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A Decade of Decline: College-Going Rates in Central Indiana

A Decade of Decline: College-Going Rates in Central Indiana

An analysis of Central Indiana high schools shows that declines in college-going rates impact everyone, from affluent suburban communities to economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Children Transfer Often at Charter Schools, Low-Income Schools

Children Transfer Often at Charter Schools, Low-Income Schools

When a student changes schools often, it can impact education outcomes. Charter schools tend to have the highest transfer rates, and a school's share of students from low-income families has a strong relationship to transfer rates.

What Can the Opportunity Atlas Tell Us About Indianapolis?

What Can the Opportunity Atlas Tell Us About Indianapolis?

The newly released Opportunity Atlas shows that children born in different neighborhoods can have vastly different outcomes. Children born in Indianapolis urban core have lower household incomes than those born in northern suburbs.

In Neighborhoods North of Speedway, Diversity Among Highest in Indy

In Neighborhoods North of Speedway, Diversity Among Highest in Indy

Though they developed as all-white suburbs between 1940 and 1970, the neighborhoods near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are some of the densest and most diverse in Indianapolis.

Reported Domestic Violence Victims Declining, but Most Cases Are Dropped or Dismissed

Reported Domestic Violence Victims Declining, but Most Cases Are Dropped or Dismissed

The number of domestic violence victims appears to be declining, but most cases are not reported and most reported cases have charges dropped or dismissed.

Magazines
Spring 2015 Health Edition

Spring 2015 Health Edition

The Spring 2015 Health edition of the SAVI online magazine features stories on how SAVI is working with the Nurse-Family Partnership to support infant health, how we are contributing to community health assessments, and more.

Reports
Domestic Violence in Marion County Criminal Justice System – 2022

Domestic Violence in Marion County Criminal Justice System – 2022

  Read the Report Explore the Dashboard This is an update to our 2018 report. By combining data from different elements of the ...

Worlds Further Apart

Worlds Further Apart

Read the Report In our updated analysis of 104 ZIP Codes in the metro area (2014-2018), we identified the ...

Domestic Violence in Marion County

Domestic Violence in Marion County

This report "matches" people across six domestic violence data sets to find the number of unique victims and perpetrators in Marion County.

Domestic Violence in the Criminal Justice System: Marion County, IN

Domestic Violence in the Criminal Justice System: Marion County, IN

Read the Report Up to now, it has been very difficult to generate statistics describing the state of domestic violence in Marion ...

Domestic Violence in Marion County

Domestic Violence in Marion County

Read the Report Given the recent high-profile domestic violence cases in the news this month, it is very timely to recognize the ...

Case Studies
Breaking the cycle: How data-informed support for low-income mothers helps children excel

Breaking the cycle: How data-informed support for low-income mothers helps children excel

Poverty has profound effects on the social, emotional, and intellectual development of children from low-income homes. Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana’s Nurse-Family Partnership pairs low-income, first-time mothers with nurses who help them meet the challenges of being a new parent. SAVI and other resources facilitate the pairing of nurses with mothers.

Edna Martin Christian Center Receives Grant with Help from SAVI

Edna Martin Christian Center Receives Grant with Help from SAVI

The Edna Martin Christian Center (EMCC) has been an anchor of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood on the near-northeast side of ...

SAVI at the Children’s Museum

SAVI at the Children’s Museum

How does a major cultural institution with a national focus reach its neighbors? That was the problem facing The Children’s Museum of ...

Helping Central Indiana’s Most Vulnerable Infants

Helping Central Indiana’s Most Vulnerable Infants

Nurse-Family Partnership is partnering with SAVI to identify strategies for increasing program participation and improving its ...

Talent Alliance Helps Educators Make Data-Informed Decisions

Talent Alliance Helps Educators Make Data-Informed Decisions

The Central Indiana Talent Alliance recently released its third community report card, revealing an in-depth assessment of performance ...

Events
State of Aging in Central Indiana: Are we ready to help older adults age in place?

State of Aging in Central Indiana: Are we ready to help older adults age in place?

This webinar is the first of a two-part series that will explore whether or not we are ready to help older adults in Central Indiana age in place. This first part will describe the community-dwelling older adult population in the context of the available caregiver and healthcare workforce.