HDC Projects

Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative

Integration of data from multiple providers of services to opportunity youth in Hartford to develop a systems-level understanding of the services provided, the characteristics of youth served, and the outcomes of those services. This project advances the efforts of the Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative to provide a comprehensive picture of Opportunity Youth in Hartford.

Greater Hartford Area Reentry Welcome Center

The Re-Entry Welcome Center (RWC) opened in 2018 with a mission to welcome individuals returning home with support, resources, and referrals. HDC's data integration work supports the evaluation of the first three years of the Center, to assess what is working well and to what extent participant outcomes are achieved.

Hartford UNITY

UNITY programs are funded by the City of Hartford to engage children and youth after the COVID-19 pandemic. All providers that receive over $5,000 in City funds are required to join the Hartford Data Collaborative (HDC).

North Hartford Ascend Pipeline

HDC is part of a five year, multi-partner, cross-sector effort designed to improve the lives of children in North Hartford under a new $30 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Ascend Pipeline will serve as a comprehensive prenatal through career effort designed to help children in North Hartford reach their full potential by improving academic outcomes, developmental trajectories, long-term well-being, and quality of life. Led by Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health, HDC collaborates with the City of Hartford, Hartford Public Schools, the University of Hartford and additional partners as part of the Data & Evaluation Team. HDC will facilitate the ethical and permissible sharing of data; streamline existing data-sharing processes; link siloed data sets; and improve data transparency among providers and residents.

Hartford Youth Data Fellowship

The Hartford Youth Data Fellowship is a program for Hartford youth ages 17-24 that provides them with the tools and experience they need to engage and analyze data about their communities. The program is managed by CT Data Collaborative through the Hartford Data Collaborative (HDC), a network of Hartford area non-profit organizations, government agencies, and philanthropic partners that facilitates data sharing and integration among its partners.   

HDC partners with schools and youth-serving organizations in Hartford to recruit youth to participate in a five-month after-school program with workshops about data literacy, analysis, and visualizations. Youth serve as co-researchers to share their lived experience growing up in Hartford and its impact on their development in their data insights. The fellowship program addresses a need for increased data literacy among residents, provides Hartford youth with career development opportunities, and allows them to create a data project that can be part of their resume or portfolio.