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At the Trust, we use data to support ways to improve the health and quality of life of people with low incomes in Forsyth County and around the state. Our Data Resource Library now offers tools and reports relevant to our Health Improvement and Local Impact programs.  You can browse through all content or select topics such as ACES, Early Childhood Education, Medicaid, Social Determinants of Health and more.

About These Tools

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is presenting data tools developed by local NC partners and researchers, but did not create them. These tools may be subject to copyright, and should be used within the terms of use outlined in any copyright restrictions.

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We hope you find these tools useful. We advise you to keep in mind that the content in these tools may cover sensitive issues that could be triggering for certain individuals.

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North Carolina Early Care and Education Data Repository

Author: Early Years
Tool Type: Existing Data Sources, State Data Source, Sample Resources, Reports
Sample Resources

This is a data repository of early education monthly factsheets for all counties in North Carolina. The factsheets discuss everything from number and types of early care and education programs to the economic status childcare need of families within the county.

Smart Start Community Indicators

Author: Smart Start
Tool Type: Existing Data Sources, Sample Resources, Data Visualization
Sample Resources

The Smart Start Community Indicators data dashboard provides insights and visualization on early childhood indicators for North Carolina.

Opportunity Youth: County Level Estimates

Author: Carolina Population Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
Tool Type: Sample Resources, Data Visualization, Guides, Reports
Sample Resources

This blog post describes researchers’ methodology for calculating a Youth Opportunity indicator using the American Community Survey microdata or individual record data.

Forsyth County | Healthy Communities

Author: Healthy Communities NC
Tool Type: Existing Data Sources
Existing Data Sources

This county level report explores 21 social determinants of health that the state will focus on for the Healthy NC 2030 initiative. This report includes data on disconnected youth and data that can track ACEs.

Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool

Author: Council on Environmental Quality
Tool Type: Existing Data Sources, Dashboard, National Data Source, State Data Source
Existing Data Sources

The Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool provides information about environmental health burdens on communities.

Census Reporter

Author: Census Reporter
Tool Type: Data Collection, Questionnaire / Survey, Existing Data Sources, National Data Source, State Data Source
Existing Data Sources

Census Reporter provides journalists with easy access to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Population and dollar figures are broken down by category: Demographics, Economics, Families, Housing and Social.

PLACES: Local Data for Better Health

Author: CDC, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation
Tool Type: Existing Data Sources, National Data Source, Sample Resources, Reports
Sample Resources

PLACES provides model-based, community-level analysis of 36 chronic-disease realated measures for all counties, states, and census tracts nationwide.