Where Immigration Meets Resilience
The Rockefeller Foundation April 17, 2015
[Excerpt] A positive influx of immigrants fed the rapid growth, even as the city lost native-born residents. By the latest tally, 17 percent of New Haven’s 130,000 residents are immigrants. Their origins, ages, skills, citizenship statuses, and personal stories are different, but their overall impact is clear: “The surge of immigration in recent years shows us yet again how important [immigrants are] to the growth and success of our community,” according to William W. Ginsberg, President & CEO of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.… Read More
DataHaven’s 2015 Community Wellbeing Survey Earns Support from Connecticut’s Top Foundations, Healthcare Providers
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy April 16, 2015
"Partners providing significant funding for the program are representative of each region of the state."… Read More
DataHaven Unveils First-Ever Wellbeing Survey for Connecticut
Commercial Property Executive April 14, 2015
Once the findings are collected and tabulated this fall, DataHaven expects the results to be used extensively by the many government, healthcare, academic and community partners throughout the state.… Read More
Community Foundation to Participate in Major Research Project Studying Connecticut’s Quality of Life
Hartford Courant April 14, 2015
The [survey] input will be vital, according to Jim Williamson, president of the Community Foundation [of Greater New Britain], as the Foundation considers major, new community leadership and funding initiatives.… Read More
Local-level data needed to clarify city well-being rankings
by Mark Abraham April 7, 2015
You may have seen the 2014 Community Well-Being Rankings, released this week by Gallup-Healthways. But what these types of rankings may mask is the wide range of well-being levels experienced by individuals within those metro areas, regardless of their ranking.… Read More
Want Neighborhood-Level Info? The Classic Phone Survey Still Beats “Big Data”
Next City April 6, 2015
While the potential for “big data” to empower disadvantaged communities grabs people’s attention, the application of smaller sets of data has always had as much — if not more — practical application to city governments and nonprofits.… Read More
