CARES, in partnership with Colorado State University, engaged in a series of listening and design sessions with stakeholders from across CSU Extension to learn more about their data needs and potential solutions. CARES summarized and synthesized findings from the sessions and delivered recommendations and a roadmap to CSU OEE for review and planning.
CARES hosts and updates a series of local public health dashboards that provide citizens and the media with easy access to data on reportable diseases. Data are shown for more than 15 diseases in the county with benchmarks for previous years. CARES hosts dashboards for Andrew, Butler, Carter, Cass, Cooper, and Harrison counties in Missouri.
All Things Nebraska serves as Nebraska’s central data and mapping resource for policy-makers, business owners, farmers, and community organizations working to resolve issues related to: agriculture, economic development, health, well-being, and safety. All Things Nebraska provides access to national, state, and local (Nebraska-sourced) data all in one platform. It hosts the Nebraska Map Room and tools to support University of Nebraska Extension programs and services.
The Inland Northwest Insights Hub was active between 2018 and 2022. The Hub was a collaborative effort between regional grantmaking foundations, community health experts, and social service providers that serve counties throughout the Inland Northwest. The Hub was supported by contributions from the Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation, Syringa Hospital, Idaho Community Foundation, and Innovia Foundation.
CARES maintains and curates mobroadband.org (formerly known as the Missouri Broadband Resource Rail) and supports broadband research and projects through data collection, analysis, and mapping. CARES supports the Broadband Needs Assessment, Map Galleries, Digital Asset Map, and the underlying technology for the site. MoBroadband is a project of the Office of Engagement and Extension at the University of Missouri and is governed by the UM Broadband Steering Committee.
Missouri’s Recovery Friendly Workplaces program promotes employee safety, health, and well-being by reducing stigma and providing recovery resources related to the challenges surrounding substance use disorders. The Recovery Friendly Workplaces Hub provides resources to employers on how to become a recovery friendly workplace.
The Oklahoma Vocational Rehabilitation Hub supports ETS (employment transition services) specialists in entering data and reporting students’ use of services. Data are aggregated to meet federal reporting requirements and used by staff at the Oklahoma Career Center. Data are stored in secure databases due to sensitive student information.
CARES provides widgets to the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies to assist local Community Action Agency staff in the development of Community Needs Assessments (CNAs). IACAA hosts CARES Data Tools on the IACAA organizational website. CARES provides access to core indicators for assessing and addressing poverty.
CARES provided data to the healthcare strategy team at Guidehouse for analysis and use in a health needs assessment.
CARES hosted a suite of COVID-19 data dashboards at the national, state, and local levels between 2020 and 2023 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.