CTData has been busy this year, growing and offering more products and services that can help you with making sound decisions with data. During this conference session, we talk about the resources and projects we’ve been working on. Watch the video and access all the links shared below the video. And head on over to the 2022 Conference Hub for links to recordings and resources from the other sessions.

Census State Data Center

You can explore our State Data Center page, our Census 2020 Data Hub, and our Data by Topic page, among others.

Have a data question? Reach out via the Data Helpline. You can ask things such as:

I am looking for poverty data for Hartford and surrounding towns for 2019 and 2020.
How has remote working in Connecticut changed during the pandemic?
I am working on a grant for X, where is the best place to find data about A, B, and C?

Data & Data Projects

We have updated several of our Interactive Data Projects with ACS 2020 5-year data, including

Housing Portal
Nursing Data Portal provides data in Supply, Education, and Demand for Nurses in Connecticut.
Regional Data Stories will walk you through who lives here, who works here, about some of their educational experiences, and health outcomes.
SEOW Prevention Portal brings together Connecticut’s epidemiological data in support of a comprehensive public health approach to substance abuse prevention and health promotion.

Also, the Connecticut Evictions Map is an interactive map that gets updated regularly and allows you to see where residential evictions happen in Connecticut.

Integrated Data Systems

Integrated data are linked datasets of administrative data about individuals collected from different sources or agencies using common data fields (SSN, name, date of birth).

The Hartford Data Collaborative is a network of Hartford area non-profit agencies, Hartford city agencies, state agencies, and philanthropic partners that facilitate data sharing and data linking between human service agencies.

Hartford Youth Data Fellows is a 5-month data and research training fellowship program for Hartford youth. Applications opening for the January 2023 cohort!

Research & Analysis

You can find all of our research here. Some projects of note include:

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in CT, a report on disparities in education, employment, and earnings from the 2020 5-year ACS estimates.
Exposing Connecticut’s Eviction Crisis, Analysis of trends, outcomes of legal counsel, and disparities by race and sex in 5 years of eviction court filings.
Essential Equity: Women, Covid-19 and Rebuilding CT, a report documenting the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and girls, particularly women and girls of color.
Covid-19 Impact on Hartford Young Children. Pandemic impacts on early care & education, support services, and developmental outcomes for Hartford’s young children. (Planned release: Summer 2023)

Data Training

We started offering in-person workshops again! Explore workshop offerings for CTData Academy. The 2023 schedule will be released soon.
The Civic Data Program is a new a program we are offering to Connecticut’s community colleges and technical schools.
We offer customized workshops. We work with organizations to customize our workshops using your data. Book a consultation with us to talk about your needs.

Consulting & Contracted Projects

We offer consulting services to support informed decision-making in your organization. Examples include:

We are working with Bridgeport prospers, assisting them with gathering and understanding data across sectors. We’re looking at what can we learn from Medicaid data on young children's developmental progress.
Improving the quality of data products by increasing data capacity and developing data tools for Community Action Agencies in Connecticut. We are working through DSS to support CAAs to improve the quality of their Comprehensive Community Needs Assessments.
Creating interactive data platforms. We partnered with the Partnership for Strong Communities to make their 2020 Housing Profiles interactive and have recently updated them with the most recent ACS data.

CTData Strategic Planning©

CTData Strategic Planning is a new service that we are launching. Through this service, nonprofits increase data capacity while building a Data Strategic Plan.

We are also excited to announce that we are launching a January 2023 cohort in partnership with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Nonprofit Support Program. Learn more about the service and the informational session here.

Data Convenings

We convene the Equity in Data Community of Practice monthly. The group is open to anyone who uses data and would like to do so with a greater focus on equitable practices. You can learn more about the group or explore our past sessions here.

If you have an interest in other types of convenings, please let us know!

CTData Conference 2023

We are excited to announce our IN PERSON conference on May 4 at the Sheraton in Rocky Hill. More information to come. We hope you’ll join us!

Slides for the Presentations

FOR MORE INFORMATION

You can watch other sessions from the CTData 2022 Mini-Conference at the conference hub.

If you are interested in learning more about CTData, check out our mission and values and the services we provide. For training and tips on how to use data to inform your personal and professional life, register for one of our CTData Academy workshops or browse our blog. You can keep up with us by subscribing to the CTData newsletter and following us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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