HARTFORD OPPORTUNITY YOUTH DATA INTEGRATION PROJECT

Project Description:

HDC gathers and integrates data from multiple providers of services to opportunity youth ages 16-29 in Hartford to provide a comprehensive picture of opportunity youth in the community. By connecting data from non-profit service provider data with student data from the Hartford Public Schools, we are developing a systems-level understanding of the services provided to opportunity youth, the characteristics of the youth who are served, and the outcomes of those services.

HDC also conducted a data integration project for the Hartford Student Internship program managed by Capital Workforce Partners.

Research questions:

  • What is the unduplicated count of youth served by different programs?

  • What are the demographics of the youth served?

  • What types of services do these youth receive/access?

  • How many youth successfully complete the programs?

  • What are their educational and career outcomes?

Who is Involved?

HOYC Evaluator/Requestor: Ron Schack Ph.D

Current Data Sharing Partners: Capital Workforce Partners, City of Hartford, Compass Youth Collaborative, Hartford Public Schools, Our Piece of the Pie, Urban League of Greater Hartford

Project Milestones

  • Data License Request reviewed and approved by HDC in July 2019

  • First data integration completed in November 2020

  • Data integration projects completed in 2020, 2021, and 2022

  • Curated datasets only contained relevant data elements

  • Multi-agency datasets linked at the individual level adhering to best practices and security standards

  • Cleaned, standardized and de-duplicated all linked datasets

  • Aggregate level data given back to the provider agencies

Questions about the project? Contact Geethika Fernando at gfernando@ctdata.org