Civic Health

==Background==
Civic health is not exactly like physical health.
==Insights==
===Source===
* http://ncoc.net/civichealth2010
* http://civic.serve.gov/ Note
* http://ncoc.net/index.php?download=103kcfl380 PDF
===Millions Working to Solve Local Proble===
NCoC and the Corporation for National and Community Service Produce
First Civic Health Assessment
September 16, 2010
The Civic Health Assessment measures America’s civic habits across a
wide range of indicators in an effort to strengthen citizen
participation in their communities, states, and nation.
NCoC's executive summary of the leading findings from
the 2010 Civic Health Assessment, based on research conducted by the
U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2008 and
2009. This document supplements an issue brief jointly released with
the Corporation for National and Community Service. The joint brief is
titled “Civic Life in America: Key Findings on the Civic Health of the
Nation.”
==Details==
Key Findings include:
* In tough times, Americans are solving problems in their own communities.
* The Internet is helping to advance civic participation in America.
* Creating community impact doesn’t happen in a vacuum—it’s part of a
reinforcing cycle. People who are involved in one area of community
activity are more likely to be involved in others.
* Demographics indicate that veterans are generally more involved in
their communities and more likely to engage in most types of political
behavior than non-veterans.
The NCoC Executive Summary, as well as the jointly-produced Issue
Brief are available for download at http://NCoC.net/CivicHealth2010.
For more on the data, and rankings of 50 states and 51 largest
communities, visit http://civic.serve.gov
In order to localize this data, NCoC is working in partnership with 13
states and 4 cities to produce localized Civic Health Index reports.
These publications will be released throughout the fall 2010.
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