Place-based
Initiatives and
Integrated Data
Systems:
What’s Happening
in Cleveland
Taryn Gress and Beth Anthony
Center on Urban Poverty and
Community Development
Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood
Need for Place-based IDS
• Base of analysis from which quarterly, biannual and longitudinal reports can be
generated
• Feed scorecards and dashboards to
communicate status to stakeholders
• Provide program managers with the
opportunity to assess performance and adjust
program implementation.
Central’s Place-based IDS
Data Inputs:
ChildHood Integrated Longitudinal Data (CHILD)
System:
• Includes all children born in Cuyahoga County since
1992
• Draws on routinely available administrative data to
monitor program delivery and outcomes
• Brings together data at the individual child level for
longitudinal analyses
• Now expanding to reflect experiences throughout
childhood
IDS provides longitudinal perspective
Cuyahoga
Out-of-Home
Dept. of
Employment
Placement &
Family Services
Moms
CleFirst
Home
Dept.
Visiting
of
Public
(Prenatal)
Health
Cuyahoga
Child
Dept.Care
of
Employment
Voucher &
Family Services
Cuyahoga
Child
Dept.
Abuse
of
Employment
& Neglect &
Family Services
Ohio
Birth
Dept. of
Certificates
Health
Head
Access
Start,
to
Early
Starting
Learning
Point
Cuyahoga
Dept. of
Medicaid
Employment &
Family Services
Cuyahoga
Juvenile
Juvenile
Court Filing
Court
Out-of-school
Starting Point
time
Cleveland
Metropolitan
CMHA
Housing
Tenant
Authority
Universal
Starting Point
Pre-K
Birth - Early Childhood - School Age - Youth - Young Adult
Help
Help
MeMe
Grow
Cuyahoga
Grow
Home
County
Visiting
Cuyahoga
Newborn
Board of
Home Visiting
Health
Cuyahoga
Early
Childhood
Board of
Mental Health
Special
Starting
Needs
Point
Child Care
Cuyahoga
Dept.
Publicof
Employment
Assistance &
Family Services
KindergarCleveland
ten
Metropolitan
Readiness
School
(KRA-L)
District
Cuyahoga
Dept. of
SNAP
Employment &
Family Services
Longitudinal
Data Source
Integration
Data Pipeline
Cleveland
Public
Metropolitan
School
School District
Cleveland
Ohio
Metropolitan
Graduation
School
Test
District
National
Postsecondary
Student
Clearing house
Additional Data Inputs:
• ETO: social service program data
• TAAG: tenant records and case management data
• Neighborhood Data: address or neighborhood level
(using geocodes such as block group, census tract, or
other geography)
• Neighborhood Surveys: direct measures to monitor
components of quality of life