COMMUNITY Multiple types of information are needed to effectively translate goals into actions information about the status of children and youth, programs, policies and public will. It is important to connect data across systems – and jurisdictions. Communities need to have different coordinated capacities in order to turn information into action and to effectively use the volume of information available. Think about your capacity as an organization to carry out the functions below (e.g. collecting, warehousing, etc.) for the possible ways take stock” for children and youth and check the appropriate boxes. This tool is intended to help lead to action. “to Lowest Common Level of Analysis Collecting Warehousing Dissemination (Please check all that apply) Ways to Take Stock Analysis Community/ Zip Store with for Children & County, Primary Secondary Program / code/ Census Store Search Reports Dashboards Individual State Data Data School Capacity Track Demographics & Public Data (e.g., – 1 Census Data, Administrative Data) Developmental Progress (e.g., social, – Youth 2 outcomes emotional, learning indicators, internal assets) External Assets & Supports (e.g., 40 – 3 Assets, America’s Promise Every Child, Every Promise Survey) Program Participation (e.g., – 4 Program/System Participation Reports, Tracking Individuals Across Programs) Program Landscape (e.g., Program and – 5 Offering Inventories) Program Quality (e.g., Program – 6 Resources Community Assessments) & & System/Organizational/Program 7 Effectiveness– (e.g., Performance Measure FAmily Supports Reports, Monthly Funder Reports) Professional Workforce Capacity (e.g., – 8 Workforce Survey, Professional Development Landscape Audit, External Assessments) Resources/Investments– (e.g., Fiscal 9 Maps)
Multiple types of information are needed to effectively translate goals into actions – information about the status of children and youth, programs, policies and public will. It is important to connect data across systems and jurisdictions. Communities need to have different coordinated capacities in order to turn information into action and to effectively use the volume of information available. Think about your capacity as an organization to carry out the functions below (e.g. collecting, warehousing, etc.) for the possible ways “to take stock” for children and youth and check the appropriate boxes. This tool is intended to help lead to action. Ways to Take Stock for Children & Collecting Warehousing Dissemination Lowest Common Level of Analysis (Please check all that apply) Analysis Primary Data Secondary Data Store Store with Search Capacity Reports Dashboards Individual Program / School Community/ Zip code/ Census Track County, State Youth outcomes 1 Demographics & Public Data – (e.g., Census Data, Administrative Data) 2 Developmental Progress – (e.g., social, emotional, learning indicators, internal assets) FAmily & Community Supports & Resources 3 External Assets & Supports – (e.g., 40 Assets, America’s Promise Every Child, Every Promise Survey) 4 Program Participation – (e.g., Program/System Participation Reports, Tracking Individuals Across Programs) 5 Program Landscape – (e.g., Program and Offering Inventories) 6 Program Quality – (e.g., Program Assessments) 7 System/Organizational/Program Effectiveness– (e.g., Performance Measure Reports, Monthly Funder Reports) 8 Professional Workforce Capacity – (e.g., Workforce Survey, Professional Development Landscape Audit, External Assessments) 9 Resources/Investments– (e.g., Fiscal Maps) COMMUNITY