Leading Social Indicators

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Leading Social Indicators

• Measuring whats important
• Making a difference

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History

• NAPC Social Indicators Initiative

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Planning councils use indicators to

• address community issues
• assess community initiatives
• shape policy and resource decisions
• raise community awareness

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The Social Indicators Initiative is designed to

• provide tools to address issues
• share impacts of initiatives
• shape policy and resource decisions
• raise national awareness

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Social Indicators Initiative outcomes

• Forums and Conferences
• 2002 From the Bottom Up report
• www.socialindicators.com
• 2005 Leading Social Indicators report

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The Leading Social Indicators

• 12 indicators from what is being measured by
  member planning councils

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Wellness and Safety

• Low birthweight infants
• Index crime rate
• Juvenile violent crime arrests

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Economic Well-Being

• Average annual wage
• Unemployment rate
• Child poverty

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Educational Preparedness

• Mothers education

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Community Participation

• Voter turnout
• Racial justice

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Nurturing, Inclusive Environment

• Teen birth rate
• Child safety
• Elder well-being

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Format

• National trendline
• State variances
• Local trend-bending initiatives
• Data, links, and additional information

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Example Juvenile Arrests

• National trend downward

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Story Northern California Council for the
Community

• Keeping Youth Safe A Report on Violence
  Prevention
• Community collaboration
• Increased after-school programming
• Job training
• Community involvement

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Story Northern California Council for the
Community

• Local trend downward, faster

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Story Community Council of Greater Dallas

• Dallas County Youth Development Program
• Community Vision
• 85,000 hours after-school prevention services
• Community involvement

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Story Community Council of Greater Dallas

• Local trend now below U.S. average

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Links

• www.ncccsf.org
• www.ccgd.org
• ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• www.ncjj.org

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Learnings

• Not all local indicators scale upwards
• Need reliable, timely data
• Continue conversation on effectiveness and
  efficiency
• No more success penalties

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Next Steps

• www.socialindicators.com
• More stories, more indicators
• Issue advocacy and data advocacy
• Listening to feedback

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Will You Help?

• Ben Warner
• Jacksonville Community Council Inc.
• www.jcci.org
• ben_at_jcci.org

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Leading Social Indicators

• Measuring whats important
• Making a difference
• Thank you.
• www.socialindicators.com