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Building Confidence in Community Health Systems: DataKind’s Data Observation Toolkit (DOT)

By: Mitali Ayyangar, Matthew Harris, Caitlin Augustin, and Ivy Wang Background Data is revolutionizing how people access health services. For community-based care providers, the ability to target treatments has the potential to be transformative. Digital tools in the hands of Community Health Workers (CHWs) make it easier to collect routine …

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Optimizing Data Pipeline Platforms: DataKind San Francisco Partners with Grameen America

By DataKind San Francisco Background How can data infrastructure be optimized to help support the financial empowerment of women? Currently, only four percent of all small business loans from mainstream financial institutions go to women, according to a report by the National Women’s Business Council. As MDRC’s recent impact evaluation …

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Improving College Student Success: DataKind’s Continued Work in Post-Secondary Education

By John Harnisher, PhD, Advisor, DataKind Education DataKind has engaged in two fascinating projects which propose solutions linked to student guidance and help to answer the question which many students pose in their learning journey, “What do I do next?” This question is often an indication of deeper needs or …

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Harnessing the Power of Data to Advance Racial Wealth Equity with Black Wealth Data Center

The wealth gap between Black and White Americans, an important measure of inequality, has been worsening since the 80s. After the rapid wealth concentration we saw during the pandemic, the gap is growing even faster. In 2019, Black American households held only one-sixth the wealth of White American households. DataKind …

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