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CDI Projects
May 2011

  • The San Angelo Social Health Indexing Project is a series of data indices for use by a variety of community stakeholders. The flagship of the project is the San Angelo Social Health Index which has been published since 2008. This index tracks 18 indicators of general community interest using the year 2000 as a baseline. The indicators focus on three domains: 1) conditions for children and the elderly; 2) household conditions; and 3) general economic and social conditions.

    A second product of the project was published for the first time in 2010. The Children of the Concho Valley Social Health Index uses the year 2000 as a baseline for data collection and tracking of twenty-one indicators focused on the educational, economic, health and safety conditions of youth in the 13 county region.  

    The San Angelo Neighborhood Development Index, first published in the spring of 2011, compares 19 city census tracts on 33 factors related to neighborhood development. Similarly, the San Angelo Index of Elders uses 30 indicators to compare the quality of life for seniors in the city’s neighborhoods. The Index of Elders was first published in the summer of 2011.

    • The San Angelo Social Health Index: This research project uses 18 indicators to index, measure, and track major social problems challenging the development of the San Angelo community since 2000.
    • Children of the Concho Valley Social Health Project: This research mirrors the KidsCount national index at the local level. It also incorporates additional factors, not available in the national KidsCount index that are of interest to the communities of the Concho Valley.
    • The San Angelo Neighborhood Development Index: This project measures the evidence on the development of San Angelo neighborhoods.
    • San Angelo Index of Elders: This index uses 30 indicators that describe elder residents that reside in San Angelo’s census tract neighborhoods.
    • *** These projects are on-going and updated annually.
  • The Neighborhood Action Investment League (The NAIL): In collaboration with the City of San Angelo Neighborhood and Family Services Division, CDI conducted a survey research project in 2009 focusing on the social, economic, and political needs of the city’s low-income neighborhoods.
  • Analyzing Public Attitude About San Angelo Transportation Needs: CDI conducted this 2009 survey research initiative in partnership with the San Angelo Metropolitan Planning Organization. The survey focused on public attitudes about transportation and local parental attitudes concerning safe routes to school.
  • Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice: CDI prepared demographic analysis and housing data in partnership with the City of San Angelo’s 2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  • Analyzing Public Attitudes toward Services Provided by the San Angelo Police Department: In partnership with CDI, the SAPD conducted this 2011 survey to assess the community’s perception of the police department and safety within the community. The SAPD is using survey results to ensure the highest quality of police services, provide a safer environment, identify training needs, and improve the operational functions of the department.
  • Children of the Concho Valley Social Health Project Updates: Click on the link to retrieve briefs Ms. Deborah Fuqua, a graduate student, wrote dealing with the WIC Program and Texas Math and reading TAKS pass rates for economically disadvantaged children.