VITAL SIGNS 4

The annual series of reports on the Vital Signs – is available for download

Now you can see the progress in Baltimore! Here are some highlights:

--Mortgage foreclosures

--Violent crime

--Teen birth rate

--Median days on the market fell 46 percent since 2000, from 52 days to 28 days - homes are selling faster than ever!

Get more trends on sanitation, education, housing, environment and more!

Go to the Indicators section for more details on how you can access Vital SIgns 3!

Using the Vital Signs

Learn to use the Vital Signs in a "results-based approach to decision making" process. This approach enables groups and communities to put the Vital Signs and other indicators into action, and is a systematic way to:

Develop long-term results and outcome indicators to help track progress.

Utilize the outcomes to plan strategies and direct resources for long term to neighborhood improvement,

Understand the overall impact these strategies have on changing neighborhood conditions.

Find out more in the Training section!

Vital Signs by census tract - closest level to neighborhood level

Now you can get MOST of the Vital Signs at the census tract level on the interactive mapping system AND in tables to download. Go to the Indicators section for details!

Vital Signs 3 on Community Statistical Area Profiles

Fact sheets with the list of the Vital Signs by Community Statistical Area are now available! Now you can download a PDF file of the Vital Signs for your Community Statistical Area! Go to the Indicators section for more details!

This website is brought to you by the University of Baltimore JFI/Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance is an Alliance of diverse groups committed to promoting, supporting and making better decisions using accurate and accessible data and indicators for improving the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods.

This unique Alliance builds on and coordinates the related work of citywide nonprofit organizations, city and state government, neighborhoods, foundations, businesses and universities to support and strengthen the principle and practice of well informed decision making for change toward strong neighborhoods, improved quality of life, and a thriving city.

While each affiliated organization continues in its own way to promote this principle, their work is coordinated and mobilized through through involvement with the Alliance to move this principle forward in a more comprehensive and powerful away focusing on supporting neighborhood improvement and and serving the neighborhoods of Baltimore City.

The affiliated organizations contribute their strengths to provide this valuable resource for neighborhoods.

Browse through this website to learn more about the Alliance and the resources we provide!

Contact the Alliance with questions.