In the summer of 2023, the CT Head Start Collaboration Office, within the Office of Early Childhood, contracted with CTData to conduct a needs assessment of all Head Start and Early Head Start programs in the state. This blog post describes our work on the needs assessment and shares some key findings.
Read MoreDriven by the track record and commitment of the Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData) to improve data literacy, the use of data, and the involvement of residents – including youth – in the development of data to improve lives in Hartford, CTData has been accepted as a partner in the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, one of the nation’s premier organizations in the field.
Read MoreThe 2020 Decennial Census faced unprecedented challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic, political interference, natural disasters, and the implementation of a new approach to privacy protection called differential privacy. We invited two experts to share what this means for using Census 2020 data. Amy O’Hara is a Research Professor in the Massive Data Institute and Executive Director of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center at Georgetown University. Elizabeth Garner is the State Demographer at the Colorado State Demography Office.
Read MoreEach year, the Census Bureau produces population estimates for each state and county that are different than the ACS t-year survey that many of us are used to. These are called Population Estimates, and these are the official measures of population & housing units between decennial censuses. In this conference session, you will learn about the methodology that undergirds these annual data and learn about the ways you can access the data through the US Census Bureau.
Read MoreThe Longitudinael-Employer Household Dynamics Data (LEHD) Products combines state administrative data with census data to understand various aspects of the workforce. During this conference session, we learned about several of the LEHD products, and learned how to use them. Watch the video to learn how you can use these products to inform your decision-making.
Read MoreCTData has been busy this year, growing and offering more products and services that can help you with making sound decisions with data. The links to information we shared during the session is available here. The recording will be made available below after the session.
Read MoreAt CTData Conference 2022, Eva Liu and Steve Gates from Chicago Beyond joined us to talk about the seven inequities standing in the way of impact from the guidebook, Why am I Always Being Researched.
Read MoreCTData has been working hard to update our data and data projects to reflect the ACS 2020 data release, as well as other updated data. This month’s list includes the Connecticut SEOW Prevention Data Portal, The Women and Girls Data Platform, the Connecticut Evictions Map, and some of our data tables in Data by Topic.
Read MoreAT CTData, a core part of our work centers around building data literacy skills. We incorporate data literacy into almost every aspect of our work and we have seen a few challenges that organizations face when it comes to data either:
Read MoreAs Connecticut’s State Data Center, we develop many tools and reports to help agencies and data users across Connecticut to understand their community. For many of these tools and reports, we disaggregate our analysis where possible — such as by geography, race/ethnicity, gender/sex, and age. We receive many questions about accessing town-level data for various topics, so we have compiled several of our data tools and reports below.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData), and the Hartford Data Collaborative (managed by staff from CTData), has been awarded an $80,000 grant for a new initiative, Behavioral Health Indicators for City Youth. Through this initiative, CTData will partner with state and city agencies and Hartford youth to develop and analyze data aimed at improving understanding of issues related to youth behavioral health, and lead to changes in youth programs and policies.
Read MoreAs CTData worked virtually in 2021, we continued to make data accessible, expand the data capacity of organizations, help build a more robust data infrastructure in Connecticut, and provide analysis for the state to make data-informed decisions. This hard work and dedication have given us a lot to celebrate for this past year!
Read MoreAs the Census State Data Center, we have the opportunity to learn about all sorts of census data products that are not widely known. For CTData Conference 2021, we wanted to bring some tools that are relevant for life as it is now, during the pandemic. There have been major floods in Connecticut in some unexpected places. And of course the pandemic has brought suffering that has been unequalled for generations. The products we share with you, the Community Resilience Estimates and the Pulse Surveys, give us ways to understand both the risks in our communities and the impact in the state to these challenges. Click to learn more.
Read MoreMany folks only interact with one person or just part of our organization, and people are often surprised to hear about different aspects of our work they had never heard about. We decided that at this year’s conference we would share with you all that we do at CTData. You can watch the video and access the slides below or explore other conference sessions and information at our 2021 conference hub.
Read MoreDuring CTData’s 2021 Conference, we hosted a session dedicated to Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). If you attended the session, we want to thank you for engaging and offering your input and suggestions. If you missed this session, read on to learn more about what PUMAs are, why they are important, what needs to be done by January 2022, and how you can help with this important process!
Read MoreCTData has joined The Opportunity Project as a data steward for the problem statement “Assisting Businesses, Community, and State/Local Government Leaders to Make Critical Decisions Using Decennial Data” where we will assist teams in finding relevant and accurate data from the Census Bureau and other public sources.
Read MoreThe Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData) is seeking two new team members: a Senior Research Associate and a Data Engagement Specialist.
Read MoreCTData has a new Assistant Director! Join us in congratulating our former Data Engagement Specialist Sarah Eisele-Dyrli on her promotion to Assistant Director of the Connecticut Data Collaborative!
Read MoreA big win for data literacy! CTData has been awarded an 18-month, $122,793 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support four core data literacy initiatives: data capacity building for agencies in the Hartford region, civic engagement programming for youth, the Equity in Data Community of Practice, and implementation of the Hartford Data Collaborative, which includes nearly two dozen public and nonprofit agencies.
Read MoreDo you work with PUMA boundaries? If so, CTData is interested in your feedback! Public Use Microdata Areas, PUMAs for short, are statistical geographical areas used by the Census Bureau that split the state into sections of 100,000 people or more. Every 10 years, State Data Centers (SDCs) across the country are tasked with adjusting PUMA boundaries based on the results of the decennial census.
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