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Data Driven Organizing: Partnerships for community change in the Homewood Children’s village

Learn how partnerships and data analysis in Homewood Children’s Village are transforming the neighborhood through property improvement initiatives and resident engagement. Explore the impact data-driven strategies have on housing quality and safety for families.

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Data Driven Organizing: Partnerships for community change in the Homewood Children’s village

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  1. Data Driven Organizing: Partnerships for community change in the Homewood Children’s village Samantha Teixeira, MSW & Dr. John Wallace, Jr.

  2. The Village • Adapting the Harlem Children’s Zone model • HCZ pillars-Community building, Evidence based programs, Scale, Evaluation • Property issues are a key aspect of Homewood’s challenges

  3. Project Cycle Data Gathering • OBB and Pitt partner with PNCIS to gather housing related data Celebrate! Form Action Plan • Identify worst homes in neighborhood and policy mechanism to address them 1000 Conversations • Residents express concern about vacant houses Contact engaged residents • Equip residents with data and a manageable plan

  4. Research Background • Interested in how neighborhood conditions affect children and families • Housing quality • Neighborhood infrastructure • Vacant and abandoned properties and lots • Gigapan • Data Driven Organizing: Conducting research with a direct goal of disseminating the results in a way that promotes community action and creates a road map for measurable neighborhood change.

  5. PNCIS Partnership in HCV Neighborhood Assessment • Research Review & Design • Data Integration • Data Visualization: MAPS! • Training • Policy Action

  6. Data Driven Organizing • Homewood’s Dirty Thirty: • Used joint database to identify worst properties in the neighborhood • Mobilized residents to call the 311 Response Line and advocate for boarding up the properties • 23 of 30 properties (77%) were boarded up, torn down, or otherwise improved within about a month

  7. Before

  8. After

  9. Tax Exemption Initiative • PNCIS analyzed property and tax records and identified potential homeowners in the neighborhood • Flagged owners who are not taking advantage of Act 50 Homestead exemption • Provided this list to Operation Better Block, Inc. • Piloting outreach project by knocking on doors and visiting senior centers

  10. Gigapan • Document neighborhood conditions • Collect input from residents

  11. Impact • Bringing resources back to the neighborhood to help children and families • Improving quality of built and physical environment • Making the neighborhood a safer place for children

  12. Questions?

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