Partnership for a Healthier America previously hosted both a Hub and a Widget on the CARES Network. PHA is focused on encouraging healthier eating and lifestyles for children and young adults by improving local food environments. The ImPHAct Map, previously available on the PHA website, collects and displays information on corner stores and campuses who have committed to be PHA partners.
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 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 Well Connected Communties portal served as a resource for more than 39 communities across 17 states who were working towards meeting healthy living goals. Managed by CARES, the Well Connected Communities Hub provided grantees access to a robust Community Health Needs Assessment tool, County Health Rankings reports, quarterly reporting forms, resources from the field, and archived professional development events.
The National Community Action Partnership Hub provides Community Action Agencies around the country with access to reliable, standardized data for their Community Needs Assessment and reporting requirements. Hosting a custom CNA, full Map Room, and a specialized Housing Report, the National CAP Hub is a trusted resource for assessing and addressing issues related to poverty.
The SNAPEd National report provided data related to SNAP eligibility, SNAP participation, income and poverty levels, and other social determinants of health data.
The Creating Healthy Communities Ohio Hub was launched in 2015 by the Ohio Department of Health. The CHC Ohio Hub supported 20+ counties in Ohio with health-related policy, system, and environmental change strategy tracking, evaluation, and reporting. The Hub helped individual counties track progress on community health interventions and provided aggregate data to state-level managers for initiative-level metrics.
The Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health Hub, formerly the Lehigh Valley Community Hub, has been a CARES partner for 10+ years. The LPPIH 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.
NMTracker (Nutrient Management Tracker) is suite of online tools that support tactical nutrient management planning for farmers and ranchers. NMTracker supports mapping and data entry for nutrient management planning and integrates with the Purdue University Manure Management Planner (MMP). CARES has hosted NMTracker since 2011.
AgSite provides targeted information about property and farms across the state of Missouri. The AgSite report include data related to weather conditions, soil health, and native and threatened species. AgSite is designed to support risk assessments, land purchases, and guide investments.