Advocates discussed gathering better data and sharing it between a variety of organizations that haven't traditionally shared information Wednesday during a public hearing on a bill to address the bubble of 119,000 "disconnected youth" identified in a report released by Dalio Education last year.
A core aspect of the work of the Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData) centers around building data literacy skills for businesses, nonprofits, community organizations and individuals, as an element in advocating for the use of reliable data in public policy development and organizational decision-making.