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The Loneliness Epidemic in America
May 3, 2022 9:00:00 AM
The Loneliness Epidemic in America
by Maggie Kauffman on May 3, 2022 9:00:00 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic is a collective trauma on a global scale. In a matter of weeks, our lives were upended. We bunkered down in our homes, many of us expecting to be back in the office or classrooms in a few weeks. There was fear of the disease, of course, but there was also isolati …
3 Ingredients You Need in a Successful Community Health Assessment
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 13, 2022 8:23:30 AM
Community Health Assessments (often fondly referred to as CHAs) have a reputation as dense, dry, and overwhelming. On my first day as Deputy Director of the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department, I walked into my new office to see a two-inch thick printed report on my desk. The CHA …
Brighter Days Ahead: Celebrating Public Health
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 4, 2022 8:35:45 AM
The Vikings were master boat makers — their boats were able to withstand the seas because the wood they chose was flexible. When the winds shifted, and the outlook turned dangerous, the wood of the Viking ships didn’t stay rigid. The wood bent.
Fund Health Equity and Target Grants by Visualizing Community Data
by the mySidewalk Team on Dec 23, 2021 7:30:00 AM
Voices for Healthy Kids®, an initiative of the American Heart Association, works with mySidewalk to leverage community data in its grantmaking process. Voices for Healthy Kids accomplishes its mission to improve or create equitable policies that make the places kids live, learn, and p …
Paving the way for new investment with The Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act
by the mySidewalk Team on Dec 12, 2021 2:14:29 PM
Infrastructure week is finally here. How will it change transportation planning? Last month, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. The legislation provides a significant boost to infrastructure funding levels, adding $550 billion in new spending o …
Better data means bigger wins: Wauconda Fire District receives $1.2 million with the help of Fire Performance data
by Sara Wood on Dec 2, 2021 8:30:00 AM
Setting yourself apart from every other grant applicant is getting more and more difficult. Especially in the fire service industry. While data and hard numbers go a long way to make your case, community data offers another, deeper lens into the lives we work every day to protect.
CRAIG 1300™: User Stories Inspire Teams Nationwide to Leverage Data for Effective Community Risk Reduction
by Sara Wood on Nov 23, 2021 4:56:18 PM
CRAIG 1300™ has been a long time coming for both the industry and our partnership with NFPA. After nearly three years of research and development and pilot testing, we made sure that the insight generator would make real differences for community efforts toward risk reduction.
Navigating Vaccine Hesitancy in Kansas City
by the mySidewalk Team on Oct 27, 2021 1:39:02 PM
Imagine waking up one morning after years of serving the public dutifully to find protestors outside your house calling you a traitor, a despot, a fascist, or worse. Imagine needing armed escorts to walk to your car after work, or seeing your children’s personal information splashed a …
Four Ways Press™ Dashboards Can Help Launch Your Next Big Idea
by Sara Wood on Oct 7, 2021 4:35:45 PM
Initially, mySidewalk customers come to us with a pressing problem. Maybe two. And often, our suite of easy-access tools quickly provides a solution to those problems. Though, here's the thing– there is so much more that comes after those initial problems are solved. Consistently usin …
Shaping Housing & Digital Access with American Rescue Plan Funds
by the mySidewalk Team on Sep 24, 2021 12:36:30 PM
How targeting ARPA funds can increase housing stability and enhance digital inclusion in your community. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP or ARPA) was created to fund equitable economic recovery efforts and aims to reduce child poverty in the United States. The success of the ARPA re …
Gauze & Effect Vol. 10: Intersections
by the mySidewalk Team on Sep 14, 2021 11:32:18 AM
In this issue: A letter from Dr. Sarah about intersections (literal and figurative, natch) We've got the best data on affordable housing, and this report template is the bee's knees A peek into our work curating data for equity Where you can find us (irl and virtually) this Fall! A Pr …
Meet CRAIG 1300™, Your CRA Insight Generator
by Sara Wood on Jul 22, 2021 2:35:26 PM
mySidewalk is excited to announce the launch of CRAIG 1300 in partnership with the National Fire Protection Association! Community Risk Reduction, or CRR, has continued to gain recognition in recent years as an effective approach to mitigating community risks; conducting a CRA that ut …
Preserving Affordable Housing Starts With A Plan. Here’s How To Begin.
by the mySidewalk Team on Jul 8, 2021 4:03:20 PM
How NLIHC and PAHRC are using mySidewalk to help communities preserve affordable housing. It is no secret that low-income families and households are struggling to find affordable housing options in their neighborhoods all over the United States. If you are reading this, it is likely …
Gauze & Effect Vol. 9: Spring Cleaning
by the mySidewalk Team on May 25, 2021 10:51:50 AM
In this issue: A letter from Dr. Sarah about clearing the clutter Our customers push us to be better and make new things -- this Vaccine Tracker report is pretty cool Chatter from the virtual water cooler and what's helping us take care of ourselves An ICYMI moment about our newest pa …
Every Child Thrives With A Safe Place to Play: Introducing the Playspace Partnership Assessment
by the mySidewalk Team on May 11, 2021 4:16:43 PM
How KABOOM! and MySidewalk are using data to end playspace inequity in the United States. Playtime is a critical part of every child’s growth and development. In addition to boosting a kid’s emotional and social wellbeing, physical activity throughout childhood lays the foundation for …
Locate Your Community's Affordable Housing with Data from the NHPD
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 20, 2021 12:03:24 PM
NEW: National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD) indicators are now available to all mySidewalk subscribers.
mySidewalk's COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 19, 2021 9:10:29 AM
During times of uncertainty, your community wants facts. At mySidewalk, we’ve spent the last year supporting our partners as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve been alongside them as they navigated outbreaks, economic damage, and Public Health policy response. A consistent t …
The Case For Affordable Housing In Every Community: Introducing the Housing Affordability Report
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 13, 2021 3:50:19 PM
The United States is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. This crisis stems from a widespread and acute lack of affordable low income, and supportive housing across the United States in all communities - urban, suburban, and rural. The lack of access to affordable, low income an …
National Public Health Week 2021: Perseverance in Public Health
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 7, 2021 11:55:45 AM
This past year, public health - the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities - has connected us all. Across the globe, citizens have looked to leaders in public health for next steps and much needed hope. There's never been a better time to show o …
A Complete Picture of Health: Introducing the80
by the mySidewalk Team on Mar 30, 2021 9:57:27 AM
80% of what makes us healthy or unhealthy happens outside of the doctor’s office and in our neighborhoods and greater enviornment. COVID-19 placed a spotlight on health inequities and the critical role Community Health Workers play in helping members navigate numerous systems of care …