Community Engagement with IDS: Opportunies for local acon and impact

Claudia Coulton, Ph.D. Disnguished University Professor Lillian F. Harris Professor of Urban Research and Social Change Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of iences Applied Social Sc Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio, USA Email: [email protected] Agenda

• Briefly arculate why and how of community engagement in IDS data applicaons • Describe mul site project to engage community partners with the applicaon of IDS data • Provide illustrave example from Cleveland

2 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Mul-­‐level understanding of human wellbeing

Neighborhood and community key levels of influence in most big picture thinking

Need more community-­‐based intervenons and policies that are data driven

Calls for informaon that is community informed and community relevant

3 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Community engagement and importance of place

Soluons to complex challenges require mulple partners in many places. Spaally nuanced and cross sector informaon can help to drive the problem solving process.

4 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences IDS can be used for “Connecng People and Place”

NNIP has launched a three-­‐year cross-­‐site project supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundaon (AECF) to expand the relevance of integrated data systems (IDS) for local policy.

5 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences – Collaborave effort of Urban Instute and local partners since 1995 – All partners build and operate neighborhood-­‐ level informaon systems using local data – Success based on: • Trusted and engaged instuons • Relevant and high-­‐quality data • Mission to support use of data for local acon Naonal Neighborhood Indicators Partners Beer Data. Beer Decisions. Beer Communies.

7 Collaborators on cross site project

Several organizaons and consultants will also help support this cross-­‐site project with advice and technical assistance including:

8 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Goals of Cross site Project

• Demonstrate that IDS can be used to improve local-­‐ and neighborhood-­‐level policy and program-­‐related decision making.

• Establish relaonships between NNIP partners, IDS agencies and community partners and create a two-­‐way exchange of informaon between NNIP partners and IDS agencies

9 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences • CWRU: Child welfare, educaon, jusce system • RI Data Hub: public assistance, educaon • OERC: OGT, Board of Regents, wage records • RI Govt.: voter parcipaon • Educaonal & employment success of youth • Effect of educaon and public benefits on civic aging out of foster care engagement

Providence Cleveland New York City Pisburgh

Balmore • U. Pi.: property records, neighborhood cond. • Allegheny Cty.: student records, benefits • Neighborhood factors and school aendance

• BNIA: Housing & energy records • NYU: Building and housing, foreclosures • JFI: Wage record, public assistance records • CIDI: Homeless services, social services • Economic outcomes of housing programs for • Building and housing risk factors for weatherizaon and energy assistance homelessness

Pinellas County • JWB: Educaon, child welfare, jusce • USF: Medicaid, mental health • Factors affecng absenteeism in public schools Example: Cleveland NNIP-­‐IDS Applicaon

11 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences How do outcomes for youth aging out of foster care differ from school and neighborhood peers?

Outcomes • Crime rates • Concentrated disadvantage • College admission • TANF • Residenal instability • Type of college • SNAP • Immigrant concentraon • Type of majors • Medicaid Nhood • School year Family College : 2005-­‐06 & 2006-­‐07

9th 10th 11th 12th G

• Graduaon Educaon test Individual • GED Risk • Aendance Work • Proficiency test • Demographics • School mobility • Disability • Language • Delinquency • Employment • Abuse/Neglect • Earnings • Out-­‐of-­‐home placement

12 12 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences IDS Project from State to Local

Level Area Project Data Data provider

• Students LDS State Ohio OLDA • Higher Educaon • UI wage record

• IDS for children and CHILD youth County Cuyahoga System / • Neighborhood NEO CANDO indicators

Nhood • CMSD • DCFS Local Cleveland IDS • Juvenile Court project • Nhood collabs.

13 13 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Expected benefits

• Demonstrate value of linking local IDS to state longitudinal data systesm • Promote collaboraon among ODE, CMSD and DCFS o Data Sharing o Data use -­‐ Building profiles -­‐ Community collaborave planning • Helpful to establish educaonal planning; especially schools with large numbers of students at risk. • Understand challenges for youth aging out of foster care and system involved youth.

14 14 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Conclusions: Data into Pracce in Communies

• Data don’t make policy… People with data make policy • Policy shapes research • Everyone wants outcomes… few want to pay for them (or pay very much) • Great divides need to be bridged in terms of instuonal pracce and philosophy • Community engagement and community IDS increases quality of acon

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State Data Thank you! County Data

Q / A Local Data

Contact Informaon: Claudia Coulton, Ph.D. ([email protected]) Resources • Center on Urban Poverty & Community hp://povertycenter.case.edu/ Development: • NEO CANDO: hp://neocando.case.edu/