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LkldNow works in collaboration with the GiveWell Community Foundation and United Way of Central Florida on our Insight Polk reporting project, which they fund, while LkldNow maintains editorial independence.
Now, our nonprofit funders have rolled out an online interactive tool, a dashboard, at ucindicators.org, that provides snapshots of key metrics of community needs — the same information that forms the backbone of our Insight Polk reporting.
The dashboard is the second phase of their Community Needs Assessment project, which measured community needs in the tri-county area of Hardee, Highlands, and Polk counties in central Florida.
It empowers “local stakeholders with up-to-date, actionable data to inform decision-making, advocacy, and resource allocation,” GiveWell and United Way said in a news release.
The needs assessment involved community leaders throughout the tri-county area, as well as residents who completed the surveys and participated in focus groups, the release explains.
As a result, six priority domains were identified: economy and employment, education, food security, housing, quality of life, and transportation & infrastructure.
The dashboard provides data about these domains for each of the three counties.
“We are proud to offer this valuable resource to our community,” said Callie Neslund, GiveWell Community Foundation’s president and CEO.
“The data available on the dashboard benefits nonprofit organizations, governments, educators and community members as we focus on our most pressing needs, and track trends and outcomes.”
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