April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
A Q&A with Prevent Child Abuse Georgia's Naeshia McDowell about what communities can do to help children thrive.
Friday Factday: National Homeless Persons Remembrance Day
Today, the first day of winter, is recognized annually as National Homeless Persons Remembrance Day. Sponsored since 1990 by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, this day of recognition is intended to bring attention to the nation's homeless population and to encourage action for their [...]
Monday Mapday: New DASH Tool to Visualize Equitable Target Areas (ETAs)
How do local governments decide where to invest public funds? Better yet, how can local governments help ensure that these investments are distributed to projects in an equitable manner? Unfortunately, there is no single, easy answer. However, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has created an interactive equity analysis tool to help address these questions. [...]
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Friday Factday: 2018 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey Results ReleasedFriday Factday: 2018 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey Results Released
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Friday Factday: 2018 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey Results Released
Now in its sixth year, the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Metro Atlanta Speaks survey offers a snapshot of residents’ viewpoints on the area’s top challenges, local assets and what matters most to them. The survey polls residents from 13 metro counties on questions about transportation, the economy, amenities and quality of life, civic engagement and [...]
Monday Mapday: Wide Life Expectancy Gap in the Metro Region
Based on recently-released data from the U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP), average life expectancy can be shown to vary greatly across relatively short distances in the U.S., with income, race/ethnicity, and education being the primary drivers of these differences. Produced through a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the [...]
Web Wednesday: What’s New from the Census Bureau?
The Census Bureau has released-- over the last few weeks--two great new datasets that are worth a look: American Community Survey (ACS), 1-year estimates, 2017 American Housing Survey (AHS), 2017 Available through American FactFinder, the ACS 1-year has 2017 estimates for geographic areas with 60,000 people or more. The next ACS [...]
Web Wednesday: What’s Next ATL?
Looking for a place with all the latest news and info related to working, living, and commuting in the Atlanta Metro region? What's Next ATL bills itself as just that -- a one-stop shop for original blog posts, carefully selected links of local and national news, news releases from local government and non-profit [...]
Friday Factday: Workers with Disabilities
Signed on July 26, 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications, and state and local government services. While much progress has been made since the signing of the ADA, challenges persist in the pursuit of full [...]