Presentation for the City Council

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Data Analysis Team Update
Presentation for the City Council City of
Charlottesville March 2003
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Data Analysis Team

• Team Members
• Saphira Baker, Chair CCF
• Glenn Branham Assessor
• Katy Clossin Economic Development
• Missy Creasy Neighborhood Development
• Tony Edwards Neighborhood Development
• Johnny Ellen Recreation and Leisure
• Gretchen Ellis CCF
• Matt Hartung Public Works
• Jim Herndon Neighborhood Development
• Ron Higgins Neighborhood Development
• Gwen Jackson Recreation and Leisure
• Tom McKean Police Department
• Mike Murphy Social services
• Ursula Palmer Social Services

• Team Members
• Dave Uhlig City Schools
• Karen Waters QCC
• Barbara Venerus Neighborhood Development
• Charles Werner Fire Department
• Data
• Mapped by Jim Herndon, Tom McKean, Katy
  Clossin, and Brady Bowling.
• Collected by interagency team.
• Shown visually and, as a percentage of the
  population.
• Represents a point in time or cumulative 2001
  information.
• Includes some 2002 data.

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Background

• City of Charlottesville Neighborhood Strategy
  Team appoints Data Team to compile comprehensive
  map of available citywide data assessing
  neighborhood conditions
• Data Team members choose indicators, based on
  national models and recommendations of Transition
  and Intervention Teams
• Police Chief Longo identifies Intervention Area
  as target neighborhood to reduce open air drug
  markets
• Data team collects citywide data to understand
  neighborhood conditions, to compare with
  Intervention Area, and help to predict
  Transition areas.
• NST recommends that Data Team conduct analysis
  and make recommendations to Intervention Team.

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Initial 2001 Indicators of Neighborhood and
Resident Well-Being

• Demographics
• Family composition
• Student ethnicity, transience/mobility
• Academics
• SOL passing/failing rates
• Quest (Academic) Participation
• Special Education enrollment
• PALS Kindergarten reading readiness
• Income
• Social Services Assistance Cases
• Student eligibility for Free and Reduced Lunch

• Assets/Resources 
• Parks, churches, youth recreation centers,
  libraries, after-school program participation
• child care centers, community non-profits,
  public schools
• Housing
• code violations
• Assessed home value trends
• Crime
• police service calls domestic violence,
  substance abuse, assaults and Part I crimes

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Future Indicators

• Demographics
• Census 2000 population data, household
  composition, employment and education
• Section 8 and Public Housing demographics/location
  
• Academics
• SOL passing/failing rates
• Quest (Academic) Participation
• Special Education enrollment
• PALS Kindergarten reading readiness
• Housing
• Multiple property owners
• Percentage rental/owner
• Fire related emergencies

• Assets/Resources 
• l Public schools l Home-schooled
  children
• l Computer use/access l Voter registration
  rates
• l Non-profit and public human service and youth
  development agencies
• l Distribution of capital projects in
  neighborhoods
• l Childrens Health Insurance related programs
  enrollment
• l Immunizations/other early intervention
  statistics
• l Employment rates for welfare to work clients
• l Accessible transportation  
• l Neighborhood group associations establishment
  of crime watch groups, block captains
• Crime
• l Substance Abuse related incidents

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Intervention Area
Intervention Area represents 357 acres of the
Citys total area of 10.86 square miles (or 6,950
acres,) or approximately 5 of the City.
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Intervention Area Profile, 2001

• The Intervention Area population represents
  approximately 12.6 of the Citys population, or
  5,040 of 40,049.
• 21 of the Citys children in public schools live
  in the Intervention Area.
• 6 of the Areas public school students are
  Caucasian, and 94 are non-Caucasian.
• 20 of students in the Intervention Area live
  with both parents.
• 21 of the 3,968 Social Services Public
  Assistance cases are in the Intervention Area.
• 60 of public school students in the Intervention
  Area are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
• 68 of the residential parcels in the
  Intervention Area have increased 10 or less in
  the past two years.
• Less than 3 of students in the Intervention Area
  participate in Academic QUEST.
• 27 of students in the Intervention Area have
  passed a math SOL test.
• 21 of students in the Intervention Area are
  identified as Special Education
• 15 of Domestic Assault Arrests took place in the
  Intervention Area.

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Neighborhoods
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Demographics
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Population

• Demographics data was collected from both the
  2000 census and the Charlottesville Public
  Schools for 2001 and 2002.
• Results
• 40,049 residents from 2000 census.
• 4,256 public school students enrolled in K-12
  in 2001
• 4,267 public school students enrolled in K-12
  in 2002

Source 2000 Census 2001, 2002 Charlottesville
School Division.
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Family Composition
Neighborhood Populations
2000
The populations are estimated from the 2000
Census. The colors show each neighborhoods
percent of the total 40,049 Charlottesville
residents.
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Race and Ethnicity of Public School Students

• Students categorize themselves as one of six
  different races or ethnicities White
  (Caucasian), Black (African-American), Hispanic,
  American Indian, Asian/ Pacific Islander, and
  Other.
• Results
• In 2001, 57 of students were non-White.
• In 2002, 56 of students were non-White.
• Analysis
• In 2001 there were five city neighborhoods that
  are 85 or more of a single ethnicity
  Greenbrier, Fifeville, 10th Page, Starr Hill,
  and Ridge St.
• In 2002 there were 7 neighborhoods that are 85
  or more of a single ethnicity Fifeville (Black),
  Greenbrier (White), Jackson Via (Black), Lewis
  Mtn (White), Rose Hill (Black), 10th Page
  (Black), and Starr Hill (Black).

Source 2001 and 2002, Charlottesville School
Division.
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Race and Ethnicity of Public School Students
2002
44 of students described themselves as White 48
of students described themselves as Black 2 of
students described themselves as Hispanic 2 of
students described themselves as Asian 0 of
students described themselves as Native
American 3 of students described themselves as
Other
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Race and Ethnicity of Public School Students
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
non-Caucasian students in each. The colors
represent the percent of non-Caucasian students
out of the total number of students in the
neighborhood. The colors show the diversity of a
neighborhood. The dark purple neighborhoods are
more than 85 of a single race, and indicate
areas of low diversity.
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Family Composition of Public School Students

• Parents self-report by selecting one of six
  categories students living with both parents,
  with their mother only, with their father only,
  with a guardian, living alone, or other. These
  data do not indicate if blended families,
  composed of a biological parent and a step
  parent, count as a two parent family or a single
  parent family. Children with single parents are
  more likely to suffer economic hardship
  (Americas Children, 2000).
• Results
• 2001 41 of students live with both parents
• 2002 42 of students live with both parents
• Analysis
• In 2001 there were five City neighborhoods where
  less than 30 of students lived with both
  parents Fifeville, Ridge St, Rose Hill, The
  Meadows, and 10th Page.
• In 2002 less than 30 of students in these same
  five neighborhoods lived with both parents.

Source 2001, 2002 Charlottesville School
Division.
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Family Composition of Public School Students
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Percent of Students Living with Both Parents
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
students living with both parents. They are
colors show the percent of students living with
both parents out of the total number of public
school students in each neighborhood.
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Income
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Eligible Free and Reduced Lunch Program

• Students are eligible for free or reduced-price
  lunch based on family income, as determined by
  the Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act and the
  Child Nutrition Act.
• Results
• Both 2001 and 2002 46 of all public school
  students citywide are eligible
• Analysis
• In 2001 there were five City neighborhoods where
  more than 60 of public school students were
  eligible Fifeville, Jackson Via, Ridge St,
• The Meadows, and 10th Page.
• In 2002 these same five neighborhoods had more
  than 60 of their students eligible for free or
  reduced lunch.

Source 2001, 2002 Charlottesville City School
Division.
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Free and reduced lunch
2002
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Percent of Students Eligible for Free or Reduced
Lunch
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
students in each who are eligible for free or
reduced price lunch. The colors show the percent
of students in each neighborhood who are eligible
out of the total number of students in each
neighborhood.
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Social Services Public Assistance Cases

• Cash and other assistance payments to or on
  behalf of families and individuals from the
  Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF),
  Food Stamp, General Relief, State and Local
  Hospitalization, Refugee, Medicaid, Day Care,
  Auxiliary Grant and Employment Services Programs.
  
• Results
• The number of cases citywide for fiscal year
  2001 is 3,968 DSS estimates that are 2 people on
  a case or 7,944 total residents on public
  assistance.
• The number of cases citywide for fiscal year 2002
  is 4,042 DSS estimates that are 2 people on a
  case or 8,084 total residents on public
  assistance.
• Analysis
•  In 2002, 3 City neighborhoods had over 550
  Social Services Public Assistance cases each
  Belmont, Fifeville, and Ridge St. These three
  neighborhoods account for 45 of all cases in
  2001.
•  In 2002 these same three neighborhoods had over
  550 cases each. They accounted for 46 of the
  citys 4042 cases that year.

Source Charlottesville Department of Social
Services, 2001 and 2002.
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Social Services Public Assistance Cases
2002
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Percent of Total Social Services Public
Assistance Cases
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
social services public assistance cases in each.
They are color coded by this numbers as a
percent of the total 4042 cases city wide.
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Academics
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Public School Students Enrolled in Academic QUEST

• Students enrolled in the school divisions
  academic gifted program. Eligibility is
  determined through a process outlined in the City
  of Charlottesvilles School Divisions Plan for
  Gifted Education. Students are identified on the
  basis of standardized tests, classroom
  performance, and teacher recommendations. They
  then choose to apply for the program.
• Results
• 2002 13 of all students are enrolled in
  Academic QUEST
• 2001 14 of all students are enrolled in
  Academic QUEST
• Analysis
• In 2001, 5 neighborhoods had more than 25 of
  their students enrolled in Academic QUEST
  Greenbrier, Johnson Village, Lewis Mtn, MJH, and
  Rugby. 3 neighborhoods, Fifeville, Jackson Via
  and 10th Page, had 3 or less of their public
  school students in academic QUEST.
• In 2002, 4 neighborhoods had more than 25 of
  their students enrolled in Academic QUEST
  Greenbrier, Lewis Mtn, Rugby and Johnson Village.
  The same three neighborhoods as in 2001,
  Fifeville, Jackson Via, and 10th Page, had less
  than 3 of their students in Academic QUEST.

Source. Charlottesville School Division, 2001.
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Academic QUEST Participation
2002
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Percent of Academic QUEST Participants
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
Academic QUEST participants in each. The colors
show the percent of participants out of the total
number of students in each neighborhood.
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Standards of Learning Math Test

• SOLS provide a framework for the instructional
  program required by the State for all students.
  As part of this program, the VA Department of
  Education administers tests of performance in
  mathematics to students in grades 3,5, and 8. The
  map shows the most recent score for each public
  school student, not necessarily the score for
  tests administered in 2002.
• Results
• In 2002, 49 of students who have taken a math
  SOL had passed it.
• Analysis
• In 2001, 6 City neighborhoods had less than 40
  of students having passed a Math SOL Belmont,
  Fifeville, Jackson Via, Ridge St, Starr Hill and
  10th Page.
• In 2002, 4 City neighborhoods had less than 40
  of students having passed a Math SOL Fifeville,
  Jackson Via, Ridge St, and 10th Page.

Source Charlottesville School Division, 2001
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Student Results on Most Recent Math SOL
2002
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Percent of Students Passing their Most Recent
Math SOL
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
students who have passed their most recent math
SOL. The colors show the passing rates on these
SOL tests for each neighborhood.
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Special Education

• Students who are eligible under federal law to
  receive services for diagnosed disabilities which
  significantly impact the ability to learn.
  Eligibility for these services is based on
  specific legal guidelines.
• Results
• In 2001, 17 of public school students were
  eligible.
• In 2002, 17 of public school students were
  eligible.
• Analysis
• Special Education students are normally
  distributed throughout the city.
• In 2001 no neighborhoods had more than 27 or
  less than 7 of their public school students
  eligible for Special Education services.
• In 2002 there was only one neighborhood were more
  than 27 of students were identified Starr Hill.
  There were no city neighborhoods where less than
  7 of students were identified.

Source Charlottesville School Division 2001 and
2002
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Students Eligible For Special Education Services
2002
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Percent of Students Eligible for Special
Education Services
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
students who are identified as special
education. The colors indicate the percent of
these students out of the total number of
students in each neighborhood.
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Housing
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Housing Assessment Trends

• In the article, Broken Windows, by James Wilson
  and George Kelling, the authors state that
  neighborhoods become unsafe as a result of
  gradual disrepair.
• Results
• In 2001, the average assessment of residential
  parcels in the City increased 11 over the last
  two years (2000 and 2002 assessments) . 1,760
  (16) of city residential parcels increased 10
  or less in assessed value..
• In 2002, the average assessment of residential
  parcels in the City increased 25 over the last
  two years (2001 and 2003 assessments). 897 (8)
  of parcels increased 10 or less.
• Analysis
• In 2001 there were 6 neighborhoods where more
  than 35 of the parcels there had increased 10
  or less in assessed value over the last two
  years Fifeville, Jackson Via, Ridge St, Rose
  Hill, Starr Hill and 10th Page.
• In 2002 there was only one such neighborhood
  10th Page.

Source Assessors Office, City of
Charlottesville, 2000-03
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Residential Parcels with less than 10 Increase
(00 to 02)
2002
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Residential Parcels with less than 10 Increase
(01 to 03)
2003
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Neighborhood Rates of Residential Parcels with
less than 10 increases
2002
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Neighborhood Rates of Residential Parcels with
less than 10 increases
2003
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Crime
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Domestic Assault Arrests

• The maps show incident reports of arrests for
  domestic assault. They do not necessarily
  represent the residences of the people involved.
  Domestic violence was mapped because research
  shows that it is linked to later negative
  outcomes for adolescents, such as delinquency,
  substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and foster care.
• Results
• In 2001 there were 279 arrests citywide
• In 2002 there were 208, a 25 decrease.
• Analysis
• In 2001, more than 25 of Domestic Assault
  Arrests occurred in Belmont. More than 15
  occurred in Fifeville.
• In 2002, more than 25 of these arrests again
  occurred in Belmont. More than 15 of the
  arrests were in the Ridge Street neighborhood,
  which is not part of the Intervention Area.

Source Charlottesville Police Department
2001,2002 .
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Domestic Assault Arrests
2002
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Percent of Total Domestic Assault Arrests
2002
The neighborhoods are labeled with the number of
Domestic Assault Arrests in each. The downtown
mall represents a separate region, because so
many arrests occur in this small area. The colors
represent each neighborhoods share of the 208
total arrests.
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Community Resources
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Selected City Resources

• CLASS, City Recreation Centers, Weed Seed and
  QCC, Childcare
• In 2001, 25 of students took advantage of the
  CLASS after school program.
• City recreation centers are clustered near public
  school student populations.
• Weed Seed targets the Intervention area. QCC
  targets both the Intervention area and portions
  of other City neighborhoods mentioned in the
  presentation.
• Licensed and Unlicensed Childcare providers in
  2001 clustered in the Intervention area.

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Creative Learning After School and in Summer
(CLASS)

• Charlottesville City School after-school program
  for all six elementary schools. Data does not
  include programs at Walker Upper Elementary
  School.
• Results
• In 2001, of the 1677 students citywide that
  could be enrolled in CLASS only 413 (25)
  participate.
• In 2001, of the 324 students in the Intervention
  Area that could be enrolled in CLASS only 49
  (15) participate

NOTE This data includes only students in grades
K-4 Source Charlottesville School Division, 2001.
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CLASS Participation
2001
? Students enrolled in CLASS
49
City Recreation Centers
2001
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Child Care Providers - Licensed and Unlicensed

• Licensed -- Child care centers or family day care
  providers that meet regulations established by
  the State Department of Social Services.
• Unregistered -- Child care providers who are not
  licensed or registered by any state or local
  governmental body.
• 2001 Results
• 32 (29) registered citywide of total 111
  providers.
• 10 (25) registered in Intervention Area of 40
  total providers.
• 30 (34) of the Citys 89 unregistered providers
  are within the Intervention Area

Source Children, Youth and Family Services and
Charlottesville Department of Social Services,
2001.
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Child Care Providers
2001
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QCC and Weed and Seed

• Quality Community Council
• A community and neighborhood-based initiative to
  improve the quality of life in challenged City
  neighborhoods.

• Weed and Seed
• A federal grant strategy sponsored by the
  U.S.Department of Justice serving targeted City
  neighborhoods and all public housing communities.

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QCC and Weed and Seed
2001
? QCC ? Weed and Seed
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Successes and Challenges

• Whats worked?
• Team work and Interdepartmental approach
• Confirmation of Intervention Area as needing
  attention
• Establishment of a baseline for future
  improvements
• Data to generate grant funds
• Better understanding of neighborhood conditions
• Information for targeted human service strategies
• Part of national trend toward using visual data
  for responsive and accountable service delivery.

• What hasnt worked?
• Limited staff and infrastructure
• Slow pace of data collection
• Dependence on annual data collection rather than
  ongoing assessment
• Uneven quality of data between departments
• Lack of integrated data system causes duplication
  and piecemeal collection of data
• Limited data analysis to date