If funded, proposal would back neighborhood data partnerships

The proposal authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to fund up to five neighborhood data collaborative pilots. Each pilot must include at least one regional planning organization, one local nonprofit, and three neighborhood associations, with shared governance and resident leadership. The bill states the Legislature’s intent to appropriate $250,000 for this work, but does not itself provide that money. Pilot sites should reflect geographic and community diversity and show readiness to begin implementation. The pilots would be time-limited, but the proposal gives no start or end date.

Each neighborhood data collaborative pilot must send an annual report electronically to the Legislature. The reporting duty applies to each neighborhood data collaborative pilot program. Reports would be due annually; the proposal gives no first due date.