Information + action for social change

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Question for Participants

How have you used maps, charts or other data visualization in

your work?

Mapping Data Provides Visual Evidence for…

• Community Issues & Needs• Community Knowledge• Coordination• Locating Assets and Gaps• Planning • Policy/Advocacy

Visual evidence that is clear, easy to understand, and dramatic…

Healthy City is a project of…

A public policy change organization rooted in the civil

rights movement

…is an information + action resource that unites rigorous research, community voices and innovative technologies

to solve the root causes of social inequity

DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO:

COMMUNITY ORGSFOUNDATIONSGOVERNMENT

COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB

Training community groups to lead and sustain action-oriented research &

technology projects

ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org

PartnersChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesAdvancement ProjectUSC School of Social Work 2-1-1 LA CountyUnited Ways of CaliforniaChildren NowCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health NetworkElla Baker Center for Human RightsPrevention InstituteThe California EndowmentLegal Services of No. Cal.California Rural Legal AssistanceSacramento Housing AllianceUC Davis – Center for Regional ChangeCommunity Services Planning CouncilUnited Way Bay AreaSanta Clara Comm. Benefits CoalitionUrban Strategies CouncilSan Mateo Healthy Communities CollaborativeOakland Progressive Empowerment Network

Contra Costa Crisis CenterUnited Way of Fresno/2-1-12-1-1 San Diego2-1-1 Monterey County2-1-1 San BernardinoVolunteer Center of Riverside CountyUnited Way Bay Area/HelplinkCommunity Service Planning Council – 2-1-1 SacramentoUW Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Eden I & R – 211 AlamedaInterface Children Family Services – 2-1-1 VenturaVolunteer Center of Sonoma County

• Find community resources and partners• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s

story

HealthyCity.org is a statewide resources that enables you to:

…to fuel social change and improve our communities

HealthyCity.orgWebsite

Service Provider

Case Manager

Policy Advocate

Funder

Community Organizer

Researcher

Who Uses HealthyCity.org?

Grant Writer

Today you will learn how to:1. Locate resources by searching the detailed

health and human service databases of 2-1-1 agencies across the state.

2. Research information about your community to enhance program focus and planning.

3. Map data that you collect in order to see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or other organizations.

4. Access advanced features with a free Healthy City account.

You can save and share anything you

create while logged in

GET STARTED!

1.

Find a Service:You’re a case manager in Fresno

looking for food and shelter options for a client.

They live in ZIP code 93710

*ZIP code 93710

*Food & Shelter

*Food & Shelter

List the services ONLY within the

area you’ve selected

Browse through listings to look

at service details

You can get directions for

your client

SAVE this list for future reference

EMAIL a link to this list of services

PRINT list of services

You can alsoview services on a

map

Contact 2-1-1 to update

agency information

Resource Guides Available:

Click on • Service Categories

Finding a Service

Questions?

2.Research information about your

community to enhance program focus and planning.

For example…

Senator Liu’s Pathways Program

The Pathways program…• Serves low-income communities and the working poor, among whom women with children are disproportionately represented. Target populations also include veterans, seniors, and foster, homeless, and other at-risk youth.

• Includes: research on the community, networking & problem-solving conference, events, website for centralized information

2.

Research information about your community to enhance program focus and planning.

Where are the target populations (e.g. veterans, low-income families) located in

Senate District 21 (Carol Liu)?

Click on Change to select your geography

Click the +- buttons

to add community data to your map

Your first layer of data is listed here.

See in Data room

ACTION Recommend hosting a

“mini -event” for Veterans in this area

(or conducting outreach in this area)

Research information about your community to enhance program focus

and planning.

Questions?

3.Map data that you collect in order to

see the distribution of your clients, members, facilities, or

other organizations.

You’ll need to register for

or Log in to your account

My Account > Upload your own Point or Thematic Data

First, Create an Excel Spreadsheet

Mapping your own data

Questions?

Learn about our data sources

4.

Learn about advanced features

A few HealthyCity.org Advanced Features

• Save searches, maps & charts

• Upload your own Point & Thematic Datasets

• Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

• Create a live mapping session

• Tell your Story (with Pictures, Video & Audio)

• Search Stories, live maps, and more in the Share & Connect room

Your Saved searches are stored here

Upload your own Point OR Thematic Datasets

Example: South L.A. Best Babies Collaborative

In order to provide funders with information about the number and geographic location of participants in the program, SLABBC could upload their participant data, and view it along with other data available on HealthyCity.org

Births to Mothers under 20 Years of Age Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care & Total SLABBC Participants 2007 - 2010

Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

Map or Chart data within your new boundary

A Live Map enables multiple people to :

• Draw and drop points, lines, and shapes on a shared map

• Attach photos & video

Create Live Mapping Sessions

(with Pictures, Video & Audio)

Create a Story to:Promote your initiative or highlight your work!

Package your saved maps, live mapping sessions, reports, multi-media and more into a “story” that you can share

Create a Story

Share and Search Stories (& more) Statewide

Help is Available:

Click on • Healthy City User

Guideor

• FAQs

Thank You!