Welcome to DCPNI’s I Heart Data Event

1. Welcome to DCPNI’s I Heart Data Event On Twitter? Please follow: @dcpni @Isaac_outcomes #IHeartData Wireless internet: iHeartData1 No password necessary

2. I  DATA DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative February 2014 #IHeartData @dcpni @isaac_outcomes

3. Crystal Prater Director of Communications and Community Affairs DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative DCPNI #IHeartData

4. Thank you! • Urban Institute • City Year • DC Housing Authority • Cesar Chavez Public Charter School – Parkside campus • Neval Thomas ES • Community members DCPNI #IHeartData

5. Elson Nash Team Leader Promise Neighborhood Program Office of Innovation and Improvement United States Department of Education DCPNI #IHeartData

6. Yvette Alexander Ward 7 Councilmember Council of the District of Columbia @CMYMA DCPNI #IHeartData

7. Elsa Falkenburger Research Associate Urban Institute DCPNI #IHeartData

8. Urban Institute’s Role • DCPNI’s local evaluation partner • Planning phase (2009-2012): • Needs assessment, data systems and technical assistance • Implementation phase (2013-present): • Neighborhood Survey • School Climate Survey • Process Study • Ongoing analysis of neighborhood data DCPNI #IHeartData

9. Why Urban Institute? • We know DC : NeighborhoodInfoDC and Our Changing City • We know place-based initiatives: • Promise Neighborhoods National Technical Assistance Provider • Housing Opportunities and Services Together (HOST) • Choice Neighborhoods Implementation • We know research methods DCPNI #IHeartData

10. School Climate Survey • Cesar Chavez’s Parkside Campus • Invited all middle school and high school students (6thto 12th grades) • October-November 2013 • 68-item survey • Used school laptops to access CheckBox online survey tool • $10 gift card for complete surveys • 625/677 completes = 92% response DCPNI #IHeartData

11. Neighborhood Survey • Conducted by pairs of neighborhood residents and City Year members • October - November 2013 • Randomly selected households from neighborhood • 156-item survey • Used tablet computers and KeySurvey • $50 gift card for complete surveys • 444/757 completes = 59% response DCPNI #IHeartData

12. Isaac Castillo Director of Data & Evaluation DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative @isaac_outcomes Tobeka Green Senior Managing Director DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative DCPNI #IHeartData

13. The Importance of Data for Kenilworth-Parkside • Get an accurate picture of the community • Highlight strengths and identify areas for improvement • Address (or support) commonly held assumptions DCPNI #IHeartData

14. DCPNI’s 2014 Organizational Goals • Students Achieve • Parents Are Engaged • Schools Are Supported • The Community Is Safe and Healthy • Organization is Stable DCPNI #IHeartData

15. Background on Kenilworth-Parkside 5,725 People 1,840 Children 743 Young Adults • 98% African American, 55% are female • 50% of adults live in poverty • 85% of families with children headed by single females DCPNI #IHeartData

16. Background on Kenilworth-Parkside • 70% of K-P residents have a high school education or higher • 88% in DC DCPNI #IHeartData

17. Academic Success DCPNI #IHeartData

18. Chronic Absenteeism • Student misses 10% or more of instructional days. • In DC, a student is chronically absent if they miss 18 or more days. DCPNI #IHeartData

19. Why is chronic absenteeism a bad thing? Chronic absenteeism can lead to: • Lower math and reading functioning • Lower grade point averages • Being retained or held back a grade • Dropping out of high school • Poorer adult outcomes DCPNI #IHeartData

20. Chronic Absenteeism in Kenilworth-Parkside Schools Average school in the United States: 10% of students are chronically absent In Kenilworth-Parkside schools: 31% of students are chronically absent DCPNI #IHeartData

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25. How Will DCPNI Help? Chronic Absenteeism • Improve pre-school through high school in-seat attendance • Ensure parents understand the negative impact of chronic absenteeism in student achievement DCPNI #IHeartData

26. How Will DCPNI Help? Academic Performance • Increase enrollment in high-quality early learning programs • Provide improved Math and English Language Arts support services at partner schools • Increase awareness of the positive effect of Out of School Time programs on student achievement DCPNI #IHeartData

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28. Food and Exercise DCPNI #IHeartData

29. Food Insecurity – What Is It? • Food Insecure = person or household that does not have enough food to eat • DCPNI’s survey questions: • “I/we worried whether our food would run out before I/we got money to buy more.” • “The food that I/we bought just didn’t last, and I/we didn’t have money to get any more.” DCPNI #IHeartData

30. Why is Food Insecurity Important? Food insecure households are more likely to: • Have trouble prioritizing other things • Have parents skipping meals so children can eat • Experience higher rates of obesity DCPNI #IHeartData

31. Food Insecurity in Kenilworth-Parkside 49% of Kenilworth-Parkside households have run out of food or money to buy food in the past 12 months. DCPNI #IHeartData

32. Grocery Shopping Habits One Way Travel Time to Get Groceries 5.7% of K-P residents travel 45+ minutes ONE WAY for groceries DCPNI #IHeartData

33. Eating Right and Exercise Students at Kenilworth-Parkside schools: 19% exercise for 60 minutes or more every day 44% eat at least 5 servings of fruits/vegetables every day 32% eat at least one green salad every day 11% did not exercise at all during the past 7 days DCPNI #IHeartData

34. How Will DCPNI Help? Food and Exercise • DCPNI will work collaboratively with health agencies and community based organizations to develop a comprehensive community driven health and safety plan to address the needs that create barriers to student success DCPNI #IHeartData

35. How Will DCPNI Help? Food and Exercise • Work with local food banks and agencies to increase the availability of high-quality and low-cost food • Fund physical education partner for Chavez Middle School DCPNI #IHeartData

36. Parent Engagement DCPNI #IHeartData

37. Importance of Parental Engagement • Frequent parental engagement leads to a number of positive outcomes: • increased school attendance • lower rates of behavior problems and suspensions • higher grades, greater probability of high school graduation • decreased substance use and abuse • fewer instances of violent behavior DCPNI #IHeartData

38. Parental Engagement with Their 0-5 y.o. Children • 70% read to their child at least three times a week • 80% sing songs to their child at least three times a week • 44% take their child to the library at least once a week DCPNI #IHeartData

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41. How Will DCPNI Help? Parent Engagement • Develop a comprehensive parent support program with partner schools • Develop a two-generation college and career pipeline of programs to engage students and families beginning in the 4th-grade • Develop Community Action Teams and parent teacher organizations at partner schools • Develop Mothers Cohort to provide supports, increase mothers’ educational attainment, and improve student outcomes DCPNI #IHeartData

42. What have we learned? • There is a group of K-P parents that are not engaging in the learning of their children • These parents may be hungry • We should focus initial parental engagement on child attendance at school DCPNI #IHeartData

43. DCPNI’s Partnership Process • Today we will launch a new partnership process • Looking for partners to help serve the Kenilworth-Parkside community • For details, please see our website: www.dcpni.org DCPNI #IHeartData

44. All I Heart Data Materials (including these slides) are available at: www.dcpni.org #IHeartData @dcpni @isaac_outcomes Isaac Castillo Isaac.Castillo@dcpni.org DCPNI #IHeartData