Hartford Data Collaborative (HDC)
Youth Data Fellows

Applications for 2025 program is now open.

The Hartford Youth Data Fellowship is a program for Hartford youth ages 17-24 that provides them with the tools and experience they need to engage and analyze data about their communities. The program is managed by CT Data Collaborative through the Hartford Data Collaborative (HDC), a network of Hartford area non-profit organizations, government agencies, and philanthropic partners that facilitates data sharing and integration among its partners.   

HDC partners with schools and youth-serving organizations in Hartford to recruit youth to participate in a five-month after-school program with workshops about data literacy, analysis, and visualizations. Youth serve as co-researchers to share their lived experience growing up in Hartford and its impact on their development in their data insights. The fellowship program addresses a need for increased data literacy among residents, provides Hartford youth with career development opportunities, and allows them to create a data project that can be part of their resume or portfolio. The program culminates in a Data Walk where community members and city leaders engage in local data and data sharing efforts and hear the insights of Hartford youth. 

For more information or to be notified about application openings and upcoming Data Walks, contact Kate Eikel @ keikel@ctdata.org