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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the 2020 Community Assessment Report developed by the Ohio Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. The following report exists to provide a biennial benchmark regarding the community factors that impact the experiences of Ohio’s children.
By using publically available data sets - particularly the AMerican Community Survey - in conjunction with outcome measurement data regularly gathered within the CACs netowrk, we aim to provide transparent insight into how Ohio’s CACs are meeting communties where they are and providing healing to Ohio’s children and families.
This report is developed to assist our CACs, partner agencies, grantors, legislators, and other community stakeholders. Secondary data referenced in this report is from calendar year 2019 or 2020, unless otherwise indicated. This is due to varying intervals in which these different data reporting sources collect their information.
Because this assessment is largely based upon secondary data, it should be con- sidered a starting point to developing a more comprehensive understanding of community conditions, where the perspectives of residents, stakeholders, and organizations will provide a critical context and insight into actual ground-level experiences and needs.
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