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DATA SOURCES & DEFINITIONS

  

  Basic Supports
                  * Northwest Area Foundation Indicator Website [ www.indicators.nwaf.org ]
                  * Wilder Research Center Homelessness Survey, 2003
                  * Food Shelf Usage (data from Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank)
                        [www.northernlakesfoodbank.org]
                

  Demographics
                 * 2000 U.S. Census Data [www.census.gov]
                 * 1990 U.S. Census Data
                 * 1980 U.S. Census Data (not available)
                               

  Education
                  * MN Department of Education [www.education.state.mn.us]
                  * WINSS [www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/index.html]
                  * Minnesota Kids: A Closer Look, 2004 Databook
                  * Educational Attainment Data [www.childtrendsdatabank.org]
                  * Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
                  * Minnesota Department of Education

  Employment and Economics
                  * Virtually all of the labor market information including job vacancy, median
                     income, unemployment rates, etc. can be found at
www.deed.state.mn.us
                  * 2000 U.S. Census Data
                  * Source of information on living wages, Economic policy Institute
                    [www.epinet.org]
                  * Economic indicator data including poverty threshold data at                      www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget

  Health
                  * Bridge to Health 2000 ( no online sources; available in hard copy only)
                  * Northern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin Regional Health Status                     Survey
                  * Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program
                  * Minnesota Health Data and Statistics
                  * MN Center for Health Statistics
                  * Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services [www.dhfs.state.wi.us]

  Housing
                  * Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Duluth [www.duluthhousing.com]
                  * Superior Housing Authority[www.superiorhousing.org]
                  * 2000 U.S. Census
                  * St. Louis County Planning

   Public Safety
                  * Minnesota Department of Public Safety [www.dps.state.mn.us]
                  * Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance [oja.state.wi.us]
                  * Minnesota Kids Count 2000
                  * Annual Report to Governor and Legislature on Wisconsin Child Abuse &                      Neglect [dhfs.wisconsin.gov/Children]
                  * DAIN (Domestic Abuse Information Network)
                  * State of Wisconsin Department of Justice, Office of Crime Victim Services 2001                     [www.doj.state.wi.us/cvs]









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