AISP Toolkit Feb25 2025 - Flipbook - Page 29
Black Researchers Collective, Community Capacity Building
Glenance Green & Shari Runner
Black Researchers Collective is a capacity-building collective “taking research to the streets.” They
equip communities with tools to understand research, data, and policy, so these communities can be
their own self-advocates.
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Iowa’s Integrated Data System for Decision-Making (I2D2), Collaborative
Inquiry Agenda Setting
Heather Rouse
Iowa’s Integrated Data System for Decision-Making (I2D2) integrates human service, education, and
health data to identify priority issue areas and inform program and policy support. I2D2 is led by a
Governing Board composed of directors from the agencies that contribute data: the Departments
of Education, Health and Human Services, Workforce Development, and Economic Development
Authority, and the Iowa Head Start Association.
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Mecklenburg County Community Support Services, Building Staff Capacity
Mary Ann Priester
In 2014, Mecklenburg County (NC) Community Support Services invested in two new positions
tasked with improving data collection, access, and community use of data: the Homelessness
Management Information System (HMIS) Administrator and the Homelessness & Housing Data and
Research Coordinator. Both positions demonstrate an investment in the organization’s commitment
to collecting high-quality, useful, and timely data, and putting those assets into the hands of
community organizations and members.
CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE DATA LIFE CYCLE
Team Formation and Governance
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