How to Use HealthyCity.org for Grant Writing & Reporting

Information + action for social change

Healthy City is a project of…

A public policy change organization rooted in the civil

rights movement

…is an information + action resource that unites rigorous research, community voices and innovative technologies

to solve the root causes of social inequity

DIRECT TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO:

COMMUNITY ORGSFOUNDATIONSGOVERNMENT

COMMUNITY RESEARCH LAB

Training community groups to lead and sustain action-oriented research &

technology projects

ONLINE MAPPING TECHNOLOGYwww.HealthyCity.org

PartnersChildren’s Hospital Los AngelesAdvancement ProjectUSC School of Social Work 2-1-1 LA CountyUnited Ways of CaliforniaChildren NowCalifornia Pan-Ethnic Health NetworkElla Baker Center for Human RightsPrevention InstituteThe California EndowmentLegal Services of No. Cal.CA Immigrant Policy CenterCA PartnershipCalifornia Rural Legal AssistanceCentral Valley Health Policy InstituteFresno Metro MinistryUnited Way Fresno CountyFirst 5 Fresno CountySacramento Housing AllianceUC Davis – Center for Regional ChangeCommunity Services Planning Council

United Way Bay Area

Santa Clara Comm. Benefits CoalitionUrban Strategies CouncilSan Mateo Healthy Communities CollaborativeContra Costa Crisis CenterUnited Way of Fresno/2-1-12-1-1 San Diego2-1-1 Monterey County2-1-1 San BernardinoVolunteer Center of Riverside CountyUnited Way Bay Area/HelplinkCommunity Service Planning Council – 2-1-1 SacramentoUW Silicon Valley/Santa Clara Eden I & R – 211 AlamedaInterface Children Family Services – 2-1-1 VenturaVolunteer Center of Sonoma County

1. The Importance of Data in Grant Writing2. What Funders Want3. Focus on HealthyCity.org

• Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.

• Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.

• Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.

Agenda

Question for Participants

(Type it in the question section)

What is the problem you hope to address?

What is the story you want to tell?

Data is used to explain and clarify:

•The Issue (What/Why)

•The Place (Where)

•The Target Audience/Participants (Who)

•The Impact (So…)

Importance of Data

Impact of data

Data supports your argument• A need has been identified and a strategy has been

proposed• Program plans and solutions make sense• Goals & outcomes can be documented

Data inspires confidence• That program will have an impact• That the issue and community has been well-

researched

What Funders Want

Source: Greater New Orleans Community Data Center

Helpful Not HelpfulData from external sources that point to the size of the problem in the community where you are proposing to work.

Data about the number of people you serve, the number of people who are on your waiting list, the number of activities you conduct each year.

Data that represents the specific neighborhood(s) where you are working.

Data that represents geographic areas larger than the area you are targeting

Comparison data from the national level and other geographic levels of interest to the funder.

Only numbers that represent the geographic area where you work without any comparison data.

Data that scientific research has demonstrated is related to the problem you are addressing

Data that is not relevant to the problem

The most recent available data from the chosen data source

Data that are old

Data carefully selected and narrowed down from the entire list of all the data you found and presented in a targeted, compelling, concise problem statement.

All the data you’ve ever found that relates somewhat to the problem. We call this a “data dump.”

What Funders Want

Real Questions from grant application forms:

• “What is the ethnic breakdown for your organization and project / program?”

• “Is the population or area served by this grant primarily (51% or more) low- or moderate income?” Please describe how you determine if a program participant is low or moderate income.

• “Briefly describe the economic characteristics of the individuals or communities to be served by this grant. (income, unemployment)”

Time to Share…

What is the problem you hope to address?

What is the story you want to tell?

• Gather data for your particular area of interest by creating your own community boundaries.

• Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.

• Report your results - make the case that your program or project has had a positive and measurable impact.

Focus on HealthyCity.org

• Find community resources and partners• Map, Chart & Rank community data• Upload data & Share your community’s

story

HealthyCity.org is a statewide resources that enables you to:

1. Gather data for your

particular area of interest by creating your own

community boundaries.

Example: SLABBC Mission:

To promote healthier pregnancies, birth

outcomes, and interconception care in South Los Angeles

by strengthening linkages between community-based medical and social service providers.

My Account > Neighborhoods> Create a neighborhood

Gather & view data within your specific boundary

Creating your own community boundaries

Questions?

2.Create maps and charts that

provide the visual evidence to demonstrate both the need and

potential within your community.

Click on Change to select your geography

Births to Mothers without a High School Diploma with Low Birthweight (under 2500 grams)

Chart data for your geography and compare

to another

“In our service area, 14.85% of all births were to teen mothers, as compared to 9.71% for the County of Los Angeles.”

Removals from home

Map prenatal services, show

current & potential partners

Interactive points

Print your map & list of services

Visual Evidence to demonstrate need & potential

Create maps and charts that provide the visual evidence to

demonstrate both the need and potential within your community.

Questions?

3.Report your results - make the

case that your program or project has had a positive and

measurable impact.

For example…

SLABBC

South L.A. Best Babies Collaborative

In order to provide funders with information about the number and geographic location of participants in the program, SLABBC could upload their participant data, and view it along with other data available on HealthyCity.org

Click on Upload a Dataset

Now you can map your data!

Click the +- next to ANY

thematic/indicator data category to find YOUR data

Births to Mothers under 20 Years of Age Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care & Total SLABBC Participants 2007 - 2010

Report your results - make the case that your program or project

has had a positive and measurable impact

Questions?

• Creating your own community boundaries

• Provide the visual evidence to demonstrate the need within your community

• Report your results – show your program is addressing the area of need & had a positive impact.

What we learned…

Help is Available:

Click on • Healthy City User

Guideor

• FAQs

Thank You!