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# COMMUNITY-LEVEL INDICATORS FOR UNDERSTANDING HEALTH AND		HUMAN SERVICES ISSUES

## A COMPENDIUM OF SELECTED INDICATOR SYSTEMS AND RESOURCE		ORGANIZATIONS

Prepared for:Office Of The Assistant Secretary For		Planning And EvaluationU.S. Department Of Health And Human		ServicesContract Number HHS-100-99-0006 

Prepared by:Deborah GibbsResearch Triangle		InstituteBrett BrownChild Trends, Inc.

September 2000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

- Acknowledgments
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- INTRODUCTION
-  Purpose
-  Production Process
-  Definition of Terms
-  Context for the Current Interest in		  Community-Level Social Indicators
-  Users and Uses of Community-Level Social		  Indicators
- Future Directions
- Format for Descriptions of Featured		  Systems and Resource Organizations
- Table A - Topic Areas in Featured		  Indicator Systems
- Table B - Types of Data and Smallest		  Level of Geographic Aggregation in Featured Indicator Systems
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- DESCRIPTIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE INDICATOR SYSTEMS
- Community-Wide Systems
- Anchorage, Alaska - Healthy		  Anchorage Indicators Project
- Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Area		  Network for Data and Organizing
- Denver, Colorado - Neighborhood		  Facts
- Jacksonville, Florida - The		  Quality of Life Indicators Project and the Community Agenda Indicators		  Project
- Seattle, Washington - Sustainable		  Seattle
- Tucson, Arizona - The Livable Tucson		  Vision Program
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- County/Region-Wide Systems
- Chittenden County, Vermont -		  Champlain Initiative
- Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida -		  Florida Department of Children & Families, District 11, Community Services		  Planning Center
- Erie County, Pennsylvania - Health		  Status Indicator Project
- Indianapolis, Indiana, Metropolitan		  Statistical Area - Social Assets and Vulnerability Indicators Project
- Kansas City Metropolitan Area,		  Kansas and Missouri - The Status of Children in Metro Kansas City
- Multnomah County, Oregon -		  Portland-Multnomah County Benchmarks
- Pierce County, Washington - Pierce		  County Quality of Life Benchmarks
- Roanoke Area, Virginia - Vital		  Signs of the New Century Region
- San Diego County, California - San		  Diego County Child and Family Health & Well-Being
- Southeast Texas - Community Health		  Information System
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-  State-Wide Systems
- California - California's		  Children
- Georgia - Georgia Department of		  Community Affairs Community Indicators
- Georgia - Georgia Policy Council		  for Children/Family Connection
- Illinois - Illinois Project for		  Local Assessment of Needs
- Massachusetts - Massachusetts		  Community Health Information Profile
- Michigan - Michigan Critical Health		  Indicators
- Minnesota - Minnesota Milestones		  and the Children's Report Card
- New York - New York		  Touchstones
- Rhode Island - Rhode Island		  Unified Needs Assessment Project
- Vermont - Vermont's Framework for		  Collaboration
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- RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS
- Private Sector		  Organizations
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- The Aspen Institute
- Chapin Hall Center for		  Children
- Center for the Study of		  Social Policy
- CityMatCH
- Hart Environmental Data
- Join Together, Inc.
- National Civic League
- Redefining Progress
- Search Institute
- UCLA Center for Healthier Children,		  Families and Communities
- United Way of America
- The Urban Institute
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- Federal Agencies
- Health Resources and Services		  Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Center for Educational		  Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health		  Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S.		  Department of Commerce
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