Some Recent Enhancements: Fact Sheets, Leg Map Overlays and Data Alerts
As we gear up for some large-scale enhancements to kidsdata.org in 2012, we thought we should highlight some recent improvements our foundation has made to the site, based on input from our users.
Legislative Map Overlays
Last fall, we launched a mapping tool that makes it easy to overlay legislative district boundaries over other data sets. This tool allows you to select the data you want and then add legislative borders, so that you can visualize what’s happening in one or more Congressional, State Senate, and Assembly districts statewide. More info >>
See a step-by-step tutorial on how to use this legislative map overlay tool >>
One-Page Fact Sheets
One-page fact sheets now are available in an easy-to-print PDF format and provide a concise summary of data for each of our 60+ topics, 1,800 regions (every county, city, school district, and legislative district in California), and 10 demographic groups. The data summaries, designed to be one page (front and back), are populated with continually updated data, and are valuable for a variety of uses: Quick, up-to-date handouts about the status of children for meetings or advocacy work; inexpensive brochures for events and presentations; and offline reference material about children’s health in your community. More info >>
Data E-Mail Alerts
With e-mail alerts, you will know whenever data about kids in your community are updated on kidsdata.org. Only interested in children in Los Angeles? Or San Jose? Or Clovis Unified? Perhaps your work focuses on a particular topic — child abuse, or asthma, or education? Sign up to receive an e-mail alert from us as soon as data that you select are updated. More info >>
Policy Implication and Research Links
Because Kidsdata.org offers literally millions of data points, kidsdata.org added two sections to the website that put the data into context and offer options for taking action on issues. Policy Implications are summaries of evidence-based policy options for addressing issues. Research & Links provide key websites, additional research, and reports related to each topic. More Info>>
Stay tuned through this blog for news of other enhancements we’ll be adding to kidsdata.org in the coming year – and if you have any recommendations for features you’d like to see on this site, please add them as comments below.
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