Community Information Now (CINow)

Help Shape the Future of Health in Your Community! ???????? The Health Collaborative is gathering input through a Community Health Needs Assessment to better understand what matters most to YOU. This year, the assessment covers 5 counties: Bexar, Atascosa, Comal, Gillespie, and Guadalupe. ?? 5-10 minutes of your time = better health services and resources for everyone! Help guide local improvements for hospitals, nonprofits, and government services. #CommunityHealth #YourVoiceMatters #CommunityImpact Take the survey here and don't forget to share! https://lnkd.in/gSD9Ai_s

All maps and charts are now embeddable! ?? Easily embed maps and charts on your site and customize them to display specific data by adjusting the filters. Once embedded, they stay interactive for a seamless user experience. Check it out now! DIVE.CINOW.INFO

With your help, The Center for Health Care Services can learn more about community strengths, resources, service gaps, and ideas to address these needs. Take the survey now and don't forget to share: https://lnkd.in/gY6KexKG For more information contact: [email protected]

?cinow.info/ourimpact? Our impact on the community is achieved in collaboration with people and organizations doing the hard work of changing our community for the better. Beyond just measuring and tracking numbers, we collected stories from those people to truly understand our impact. We are grateful to everyone for the work that they do, for sharing a vision of a community where everyone can thrive, and for taking the time to share their voice.

Our new site includes a dedicated "Find Data" page where you can find CINow’s data tools and reports that connect you with local data for Bexar County and Texas. With user-friendly interfaces and insightful analytics, our tools and reports make trustworthy data quick and easy to find, use, and share to drive positive change and enhance community outcomes. In case you missed it, we just unveiled our new CINow look! We not only gave our logo a fresh design with new colors, but we also renovated our entire site. Visit our new site to start exploring “Find Data” content. Let us know what you think in the comments ????

IT’S OFFICIAL! We’re excited to unveil a new CINow look! We not only gave our logo a fresh design with new colors, but we also renovated our entire site. Visit our new site to start exploring “Find Data” and “Learn” content. “Find data” with CINow’s data tools that connect you with local data for Bexar County and Texas. With user-friendly interfaces and insightful analytics, our tools and reports make trustworthy data quick and easy to find, use, and share to drive positive change and enhance community outcomes. Accessing data is only the first step; genuine usability relies on understanding its insights to effectively apply the data in decision-making. “Learn” about data on our new site through our new “Trainings” and “Knowledge Center” pages where you can find tutorials, presentations, articles, and more. Check it out and let us know what you think ???? A big shout and thank you to our friends @Tribu, especially Marian? for helping us make this a reality.

Our very own Danequa Forrest ???? wrote an essay that is featured in Urban Institute’s third edition of their Do No Harm Guide, a project that aims to, “inform data practitioners about data equity and resetting their framing to prioritize intention and empathy.” This edition focused on “Crafting Equitable Data Narratives”, and Danequa’s article highlighted the importance of being mindful of the social context in data. She discusses the importance of contextual language, how to use it, and why it’s important in research and reporting. Contextual language is imperative for offering a complete and accurate understanding of what the data represents. As Danequa puts it, “Data researchers should not live in fear of being corrected, but in acceptance of imperfection, coupled with a desire to improve." CHECK IT OUT NOW (Chapter 10): https://lnkd.in/grpPYc8A

?New feature alert ? Now you can explore the data further with the simple click of a button! This NEW button, called “Switch Tools”, lets you switch from one tool to another (My Community, Explore Data, and Tables & Downloads) while keeping your filters intact. Simply look for the teal-green icon with two arrows next to the other primary navigation buttons (like “Download” and “Share”) and select which tool you want to switch to. DIVE IN NOW! ?? dive.cinow.info

?New feature alert ? Use the new “Find My Communities” search bar to find what communities an address belongs to (Council District, SSA, Census Tract and Zip Code). Simply type in an address in the pink “Find My Communities” search bar at the top right of the map on the “My Community” tool. A window will pop up with a list of the communities this address belongs to. Each community will have a link to view it in the “My Community” tool and you can use the download button at the top right to save this list for future reference. DIVE IN NOW! ?? dive.cinow.info

Join us and the rest of San Antonio's data-minded community for an exciting half-day event, ?Spark?, hosted by the Alamo Regional Data Alliance (ARDA). Come to network, learn, and be inspired about using people-centered data for positive impact. APRIL 12th 1:00 - 4:30PM (with Data Drinks afterward!) * Find the full event details and RSVP link here: https://lnkd.in/gne_teHC ARDA Spark is an annual convening of San Antonio's Data-Driven Community and this year you can look forward to an exciting speaker lineup including a roundtable discussion on poverty in San Antonio followed up by break-out sessions (?including one hosted by us!?). This year’s theme is "We the People" -- whether we use data about people or whether our lives are contained in the data - we, the people, are the point!