Opportunity maps are excellent tools for visualizing the dynamics of place, race, and policy. They can be helpful in providing education and outreach about inequities. When combined with local knowledge about communities, they can also be used to measure the success of efforts to promote equity and diversity.
The Mobility App is designed to help people with government housing vouchers like Housing Choice Vouchers and Rental Assistance Certificates explore communities to which they may want to move. Such areas include higher opportunity areas that many voucher families have difficulty accessing due to a variety of barriers.
Health outcomes vary widely across geographies. Use this health disparities map to explore how health outcomes differ throughout Connecticut and across opportunity levels.
There is a role for every town in Connecticut in meeting the affordable housing needs of all of Connecticut residents—and the need is enormous. Use this map to explore what each town's fair share of affordable housing is.
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