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Center for Social Research | North Dakota State UniversityCommunity Healthcare Association of the Dakotas

March 2019

ND Compass PresenterKendra Erickson-DockterProject Director

What is North Dakota Compass?

• Social indicators project

• Free resource

• Access to quality data & information

• One-stop & easily accessible source for Up-to-date, reliable, & unbiased data

ND Compass Community & Support

Members

Major foundations

TOPI

CS •Aging•Children & Youth•Civic Engagement•Demographics•Disparities•Early Childhood•Economy•Education•Environment•Health •Housing•Workforce

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FILE

S •State•Region•County•Metropolitan

Area•Micropolitan Area•Native American

Reservation Area•Legislative

Districts

•NEW! City Profiles population 1000+ CO

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CAPI

TALS •Natural

•Cultural•Human•Social•Political•Financial•Built

Curated collections of data Variety of ways to find data

What does ND Compass offer?

• Provides:• Raw data• Graphics - Variety of formats• Data appropriate graphics

• Ability to embed graphics in aword document or PowerPoint

What does ND Compass offer?Data ready to go in an user friendly format

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Opportunity for Growth

• Grant writing• Research • Performance monitoring• Assessments – Needs & impact• Planning & Development – Community, project,

program, & service • Presentations• Educating others • Creating a common foundation to start conversations• Networking & collaboration• Decision making

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Thank You!

Kendra Erickson-Dockter, kendra.erickson@ndsu.edu