The Missouri Community Action Network Data Hub is designed to assist local Community Action Agency staff in the development of Community Needs Assessments (CNAs). Launched in the early 2000’s, Missouri CAN was our first Community Needs Assessment report. The Missouri CAN Data Hub provides access to core secondary indicators for assessing and addressing poverty. The Hub also provides Missouri CAA’s with access to state-sourced data and a full Map Room.
The Missouri Ag Intel portal promotes the growth of alternative crops among farmers in the state. This University of Missouri project has created a website to provide tools such as maps to visualize available nearby markets and farms as well as information on how to improve management skills (labor, sales, marketing, etc.) and learn about crop growing requirements (weather, soil type, etc.).
The Lehigh Valley Community Hub has been a CARES partner for 10+ years. The Lehigh Valley Hub supports leaders working toward community change with a focus on cross-sector data-driven collaboration. The intent of the Hub is to encourage the sharing of data and the use of data to effect change throughout the lifespan of an initiative.
The Grazing Wedge tool is designed to provide farmers with best practices for forage management, including strategies for forage optimization by measuring forage growth and rotation. The Grazing Wedge tool allows users to draw farm and paddock layouts, enter data, and visualize forage status.
In 2018, the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center and Mercer University partnered with CARES to provide the state of Georgia and its public health entities with a custom community health needs assessment (CHNA), Map Room, and a Health Asset Finder. These tools were all launched as widgets, or embeddable tools, and can be found on at https://georgiaruralhealth.org
ExploreTNHealth was launched in 2019 in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association. ExploreTNHealth provides zip-code level rankings across major health behaviors and health outcomes in the state.
ExploreMOHealth was launched in 2018 with support from the Missouri Hospital Association and the Health Indicators Data Institute (HIDI). ExploreMOHealth provides zip-code level rankings across major health behaviors and health outcomes in the state.