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Community Report Card A Collaborative Community Project. City of Danbury Danbury Hospital United Way of Western Connecticut Western Connecticut State University www.wcsu.edu/reportcard. What is a Community Report Card?. A document which presents views on how a community is doing
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CommunityReport CardA Collaborative Community Project City of Danbury Danbury Hospital United Way of Western Connecticut Western Connecticut State University www.wcsu.edu/reportcard
What is a Community Report Card? • A document which presents views on how a community is doing • Topics vary by community and can vary over time • Certain issues/indicators, are selected as important measures of a community’s well-being
What will Our Community Report Card Include? • Phase 1 will focus on health related indicators in ten towns • Bethel • Bridgewater • Brookfield • Danbury • New Fairfield • Our Report Card will be available in print and online • New Milford • Newtown • Redding • Ridgefield • Sherman
What are the benefits? • Increases everyone’s awareness about their community • Engages and motivates people and agencies • Feedback will provide us with a better understanding of community perceptions of local problems
What are the benefits? • Learning what the public doesn’t know will help us target health education and awareness efforts • Identifies what we don’t know and what issues need to be worked on • Encourages joint planning and problem solving • Support for grant writing and responding to funding opportunities
Who were the pioneers? • Tim Baughman & Elizabeth Goehring, United Way of Western Connecticut • Andrea Rynn, Danbury Hospital • Scott LeRoy, Danbury Health Department • James Schmotter, President WCSU
The Steering Committee • Review existing Community Report Cards • Prepare preliminary list of indicators • Meet with stakeholders for feedback on indicators • Determine which indicators would best measure our well-being • Focus on health related issues during Phase 1 • Compile additional indicators that could be added at a later date • Expand the scope of the Report Card in the future
The Indicators 37 indicators have been selected in the areas of: • Access to Health Insurance • Child Abuse • Diseases • Education • Emergency Room Visits • Health & Lifestyle • Mental Health • Poverty • Pregnancy • Suicide
The Links Additionally, the report card will provide links to further information on the indicators as well as links to information not covered by the indicators. For example: • A link to Prevent Child Abuse CT to get help on questions, issues and reporting child abuse • A link to the Housatonic Valley of Elected Officials website for demographic and affordable housing statistics
The Future Finally, future phases of the report card will incorporate additional indicators. Examples include: • Public Safety • Recreation and Culture • Environment • Community Involvement At each new phase of the report card stakeholders will provide feedback on indicators to incorporate.
Collecting and Organizing the Data hired two Graduate Assistants to: • Create a project plan • Determine availability of the data on the indicators for the ten towns • Acquire data and compile into the final product • Have both print and online version of Report Card available in May 2008
The Budget • Personnel: • Two graduate assistants shall conduct research and write the Community Report Card and one faculty member shall provide direction for the students. • Staff support and editorial review, approximately 40 hours at $32.00 per hour. • Printing and Binding: • 1,000 copies of a 32 page booklet (full color cover, two color pages inside). • Marketing and Press Conference: • Press release, invitations to a reception/press conference and refreshments.
Our Funders….Making a difference in our communities. Thank you for supporting this health initiative! • Boehringer Ingelheim • Danbury Hospital • Fairfield County Bank • Fairfield County Community Foundation • Savings Bank of Danbury • Union Savings Bank • United Way of Western Connecticut • Western Connecticut State University
Feedback The data secured on the indicators will be shared with stakeholders before it is published