The Power of Data: Accessing and Using Women s Summit Research Presentation by Claire Apaliski & Laura Simmons April 13, 2012
The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Who We Are: Founded in 1969, the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute is the University s research and community outreach center for urban and regional affairs. Our Mission: To seek solutions to the social, economic, and environmental challenges facing our community. What We Do: The Institute provides a wide range of services, including technical assistance and training related to operations and data management; public opinion surveys; land-use and natural resources consulting; economic development research and community planning to meet the needs of the Charlotte region and its citizens.
The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Our 14-County Region: Anson, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties in N.C. Chester, Lancaster, and York counties in S.C.
Institute Website: ui.uncc.edu
Charlotte Regional Indicators Project Created to provide a reliable and objective source of data to assist citizens and leaders in addressing the many public policy challenges facing this rapidly growing region. Benchmark indicators across 10 theme areas measure and track the quality of life in the 14-county Charlotte region. Concept dates to 2004. First report was released in 2007, followed by county profiles in 2009. Now the project is completely digital- all data are available online, free to the public at ri.uncc.edu.
Region Indicators Web Page
Indicator Partnerships A collaboration between the Institute and community organizations to collect, analyze and publish data through the Regional Indicators website Offers agencies with little to no research capacity a low-cost alternative for quality data collection, analysis, and research Current partners include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women s Summit Council for Children s Rights United Way of Central Carolinas MeckEd Goodwill of the Southern Piedmont Urban League of Central Carolinas Gaston Together
Women s Summit Partnership Women s Summit & the Institute worked together on the Women s Summit 2008 Action Book Current partnership began in early 2011 and focused on identifying and tracking indicators to measure how women fared during the recession compared to men. Products of this partnership 4 quarterly reports focused on women and the recession: Women, Wages & Work Summary of these reports for 2012 Women s Summit event Women s Summit partner website
Women s Summit Indicators Data are organized into seven theme areas Demographics Domestic Violence Economy Education Health Political Leadership Transportation
Women s Summit Indicators Demographics Age & Gender Family & Household Structure Domestic Violence Community Support Service Impact Homicides
Women s Summit Indicators Economy Child Care Earnings Employment Labor Force Participation Poverty Unemployment
Women s Summit Indicators Education Educational Attainment Higher Education Health General Wellness Maternity & Births Teen Pregnancy Top 5 Causes of Death
Women s Summit Indicators Political Leadership Federal Government State Government Local Government Judiciary Voter Turnout Transportation Commute Time Vehicles Available
Women s Summit Partner Website
Women s Summit Partner Website Rotating stories highlight interesting data and analysis, recent reports, and news about the Women s Summit Explore data by theme with Indicator Explorer Latest data releases provide alerts when new data are available Find previous research and reports we have done under Report Archives Learn more about the Women s Summit in the About section and link to organization s website
Potential Uses for These Data Grant writing Smaller community projects Indicator reports Advocate for changes in policy Connecting to other agencies through data & projects
More of Our Work in the Community Recent studies and ongoing work of interest for other partners include: United Way Community Needs Assessment MeckEd interactive maps of CMS schools Urban League The State of Ethnic Charlotte Goodwill Preparing Our Youth for Work Community Assessment
PlanCharlotte.org
Institute Websites Visit our websites to learn more Women s Summit Partnership Site: http://ri.uncc.edu/partner/womensummit Regional Indicators Site: http://ri.uncc.edu/ Institute Site: http://ui.uncc.edu PlanCharlotte Site: http://plancharlotte.org This presentation will be available on the Women s Summit Partnership site
The Power of Data: Accessing and Using Women s Summit Research Presentation by Claire Apaliski & Laura Simmons April 13, 2012