>> Report: “How Young Children Feel is as Important as How They Think” (October 2005)
California is making progress toward the goal of universally available, quality early childhood development programs. Public and political pressures to raise academic achievement often overshadow the central message of brain development research: that young children's social and emotional development is key to cognitive growth.

 
>> Keeping Youth Safe: A Report on Violence Prevention in the Bay Area (February 2005)
A variety of indicators on the well-being of youth throughout the Bay Area as well as the availability of youth violence prevention resources and services.

 
>> Getting the Grade - Accountability in Progress: Testing in Bay Area Elementary Schools (February 2004)
A progress report on standardized testing in Elementary Schools in the 7-county Bay Area and ranks schools on school and student achievement. Also see the Frequently Asked Questions and Glossary on Standardized Testing and Accountability.

 
>> Girls on the Edge: A Report on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System (February 2003)
Trends related to the growing number of young girls involved in the juvenile justice system and an introduction to United Way's Girls Justice Initiative.

 
>> An Assessment of Early Literacy Skills and Effects Associated with Raising A Reader (2003)
An assessment of children's early literacy skills and the effects associated with the Raising A Reader program in San Francisco.

 
>> Report: Employers and Children's Health: Creating a Roadmap for the Future (Summer 2005)
United Way and The California Endowment convened top business leaders to discuss crisis of the uninsured and specifically what can be done at a policy level to guarantee that all children in California have access to health insurance coverage.

 
>> Report: Solano and Napa Providers Brace for Elderly Population Boom (October 2005)
Action must be taken today to prepare for a projected senior population boom by 2030, according to a new report released by United Way of the Bay Area and the Solano Community Foundation.

 
>> The Bottom Line: Setting the Real Standard for Bay Area Working Families (September 2004)
In-depth profiles of nine Bay Area counties showing the number of families in each county that are not earning enough to cover basic necessities as defined by the Self Sufficiency Standard.

 
>>Ready or Not: Ensuring Bay Area Nonprofits Can Serve During Disaster (February 2007)
A concentrated poverty neighborhood is one in which 40% of the residents are living below the adapted Federal Poverty Line. Includes a breakdown by county and neighborhood.

Down load the Ready or Not [pdf]

 
>> MAP: Concentrated Poverty Neighborhoods of the Bay Area (December 2004)
A concentrated poverty neighborhood is one in which 40% of the residents are living below the adapted Federal Poverty Line. Includes a breakdown by county and neighborhood. Also see the Concentrated Poverty Neighborhood Statistical Report

 
>> Bay Area Nonprofit Pulse Survey (April 2005)
The Bay Area's resilient nonprofit sector is tackling an unflagging increase in service demand by stabilizing revenues, service and staffing levels, while maintaining strong volunteer support.

• United Way Survey: Nonprofits Need More Professional Volunteers (June 2007)

Download the Graphic Summary

• As Holidays Approach, Bay Area Nonprofits Are Optimistic (November 2006)

Download the Nonprofit Pulse Survey

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• Most Bay Area Nonprofits Unfazed by Hurricane Katrina Donor Fatigue (June 2006)

Download the Graphic Summary

• Bay Area Nonprofits Adapt to Tough Funding Climate (April 2005)

Download the Fact Sheet

 
>> MAP: Concentrated Poverty Neighborhoods of the Bay Area (December 2004)
A concentrated poverty neighborhood is one in which 40% of the residents are living below the adapted Federal Poverty Line. Includes a breakdown by county and neighborhood. Also see the Concentrated Poverty Neighborhood Statistical Report

 
>> State of the Bay Area: A Regional Report - Measuring Progress Toward Healthy and Self-Sufficient Families and Communities (2003)
Benchmarks for strengthening the safety, health and sustainability of the 9-county Bay Area, focusing on self-sufficiency, education, heath and safe communities. Click here for our interactive indicators tools for this report, which let's you create custom charts and graphs!

 
>> State of the Bay Area: A Regional Report - Pathways to Results, Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability (2003)
Benchmarks for strengthening the safety, health and sustainability of the 9-county Bay Area focusing on challenges related to sustainable development.

 
>> American Fact Finder
Source for finding Census data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

 
>> Bay Area Census
Selected Census 2000 data for the San Francisco Bay Area provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments.

 
>> Neighborhood Knowledge California (NKCA)
NKCA serves as statewide, interactive website that assembles and maps a variety of databases that can be used in neighborhood research, aimed at promoting greater equity in housing and banking policy. Users are also able to map their own communities by uploading their own datasets.

 
>> KIDS COUNT
KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S.

 
>> MTC Data Mart
Data on Bay Area transportation and traffic provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission