(SAVANNAH, Ga.) The Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition (CGIC) released new data for Chatham County health indicators at its bi-monthly Big CGIC Team Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
The indicators focus on spending-to-income ratios with health insurance, childcare, utilities, food and health care and housing.
The new data also breaks down Spending-to-Income Ratio Indicators for Chatham County by race/ethnicity of household and subcategories of spending that comprise each indicator (e.g., Owned Housing, Rented Housing).
“CGIC’s Community Health Dashboard is a powerful toolbox for organizations seeking information for projects or funding opportunities,’ said Lizann Roberts, executive director, Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition. “The data helps our community make better decisions on where we allocate financial resources both public and private. It helps us determine if programs are effective and create outcomes for better well-being for residents we serve.”
Roberts said if an organization needs statistics about ‘adults without health insurance,’ for example, they can key those words into the database for census numbers showing that 17% of Savannah’s population is uninsured, Chatham County’s uninsured number is 14.7%, and for Garden City, the rate is 21.2%.
Over 50 representatives from city and county government agencies and local leaders of health and service organizations attended the event, held at the Live Oak Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn Street, in Savannah.
CGIC hosts and regularly updates the largest data hub in the community with 250 community-level indicators covering four coastal counties. The coalition has led the development of the Chatham Community Blueprint since 2014. The purpose of this long-term plan is to strategically move the community towards accomplishing specified goals in four key theme areas: Economy, Education, Health and Quality of Life. The Coalition hosts a “Big CGIC Meeting” on the first Wednesday of every other month in Savannah. The CGIC has previously offered and is currently scheduling future workshops to teach people how to use its database.
ABOUT COASTAL GEORGIA INDICATORS COALITION
The Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition (CGIC) is comprised of community members and advocates working together through a comprehensive coordinated approach for planning accountability. It serves as a collaboration of resource agencies addressing overall health and well-being while leveraging resource initiatives. The purpose of the Coalition is to improve community well-being by engaging and leading the community to work collectively in its development of strategic priorities that guide policy, programs and resource allocation. CGIC is the responsible organization for the development, and with partners, the implementation of the Chatham Community Blueprint. CGIC has strength and capacity related to leadership, management, systems and partnerships.
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