Building Our Data Capacities to Respond to Household Need
Following the release of our first Hawai‘i Data Landscape report in early 2021, we set out to apply what we learned about the data challenges and opportunities to an urgent issue arguably only exacerbated by the pandemic: the struggle of households just trying to get by. Our decision to focus on data for those working to support households and communities in need led us to reach out to leaders across sectors with a guiding question: What are the opportunities for community to enhance its ability to gain and act on data insight to serve households in need?
While we learned that responding to one of the most pressing issues in Hawai‘i today is challenged fundamentally by limited data, our discussions with leaders across sectors demonstrated tremendous untapped data opportunity: relatively small investments in data capacity now will yield large returns in impact across households and communities into the future.
As we continue to listen and learn from leaders across sectors to gain their perspectives, we want to share what we learned so far, and invite you to read our report, “From Better Data to Better Outcomes for Households in Hawai‘i“ – our best representation of the breadth and depth of wisdom and aspiration held by these leaders toward a robust household need data ecosystem that ensures Hawai‘i’s households and communities are supported to thrive.
