a
community or region
In LA County, what is the percentage of Renters v. Owners?
Of the Housing Units in L.A. County:
48.52 % are Owner Occupied
51.48% are Renter Occupied
How does this compare to the state
of California?
L.A. County has a higher ratio of renters to
owners than the state of California
View it as a pie chart
Grabbing a Stat using charts and tables
Questions?
6.
Learn about advanced features
A few HealthyCity.org Advanced Features
• Save searches, maps & charts
• Upload your own Point & Thematic Datasets
• Draw your own neighborhood boundaries
• Create a live mapping session
• Tell your Story (with Pictures, Video & Audio)
• Search Stories, live maps, and more in the Share & Connect room
Your Saved searches are stored here
Draw your own neighborhood boundaries
Map or Chart data within your new boundary
Upload your own Point OR Thematic Datasets
Create an Excel Spreadsheet with up to 1000 points
*Save as Excel 97-2003 workbook*
Upload your own Thematic Datasets
A Live Map enables multiple people to :
• Draw and drop points, lines, and shapes on a shared map
• Attach photos & video
Create Live Mapping Sessions
(with Pictures, Video & Audio)
Create a Story to:Promote your initiative or highlight your work!
Package your saved maps, live mapping sessions, reports, multi-media and more into a “story” that you can share
Create a Story
Share and Search Stories (& more) Statewide
Upcoming Training DatesCommunity Planning and Development Webinar
February 22, 10 – 11am
Introductory Webinar
February 24 at 2pm
Advanced Webinar
March 16th at 10am
Help is Available:
Click on • Healthy City User
Guideor
• FAQs
Healthy City Strategic Partnerships
Governing Statewide
Regional 211/I & R
Regional Partners: “EYES/EARS” ON THE
GROUND LOCAL DATA LOCAL OUTREACH
Bay Area Greater Sacramento Central Valley San Diego
Priority Regions
Goals/Outcomes
Champions for HC.org
Increased capacity to use HC.org for action
Regional and relevant resource
Roles & Commitments
Healthy CityProvide staff/support to
facilitate and conduct presentations and trainings
Technical support to partners interested in enhancing their utilization of HC.org
Realize regional needs, including functionality of the Healthy City website, data, and outreach requests
PartnersParticipate in all meetings
Identify outreach opportunities
Promote Healthy City statewide system among colleagues, networks, and sector representatives.
Advise on functionality, data sources, formatting, and other technological issues
Thank You!