Access Social & Economic Trend Data and map it!

The Connecticut Data Collaborative, sponsor of the Connecticut Nonprofit Strategy Platform, is a public-private effort to improve the quality of and access to policy-related data in Connecticut. Its mission is to build and serve as a resource to a rich and dynamic learning community of all Connecticut organizations and residents interested in better access to and effective use of more data on important issues from health to education to community development.

At our other web site, www.CTData.org, users can access federal, state and nonprofit agency trend data to support their research, strategic planning and advocacy. They can map the data using free visualization software.

The Connecticut Data Collaborative a public-private effort to improve the quality of and access to policy-related data in Connecticut.

The mission of the Collaborative is to build and serve as a resource to a rich and dynamic learning community of all Connecticut organizations and residents interested in better access to and effective use of more data on important issues from health to education to community development.

The goals of the Connecticut Data Collaborative include:

1. Advocacy for Impact: Advocating with state government legislature and administration and a broad group of stakeholders to promote open data to drive planning, policy and budgeting at the state, regional and local levels.
2. Data Standards: Promoting and modeling the adoption and use of standards in the production and use of data definitions and documentation, quality, effective and clear presentation, and privacy, among other considerations.
3. Access & Building Capacity: Providing access to a wide array of state and federal data using powerful data visualization tools and building the capacity for broader and more effective use of data among data providers and users through opportunities for training and peer support.

Data Mapping

Using WEAVE (Web-based Analysis and Visualization Environment), a visualization mapping tool, you can map the data provided at CTdata.org or map your own data to help tell your story. Learner guides (from novice to advanced) are available. Weave is an open-source software developed by University of Massachusetts at Lowell through funding of the Open Indicators Consortium.

http://www.ctdata.org