A Resource for all of California

Information + action for social change

Introductory Training

Healthy City is a project of…

A multi-racial civil rights organization using innovative tools and strategies to strengthen social movements and impact policy change.

Offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Wash. D.C

…is about finding strategic solutions to support your work

DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:

Work ON-THE-GROUND to develop targeted research/policy

strategies and web tools.

COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB

Engages, trains, and provides tools for community groups to lead and sustain

action-oriented research

ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org

Introductions

Name & OrganizationWhat are you hoping to learn

today?

Today we will cover:

1. How to access and map data in Merced for your particular topic area or research question

2. How to customize the display of your data for advocacy or grant writing purposes

3. How to grab a quick stat or create charts for your area of interest and compare to other geographies

4. How to register for your own free account (in order to save maps, upload your own data, create your own boundaries, and more)

• Find community resources and partners• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s

story

HealthyCity.org is a statewide resources that enables you to:

“Point” Data

Point data = information

about a location

Name SourceSocial Services 211s

Schools Public & Private California Department of Education

WIC Agencies & Vendors Network for a Healthy California

Hospitals (OSHPD) OSHPD

Head Start Agencies California Head Start Association

Child Care Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division

FQHC U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration

Alcohol Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

Grocery DeLormeBanks DeLormeCheck Cashing Businesses DeLorme

Services & Points

Healthy City has 2-1-1 data (detailed health & human service resource info)

for the following 18 counties:

Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San

Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Ventura.

“Thematic” Data

Census Boundaries

ZIP codes

Political Jurisdictions

Thematic Data

Population Characteristics – Age, Ethnicity, Educational

Attainment, etc.Civic ParticipationChild WelfareChild Care & Early EducationIncome & PovertyEmploymentNonprofit Infrastructure

Environment & Land UseHealth – Birth, Prenatal & Child

Health - Conditions, Disease & Injury,

Health - Insurance & accessHealth – Physical Activity &

NutritionNeighborhood & CommunityCrime & Public SafetyHousing – Foreclosure,

Affordability

Over 2600 variables

Multiple years of data

Learn about our data sources

1.

How to access and map data in Merced for your particular topic area or

research question

Click on Change to select your geography

Targeting educational resources & advocacy

in Merced County

Where are adults with low educational attainment levels?

Where are there lower performing schools?

Click the +- buttons to add

Data to your map

Map public schools

Map public schools

Click on a point to see

details

Your Turn:

1. Map Educational Attainment level (Less than 9th grade) in your area

2. Then add Public Schools3. Choose a filter of your choice

Hint to get you started…1. Select Demographic > Population Characteristics 2. Select Services and Points >Education

Questions?

2.

How to customize the display of your data for advocacy or grant

writing purposes

Advocating around Asthma

Customizing your map helps highlight

areas of need

Export to a word doc to include in report or

grant application

Questions?

Your Turn:

1. Customize the Educational Attainment level (Less than 9th grade) that you have mapped

Change Color & Number of Classes

3.How to grab a quick stat or create charts for your area of interest and compare to

other geographies

What is the ratio of renters to owners in 95340 compared to Merced County?

Your Turn:1. Chart Births by Mother’s Age in

your ZIP.2. How does this compare to the

county of Merced? To the state of California?

Hint: Health & Safety Data > Birth, Prenatal & Child >

Births by Mother’s Age (see data for “Mother less than 20 years old”)

Questions?

4.

How to register for your own free account and learn about additional

account features

HealthyCity.org Additional Features

A. Upload your own Point & Thematic Datasets

B. Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

C. Create a live mapping session

D. Tell your Story (with Pictures, Video & Audio)

E. Search Stories, live maps, and more in the Share & Connect room

A. Upload your own Point and

Thematic Datasets

Points on an Excel Spreadsheet Points on a map

Thematic data example: South L.A. Best Babies

Collaborative

In order to provide funders with information about the number and geographic location of participants in the program, SLABBC could upload their participant data, and view it along with other data available on HealthyCity.org

Births to Mothers under 20 Years of Age Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care & Total SLABBC Participants 2007 - 2010

B. Draw your own neighborhood boundaries

Map or Chart data within your new boundary

A Live Map enables multiple people to :

• Draw and drop points, lines, and shapes on a shared map

• Attach photos & video

C. Create Live Mapping Sessions

(with Pictures, Video & Audio)

Create a Story to:Promote your initiative or highlight your work!

Package your saved maps, live mapping sessions, reports, multi-media and more into a “story” that you can share

D. Create a Story

E. Share and Search user content

Help Guides &

other Resources

Thank You!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Merced