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Fostering Trust between Health Systems and the Communities They Serve
Fostering Trust between Health Systems and the Communities They Serve
In SW Michigan, a health system partnered with local residents to collect data on community trust & issue microgrants to local groups.
NNIP HQ
Jul 29
Understanding Residents’ Experience with Investor Owners in North Minneapolis
Understanding Residents’ Experience with Investor Owners in North Minneapolis
Local researchers and advocacy organizations collaborate to center tenant experiences in investor-owned homes in North Minneapolis.
NNIP HQ
May 29
Reframing the Narratives around Childhood Health and Well-being
Reframing the Narratives around Childhood Health and Well-being
A non-profit leverages community-engaged research to shift narratives around youth overweight and obesity to highlight community factors.
NNIP HQ
May 16
Sparking Advocacy Movements with Data
Sparking Advocacy Movements with Data
How does a tenant organizing movement begin? How can residents address housing instability? How can communities fight environmental racism?
NNIP HQ
Apr 2
Addressing Health Equity by Building a Local Data-to-Action Practice
Addressing Health Equity by Building a Local Data-to-Action Practice
In Cook County, Georgia, one organization skillfully used data to address health equity for residents.
Jake Cowan
Mar 11
Data Chats as an Organizing and Capacity-Building Process
Data Chats as an Organizing and Capacity-Building Process
How do we expand our measures of success beyond traditional deficit-focused indicators?
Jake Cowan
Feb 27
Using Data for Community Action on Environmental Justice
Using Data for Community Action on Environmental Justice
A Houston nonprofit equips residents to use local data on air quality to benefit their neighborhoods.
NNIP HQ
Nov 27, 2023
Advancing Local Priorities with Community-University Partnerships
Advancing Local Priorities with Community-University Partnerships
Three RWJF grantees demonstrate how universities and community organizations can develop mutually beneficial research partnerships.
NNIP HQ
Nov 27, 2023
Centering Community Experiences in Child Care through Mixed-Methods Research
Centering Community Experiences in Child Care through Mixed-Methods Research
Utilizing mixed methods to understand community experiences and form more equitable solutions
NNIP HQ
Jul 18, 2023
Ending Environmental Harm for Healthy Communities
Ending Environmental Harm for Healthy Communities
Community groups are using data to address environmental racism and resulting health disparities.
NNIP HQ
Jan 25, 2023
How Can Foundations Invest in Building Local Data Capacity?
How Can Foundations Invest in Building Local Data Capacity?
Two grant programs to local nonprofits build local data capacity and show the need and opportunity for local investments.
Jake Cowan
Jan 24, 2023
Addressing Housing Challenges and Their Impacts on Community Health and Well-Being
Addressing Housing Challenges and Their Impacts on Community Health and Well-Being
Local groups are using data to advance equity by supporting tenant organizing, residential mobility, and housing quality and stability.
NNIP HQ
Jan 23, 2023
Informing Equitable Futures: Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism
Informing Equitable Futures: Using Local Data to Address Structural Racism
Thirty-eight local nonprofit organizations are using data to improve community conditions that have been shaped by structural racism.
NNIP HQ
Nov 16, 2022
Guide to Data Chats: Convening Community Conversations about Data
Guide to Data Chats: Convening Community Conversations about Data
This guide provides support to groups interested in bringing information to back to the people represented in the data.
NNIP HQ
Jun 22, 2022
Communication of New Data Drives Improved Community Health Services in Rural Georgia
Communication of New Data Drives Improved Community Health Services in Rural Georgia
Leveraging surveys and interviews provided as a starting point for bringing stakeholders together to improve community health.
NNIP HQ
Jan 14, 2022
Keeping People in Their Homes: Best Practices for Eviction Moratoria and Emergency Rental…
Keeping People in Their Homes: Best Practices for Eviction Moratoria and Emergency Rental…
Examining the relationship between eviction prevention programs and eviction patterns in Dallas to keep families in their homes.
NNIP HQ
Dec 16, 2021
Communities Need Data for Crisis Response and Recovery
Communities Need Data for Crisis Response and Recovery
Access to reliable and credible data is important in any crisis, and this blog post outlines four ways local partners can contribute.
NNIP HQ
Nov 22, 2021
Reflections on Responsive Grantmaking in the Wake of the Pandemic
Reflections on Responsive Grantmaking in the Wake of the Pandemic
There is a need for ongoing investments in data-to-action initiatives, which effectively build community-wide data capacity.
NNIP HQ
Oct 28, 2021
Building Inclusive Virtual Organizing: Focusing on the Process
Building Inclusive Virtual Organizing: Focusing on the Process
Drafting a Community Bill of Rights grounded in community members’ lived experience.
NNIP HQ
Oct 21, 2021
Leveraging Community Organization and Research Partnerships for Stronger Data Cultures
Leveraging Community Organization and Research Partnerships for Stronger Data Cultures
Sharing a field example and guidance for organizations seeking to build capacity to use data for community change.
NNIP HQ
Sep 2, 2021
Creating Effective Partnerships between Community Partners and Universities
Creating Effective Partnerships between Community Partners and Universities
A unique collaboration in Cleveland uncovered how COVID-19 affected the health and sustainability of the region’s childcare system and pro
NNIP HQ
Jul 29, 2021
Collecting Community Survey Data during COVID-19
Collecting Community Survey Data during COVID-19
Informing best practices for data collection efforts during and after the pandemic.
NNIP HQ
Mar 29, 2021
Fostering Resident-Led Research across All Stages of Research
Fostering Resident-Led Research across All Stages of Research
Resident-led research collaborations can be a key strategy to begin undoing the systemic exclusion of communities of color in research.
Sonia Torres Rodríguez
Mar 18, 2021
Earning Trust by Collaborating with Resident Researchers
Earning Trust by Collaborating with Resident Researchers
Collaborating with resident researchers can be one of the most impactful ways of ceding institutional power to local communities.
Sonia Torres Rodríguez
Mar 18, 2021
Improving Data to Combat Structural Racism, a Public Health Emergency
Improving Data to Combat Structural Racism, a Public Health Emergency
To tackle racism as a public health emergency, we need to disaggregate data by race and ethnicity.
Sonia Torres Rodríguez
Feb 9, 2021
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