A Publication of the Community Indicators Consortium

September 2021

In This Issue

Quick Hits Making a Big Impact

Feature

Impact Summit – Register Today!

Featured Indicator

Chattanooga, TN Economy and Entrepreneurship Dashboard

Featured Data Tool

AARP Livability Index

Features

CIC Impact Summit Conference Registration

November 1 – 4, 2021

The 2021 CIC Virtual Impact Summit, Community Indicators for Change: Responding, Rebuilding, and Advancing Equity, will be held virtually from November 1 – 4, 2021. Whether it’s responding to the impacts and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic or advancing access and equity for all people, this summit focuses on how your work and data ensure we are creating a world for the better.

CIC Pre-Summit Forum: Youth Data, Youth Voices

September 24, 2021, 12:00 PM ET

The Pre-Summit Forum, Youth Data, Youth Voices: SMS Data Collection to Survey Young People in NYC, will share details of the design, content, and results of a survey by the youth advocates and Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York that collected responses from more than 1,300 young people (ages 14 to 24) across New York City. This presentation will also include insights from CCC’s approach to participatory research among youth in New York City and the use of SMS technology in their efforts.

Indicators Making an Impact

Projects Driving Change in Their Community

The Chattanooga Economy and Entrepreneurship Dashboard empowers the community to take an outcome-oriented approach to cultivating entrepreneurship. The dashboard provides information to decision makers that help assess the state of entrepreneurship and factors which reduce barriers and empower entrepreneurship in Chattanooga. Explore data on diversity and inclusion, innovation, community livability, and more. Visit the CIC website for more Indicator projects.

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Upcoming Events, Training, and Webinars

Opportunities to Grow Your Impact

Census Bureau  

Findings for 2020 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage and Supplemental Poverty Measure

September 16, 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET

BLS Consumption Symposium 

Broadening Our Understanding of Household Consumption and Measurement

September 22 – 23, 2021

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET

Community Indicators Consortium

Youth Data, Youth Voices: SMS Data Collection to Survey Young People in NYC

September 24, 2021

12:00 PM ET

Tamarack Institute  

Reconnect! Making Communities Essential 

October 6 – 7, 2021

Center for Research on Disability Webinar 

nTIDE Lunch & Learn – Season 6, Episode 10

October 9, 2021

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Community Indicators Consortium 

Pre-Summit Forum: Advancing Equity Through Housing Affordability Indicators 

October 19, 2021

12:30 PM ET

2021 Virtual Impact Summit Sponsorship Opportunities

With Support From Our Readers

Does your organization have a product or service that you want to feature to CIC members? Sponsor the CIC 2021 Virtual Impact Summit, Community Indicators for Change: Responding Rebuilding, and Advancing Equity, for the opportunity to demonstrate how your organization can help CIC members create actionable changes in their community and how much you value the CIC community.

Featured Data Tool

Resources That Help You Make an Impact

The AARP Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. for the services and amenities that impact quality of life the most. The categories include housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, health, engagement, and opportunity. The Livability Index website provides resources to help consumers and policymakers use livability scores to effect change in their communities. It is the first tool of its kind to measure livability broadly at the neighborhood level for the entire country, and it is intended to inform and encourage people to take action to make their communities more livable.

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Featured Resources

Impact that Goes Beyond the Data

Dashboards

• C2ER – COLI BBQ Index: Supply Chain Disruptions and the Meat Industry
• USAFacts – States Lag in Distributing Rental Assistance While Millions are Behind on Rent
• Visual Capitalist – Road to Decarbonization: The United States Electricity Mix
• American Time Use Survey, BLS – A Day in the Life of Americans

Data

• BLS – Time Spent Alone Increased by an Hour Per Day in 2020
• US News & World Report – These States Have the Lowest COVID-19 Vaccination Rates 
• Tableau Public – London Bike Collisions (2005-2019)
• US Geological Survey – Estimated Domestic Water Usage Per Capita in the United States

Reports

• Bloomberg CityLab – Where Will the Eviction Wave Hit? Follow the Big Landlords
• Census Bureau – Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 2013–2016
• Center for American Progress – Rural Broadband Investments Promote an Inclusive Economy
• NPR – This Is How the White Population Is Actually Changing Based on New Census Data 
• GovTech – Idaho Student Grades Dropped with Hybrid, Online Learning

Careers

Because Change Only Happens When YOU Make It

Have an open position that might be of interest to CIC members? Let us post your job listing.

Send the position title, description, and any other relevant information to Lee Winkler

Jobs are typically posted within 1 business day and postings remain active for 45 days if no closing date is specified.

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