Tompkins County Collective Impact Initiatives
Collective Impact in Tompkins County is focused around the following five areas.
The Childhood Nutrition Collaborative works with the community to promote the continuous improvement of all aspects of our local food systems. We aim to reduce the obstacles to making the healthy, nutritious food choices.
A group of over 70 community stakeholders who seek to ensure that all youth and their families are physically and emotionally healthy, active community members and on track for employment at a living wage.
The Ithaca Green New Deal aims for community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030 while addressing economic inequity.
MBK encourages candid dialogues around the country and a greater sense of responsibility among community leaders and young people to put all youth in a position to thrive, regardless of their race, gender, or socioeconomic status.
URO facilitates collective community work between private and public sectors to transform the culture and process of re-entry in Tompkins County and prevent recidivism.
Updates from the Collective
The latest updates from the Tompkins County Collective Impact Initiatives are documented here.
Second Youth Discussion on Anxiety
The second Youth Discussion focusing on anxiety was held… Read more
Dorothy Cotton Institute Opening Reception: Sisters of Change
The Dorothy Cotton Institute is hosting our Opening Reception for an… Read more
2nd Youth Summit – “There’s A Lot to Be Anxious About”
Hot on the heels of the first Youth Summit held… Read more
DATA SOURCES
The following datasets are the most frequently consulted by the Collective Impact working groups.
NATIONAL DATASETS
US CENSUS BUREAU AMERICAN FACTFINDER
Direct access to national surveys, such as the American Community Survey, Annual Surveys of Governments, Decennial Census, Economic Census, and more.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
NCES aggregates data on academic performance and adult literacy. Survey data covering early childhood, primary, secondary, and post-secondary education are also available.
STATE-LEVEL DATASETS
NYS OPEN DATA PORTAL
NYS’ main data portal allows access to data sets in the categories of economic development, education, energy and environment, government and finance, health, human services, public safety, recreation, and transportation.
HEALTH DATA NY
Access information on environmental health, vital statistics, healthcare facilities and services, community health, and chronic disease data for New York State through Health Data NY.
NYS DoE SCHOOL DISTRICT DATA
Access county, district, BOCES and school-level data on enrollment, attendance, participation in free/reduced price lunch, special education, assessments, graduation rates, and district/school “report cards.”
CORNELL UNIVERSITY GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION REPOSITORY
CUGIR provides geospatial information collected from NYS data and metadata sets covering agriculture, environment, economy, transportation, climate, and society.
NYS KIDS' WELL-BEING INDICATORS CLEARINGHOUSE
County-level data relating to children in the areas of Economic Security, Physical and Emotional Health, Education, Civic Engagement, Family, Community, and health indicators.
NYS CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS
Access data on violent crime, arrests, disposition (adults), and juvenile justice statistics by region or county. Law enforcement counts and and jail population reports also available.
COUNTY/CITY DATASETS
CORNELL PROGRAM ON APPLIED DEMOGRAPHICS
The PAD provides “profiles” of individual NYS counties and data trends for both historical and present county and school district data. Visualizations of census data are also available.
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS AND ROADMAPS
Information related to health outcomes and indicators; clinical care markers; social determinants of health; physical/environmental factors, and epidemiology.
TOMPKINS COUNTY OPEN DATA PORTAL
County data on elections, boundaries, addressing, transportation, public safety, planning, environment, and links to county GIS resources.
TOMPKINS COUNTY YOUTH DATA
Access data on youth factors including substance use, arrest data, education, family, health statistics, population, and youth survey data.
TOMPKINS COUNTY COMMUNTY HEALTH REPORTS
Tompkins County community health reports, assessments, and plans for improvement.