by Jim Dowling | Oct 7, 2013 | Community Development, Demographics
Changes in Owner Occupied Houses in the KI EcoCenter Area: Block Group Units Comparing 2000 and 2010 Census Data By Jim Scheurich, PhD A change over time in owner occupied houses is one way to examine whether a community is growing, remaining stable, or growing in...
by Jim Dowling | Sep 11, 2013 | Demographics
By Michelle Jones 77 million people were born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964. (U.S. Census) Every 7 seconds, an American turns 50—that’s more than 12,500 people every day! (U.S. Census) For the first time ever, seniors comprise the largest size and...
by Jim Dowling | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week the Governor’s Conference on Service and Nonprofit Capacity Building hosts participated in a Twitter chat and shared their insights on nonprofit best practices. Did you miss attending the Twitter chat?Not to worry! We’ve captured it...
by Jim Dowling | Jun 20, 2013 | Health, Poverty & Income
By Sharon Kandris It’s clear that hunger and food insecurity are growing problems in Central Indiana. We’ve recently partnered with two Central Indiana organizations (Northside Mission Ministry of Second Presbyterian Church and United Way of Central Indiana)...
by Jim Dowling | Jun 13, 2013 | Children & Families, Demographics
One in three children in America grow up without a father in the home. Seventy-three percent of Black children in the U.S. are born to single parents. Only 16% of these single parents are men. These troubling statistics shed light on the fact that the absence of a...