Taking Data Into Action
ollowing our statewide expansion of kidsdata.org in 2009, the Foundation focused in 2010 on marketing this flagship website, which offers data for all counties, cities and school districts in California. We cultivated relationships with key partners across the state, and over the course of the year held nearly 50 kidsdata workshops in 22 counties, from Shasta to San Diego.
Throughout the year, the Foundation also disseminated local information about children's health and well being to organizations in all 58 California counties. Staff also developed working relationships with numerous individuals in approximately 20 counties, including in the state's major population centers, and with organizations that work statewide on behalf of kids.
In 2010, the Foundation significantly expanded the data offered on kidsdata.org. For example, more than 50 measures of child health and well being were added, spanning special health care needs, family structure, demographics, emotional health, child safety, child care, and more. To promote the use of our data to foster improvements in children's health, the Foundation in November 2010 awarded grants to 14 organizations in California to stimulate creative strategies for using data in their work. The grants, which incorporate data from kidsdata.org, will be used for a range of purposes, including data analysis, action planning, training and education, and public information campaigns.
More about the Foundation's data and information programs is available on the website at lpfch.org/programs.