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STRENGTHENING DATA DRIVEN CHILD ADVOCACY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. Important goal How can it realistically be achieved? Benefit of building on/with existing networks. Will respond from perspective of National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)Collaborative effort ? Urban Institute and local
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1. KIDS COUNT AND THE NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD INDICATORS PARTNERSHIP (NNIP) Potential for Collaboration
Tom Kingsley
The Urban Institute
Kids Count Conference, Baltimore, September 21, 2007
2. STRENGTHENING DATA DRIVEN CHILD ADVOCACY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL Important goal
How can it realistically be achieved?
Benefit of building on/with existing networks.
Will respond from perspective of National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)
Collaborative effort – Urban Institute and local partner organizations in 29 cities
Local partners operate information systems
Recurrently updated neighborhood data systems
Multiple topics and data sources
Emphasis on using information for change
Priority to issues of distressed neighborhoods Technical only one of the innovations
Most important – new institutions in civil societyTechnical only one of the innovations
Most important – new institutions in civil society