The indicators come from the following state and federal government sources:

• CT Dept. of Children and Families
• CT Dept. of Developmental Services
• CT Dept. of Public Health
• CT Dept. of Public Safety
• CT Dept. of Social Services
• CT Office of Policy and Management
• CT State Dept. of Education
• CT Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services
• United States Census

Data included on the site were identified through various planning processes that were informed by data, by data partners working with CTData.org to develop customized data portals, or by requests of portal users.

If you have suggestions for data you would like to see added to the portal, email info@ctdata.org

The customized portals on CTData.org have been created through partnerships with organizations or agencies. They contain the same features as the main portal, but have been targeted to the particular topic or geographic area that the partner organization works in. A subset of all the indicators that are available on CTData.org that have been selected to appear in each of the portals based on their pertinence to the partner's activities and goals; this helps to narrow down the data and streamline data access and visualization for the partner organizations. The partner organizations also work with the Connecticut Data Collaborative to choose the default visualizations and other custom settings that best fit their needs.

Currently, there are six customized portals on CTData.org:

• Early Childhood Portal
• Coastal Fairfield County Portal
• Municipal Economic Indicators Portal
• SEOW Behavioral Health Indicators Portal
• Connecticut Rural Health Portal
• DataHaven Portal

The Connecticut Data Collaborative is in the process of developing a Health Equity portal.

To explore each of the portals, please see the Portals page

The CT Data Collaborative secured the funding for and manages the development of CTData.org. Please see the About page for more information.

The CT Data Collaborative has received initial seed funding in 2009-2010 from the Connecticut Early Childhood Education Cabinet and the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.

Indicators provide communities with information about past and current trends, in order to help assess priorities and impact future projects and policies. They provide insight into the overall direction of a community: whether it is improving, declining, or staying the same, or a mix of all three.

Indicators can help illuminate patterns, problems, successes, and disparities. They can form the basis for fact-based decision making and planning. Indicators are often used in grant proposals, reports, and policy briefs.

The main portal indicators are grouped under the following domains:

• Health and development
• Social services
• Demographics
• Education
• Economy
• Youth, children, and families
• Early childhood
• Safety
• Public finance
• Environment
• Housing
• Civic Vitality