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hackforchange.org/challenge/. Census-American-Community-Challenge. Encouraging Evidence-driven Decision Making. The American Community Challenge. Two Challenge Options:. help foster local economic development and/or job creation.

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  1. hackforchange.org/challenge/ Census-American-Community-Challenge

  2. Encouraging Evidence-driven Decision Making

  3. The American Community Challenge Two Challenge Options: help foster local economic development and/or job creation help local relief groups / government leadership plan for disasters

  4. Example: Economic Development David Crowe Chief Economist, Nat’l Assn. of Homebuilders

  5. The American Community Challenge help foster local economic development and/or job creation • Industry, occupation, and class of worker: companies use these data to decide where to locate new plants, stores, or offices. • Educational attainment: employers use information about the levels of the labor force to locate new jobs and stimulate economic growth. • Labor force status data are used to target state and local areas with a labor force surplus for programs that promote business opportunities. • Dig through the EPIC volume of other variables by starting here: • apiforum.ideascale.com > Using Data > Finding Available Variables

  6. Example: Disaster Relief Dr. Alyson PlyerChief Demographer, Greater New Orleans

  7. The American Community Challenge help local relief groups / government leadership plan for disasters • Where people work: Police and fire departments use these data to plan emergency services in areas of high concentrations of employment. • Vehicles ownership: Social service agencies use these data to plan for emergency transportation services in areas of high concentrations of households with no vehicle available, such as isolated rural communities. • Telephone service availability: State and local agencies use data about to develop plans that deliver emergency telephone service. • Dig through the EPIC volume of other variables by starting here: • apiforum.ideascale.com > Using Data > Finding Available Variables

  8. FORUM Has your question already been answered on our forum? http://apiforum.ideascale.com/ General Questions and API Technology: cnmp.developers.list@census.gov Using American Community Survey Data: acso.users.support@census.gov Questions regarding Geography: geo.geography@census.gov CONTACTS

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