Connecting decision makers with the information
they need to strengthen our children and families
Advocates
Federal Govt
Foundations
State
Agencies
Local Govt
Private Sources
Community Based
Nonprofits
Organizations

Juvenile Judges
Child Welfare Programs
Public Health Agencies
After School Programs
Tutoring Programs
Child Abuse Prevention Programs
Substance Abuse Programs
Mental Health Programs
Pre-K Programs
Child Care Programs
Child Advocates
Community Foundations
Legislators
Governor
State Agencies
Police
County Commissions
Schools
Etc.……………………………………….
Non-GIS, Non-IT, Non-Technical, Non-Statisticians

Network of
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Agencies and
Communities
• Know what is available
• Know where to get it
• See the big picture

Planning and Evaluation

Tool for Agencies,
Programs and
Communities
• Identify Areas of Need
• Visualize Effectiveness
• Focus Resources
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Grant Writing Tool

• Find Numbers
• Explain and Validate Need
• Save Time
• Enhance Proposals / Grants

Communication Tool

• Advocacy
• Lobbying
• Media

To consolidate varying sources of health

and social services data from State and
non-for-profit organizations into a single
location
Goals
To present client-side, desktop levels of

functionality to users through a web
environment
There are NO INTERNAL SUPPORT STAFF

AVAILABLE
Information must be presented in a

Conditions
manner that users require NO
FAMILIARIZATION WITH GIS

Tabular
Data
Spatial Units
Shapefiles ArcIMS v9.1

 Based on existing model
 Established technology
Strengths
 Simplistic server-side interfaces
 Multiple steps
 Slow response times
Weaknesses
 Difficult to manage and input
data

Tabular
Data
SQL Server
2005
ArcGIS
Spatial Units
Server v9.2
ArcSDE v9.2

 Spatial, demographic, and
statistical data browsing
 Report viewing and exporting
 Basic mapping (i.e. visual analysis,
measurements, coordinates,
overlays, feature identification,
etc.)

 Few steps
 Robust architecture
Strengths
 Simplistic server-side interfaces
 Evolving
data model
 New technology
Weaknesses
 Hardware dependencies

ArcGIS Server Microsoft SQL Server
REST Web Services
ArcGIS Flex
API

Data organization is critical
1.
Spatial data needs to be generalized
2.
Aggregate web services using
3.
HTTPService are really fast and easy
Take the time to understand the
4.
asynchronous model used in Flex
Don’t be afraid to pre-process
5.