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Fairfield County’s Community Foundation has announced the details for its current grantmaking cycle. Competitive grants totaling $1,330,037were awarded to 106 nonprofit organizations who align with the Community Foundation’s result areas and its vision to close the opportunity gap in Fairfield County by eliminating disparities in income, education, employment, housing and health.
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Results from the 2018 Community Wellbeing Survey are in!
Here are just a couple examples of estimates based on the program's live, in-depth interviews with over 32,000 randomly-selected Connecticut adults in 2015 and 2018:
Feb. 10, 2019
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This index facilitates access to data crosstabs from the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey (DCWS). This large survey program has completed 45,000 live, in-depth interviews with randomly-selected adults in every Connecticut town in 2015, 2018, 2020, and 2021, so results are available for a large number of regions, towns, and neighborhoods.
Feb. 7, 2019
All DataHaven Programs, Community Wellbeing Survey, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
Coverage of a new study using data from the 2015 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, conducted by researchers at UConn with assistance from DataHaven staff. The full research report is posted at http://zwickcenter.uconn.edu/outreach_reports_44_3050881617.pdf.
Excerpt from article:
Feb. 6, 2019
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[Excerpt from New Haven Independent, 1/30/19 article by Markeshia Ricks]
"New Haven is getting an early start on ensuring the city counts every resident in the upcoming decennial census — which won’t be an easy feat.
The quest began Tuesday afternoon and evening as about 50 people gathered in the Hall of Records to learn about the importance of getting people to participate in the 2020 census. They also learned about the many challenges to preventing an undercount and started brainstorming solutions to those barriers.
Jan. 30, 2019
All DataHaven Programs, Civic Vitality, Demographics, Economy