Tuesdays at APA: Strengthening Local Capacity for Data-Driven Decision Making

February 24, 2015


This talk drew upon lessons from the National Neighborhood
Indicators Partnership (NNIP), a collaboration of the Urban
Institute and organizations in 35 cities. NNIP partners help
local actors use neighborhood data to improve communities through
policy, planning, and advocacy.


From her experience in NNIP, Kathryn Pettit of the Urban
Institute discussed the types of information infrastructure
needed to make good decisions in a local community — including
open government data, integrated data systems, community
indicators, and neighborhood data systems.


Examples from local partners demonstrated how stakeholders are
using local data on health, housing, and education to set
priorities and make better decisions, including examples from the
Washington and Baltimore areas. For more information about NNIP,
visit www.neighborhoodindicators.org.