Connecticut Data Collaborative

Connecticut saw a decline in Voter turnout for the 2024 election. Additionally, Of the 15 towns that flipped from 2020 to 2024, 14 towns shifted from Democratic to Republican majority. This data was pulled from the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s published results from the 2024 election along with voting data from 2020 and 2016. Explore the data and our findings on our blog post. https://buff.ly/3On9hB2 Capitol Region Council of Governments Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Connecticut Community Foundation Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Fairfield County's Community Foundation League of Women Voters

Between the 2020 and 2024 elections, 90% of towns in Connecticut saw an increased percentage of votes for Trump whereas only 12% saw an increase in votes going to Harris. Connecticut's Secretary of the State published results from the 2024 presidential election, and we used this data, along with data from past elections, to analyze voting shifts and patterns across the state. Read more about our findings in our blog post! https://buff.ly/3On9hB2

On November 19th, the US Census Bureau held a webinar that outlined planned improvements to their ACS race and ethnicity coding system. To ensure accurate representation, they're actively seeking public input to make their system more accurate and inclusive. They posted a recording of the webinar that you can find below. Visit their blog post to provide feedback regarding missing groups or classification methods. Video link: https://lnkd.in/gJPZ9G5w

This Thursday, November 7th, we will be holding a virtual workshop on the availability of public data and how you can access this valuable resource to make informed decisions and further understand the communities you serve and assess the impact of your programs and services. If you would like to learn more about public data that can help you strategize to make the most impact, or strengthen your grant applications, this free webinar is for you! We hope to see you there!? https://buff.ly/4hxY79L

Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2020 - including political unrest, social injustice, and COVID-19 - 80% of registered voters turn out to vote across the state! Don't miss your chance to make your voice count this year; the election is a powerful way to exercise your right as a citizen and influence the future of this country. If you haven’t cast an early ballot, visit your polling location today between 6am and 8pm. Get out there and go vote! https://buff.ly/4ey3Wlc League of Women Voters Hartford votes

Thank you to Hannah Smith (Beth-El Center), Fionnuala Darby-Hudgens (CTData), Nicole O’Brien (Women's Business Development Council), Melissa Paul (Hartford Promise) who headed a panel discussion on how they overcame their data challenges through the implementation of a new CRM and revolutionizing their internal reporting. Read more about the transformative power of Data Strategic planning on our website! https://buff.ly/3L2x6wi

Our thanks goes out to Alysha Gardner (Partnership for Strong Communities), Kasey LaFlam (Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Connecticut), and Taylor Tucker??????? and Harley Webley, MPH (Health Equity Solutions) for showcasing newly created data tools to address community needs across affordable housing development and health equity. Be sure to check out their tools, available below. It's always inspiring to hear about projects and tools that show how data can be used as a tool for good! #CTDataConf https://buff.ly/3AeUdSy https://buff.ly/40vI8mI https://buff.ly/3UA9dRT

Sanjana Kale from Sacred Heart University, together with CTData’s Jason Cheung and Jill Walsh, gave engaging presentations on the real-world data applications of ChatGPT. Thank you to Sanjana and everyone at CTData for all the hard work it took putting the conference together and making sure things ran smoothy! You can read more about our conference and the sessions we ran on our website. #CTDataConf https://buff.ly/4fYnHnN

Today several of us get to provide training and support to five organizations participating in our new Data Strategic Planning Housing cohort! ?? Call us data nerds, but it thrills us to see "ah-ha's" around whether something is a goal or an activity for our simplified logic models! https://buff.ly/3xxfVzM Fionnuala Darby-Hudgens, Jack Dougherty, Elizabeth Rose, Sarah Eisele-Dyrli Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) CT Partnership for Strong Communities Sheldon Oak Central Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford, Inc. Center for Housing Opportunity Connecticut Housing Finance Authority

A huge shoutout and thank you to Sixto Cancel for sharing his journey through data and speaking about how his organization, Think of Us, incorporates lived experiences in their data research. His insightful presentation allowed for audience members to become engaged with the work in a palatable way. We have an excellent recording of this session on our website and we encourage you to check it out! https://buff.ly/4fnNoNe #ctdataconf