Iowa’s Extension and Outreach leadership identified the need for a statewide community data infrastructure to support precision funding and targeted education in response to COVID-19. This project utilized the Community Capitals Framework to identify, collect, and spatially map county-level indicators of human, financial, natural, and social assets related to upward economic mobility. Interactive data tools were designed to support Extension leadership in identifying and monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on rural community recovery. Dashboards are intended to be paired with CES administrative files, so leaders can visually identify opportunities to more effectively match resource/programming supports with community needs.
Project Team
The Develop a Community Capitals Data Infrastructure to Support Community Economic Mobility project was completed in 2020 by the following team members.
Cass Dorius
Project Co-Lead
Todd Abraham
Project Co-Lead
Christopher Seeger
Project Co-Lead