The Rural Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Hub, or Opioid Hub, was developed to help communities analyze and disseminate data and outcomes on opioid issues in rural communities. The tools and data available in the Opioid Hub are now available on the Missouri Recovery Friendly Workplaces site: https://recoveryfriendlymo.com/assessment-tool/.
In 2023, CARES assisted ArtsKC with an asset mapping project. CARES provided data validation and data cleaning services to support the development of an arts-focused community dashboard. The dashboard can be viewed here: https://dashboards.mysidewalk.com/artskc-regional-impact-dashboard-regional-data-8457533b60bd/regional-cultural-arts-inventory.
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.
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 provided data to the healthcare strategy team at Guidehouse for analysis and use in a health needs assessment.
The Building Regional Resilience Hub was active between 2018 and 2024 and provided counties across the nation with a resilience index and underlying data to support the creation and enactment of community resilience plans.
Boone County Food Coalition brings together local stakeholders to address food insecurity in the Boone County area. CARES provided data acquisition and mapping services to the Coalition.
CARES provides data to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department for analysis and use in their community health needs assessments.
This report examines racial disparity in Columbia (MO) Police Department traffic stops across age, sex, varying levels of geography, reasons for initiating post-stop searches, post-search outcomes, and factors that predict the likelihood that a stopped driver is Black. Disparity, discrimination, and racial bias in policing have been historically, and continue to be, an important policy issue.