Category: Research
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Florida Resource Map: User Experience Report
Last spring, FCI had the opportunity to partner with a team from the University of Michigan’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) to take a fresh look at the Florida Resource Map (FRM) through the eyes of the people who use it most. For a week, these Michigan Wolverines visited sunny central Florida and interviewed community leaders,…
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Exploring Marine Debris Data in Florida for a Healthier Ocean
Analysis by Chloe Bai As a Florida Community Innovation (FCI) student fellow, I have been supported to explore my longstanding interest in ocean health and data analysis. The work presented here analyzes citizen-collected data from the Marine Debris Tracker (MDT) project, with a focus on Florida’s coasts. Using insights from this data, I explore patterns…
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Enhancing Accessibility: Real-Time Capacity Tracking for Shelters and Resource Centers
Authors: University of Michigan, Reach Consulting Group: Subin Pyo, Leyre Orduna Abadia, Shakuntala Balusu, Benjamin Goldenstein, Ethan Hod, Elsa Pater, Harshal Vepamakula FCI Public Affairs Team: Mariana Garcia-Leal, Carissa Masselli, Aniqa Ahmed Table of Contents Prefer to read offline or share a copy? Click below to download the full report as a PDF. Executive Summary…
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Enhancing Workforce Inclusivity for People with Disabilities: Insights from Florida Community Innovation’s Students
Authors: Aniqa Ahmed, Caroline Nickerson, Yajie He, Corey Flores, Olivia Zhang, Maddie Kuennen, Antonio Migotto Editors: Carissa Masselli, Brooke Rowe, Zach Stanford, Madison Little I. Introduction & Background Florida Community Innovation (FCI) connects Florida’s citizens with trusted information and resources to navigate challenging times. We do this by empowering young innovators to build scalable social…
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FCI’s Take on Ethical Fundraising
Fundraising is a big part of how nonprofits keep going, but it can be tricky to do it in a way that’s fair and transparent. That’s why FCI students and volunteers came together to create this quick and easy guide to ethical fundraising. This guide emphasizes ethical fundraising practices—being transparent, respectful, and accountable to both…
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FCI Students Illustrate the Impacts of Climate Gentrification in Miami via a Data Walk, with the Aim of Inspiring Community Action
This blog post summarizes what we – Florida Community Innovation’s students and volunteers – have researched about the topic of climate gentrification, shares data visualizations we created, recounts our experience hosting a Data Walk about this topic in Miami, and shares ideas for how you can get involved to help with this topic. Read on,…
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Global Demographics of Human Trafficking Detection in Data
This project by Leila Ouhri of FCI’s SHINE Team aimed to visualize human trafficking data worldwide. Her research reveals challenges in data collection and highlights varying trends in victim demographics and exploitation methods.
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Our Gainesville Data Walk
Florida Community Innovation (FCI) is a nonprofit based in Florida that empowers young innovators to build social services technologies for their communities and engage in public service projects. FCI’s projects include the Florida Community Resource Map – which will match Floridians in need to food banks, job resources, and more – as well as a…
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Summer 2022: American University School of Public Affairs Graduate Student Research on Enhancing Stakeholder Participation
Citations: Report: Arnesen, M. Brown, R. & Maher, E. (2022). Enhancing Stakeholder Participation for Florida Community Innovation. American University. Toolkit: Arnesen, M. Brown, R. & Maher, E. (2022). Incentive Toolkit. American University. Building on research conducted by American University graduate students in Spring 2022, FCI requested Summer 2022 graduate students to conduct research and develop an outreach and strategy…
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Spring 2022: American University School of Public Affairs Graduate Student Research on Municipal Outreach and how Municipalities in Florida Help Beneficiaries Access Resources
Citation: Lambert, D. Lowry, M. Roy, H. & Reesman Brown, A. (2022). Municipal Outreach Strategy Recommendations for Florida Community Innovation. American University In Spring 2022, FCI parntered with graduate student researchers in American University’s School of Public Affairs Department of Public Administration and Policy to conduct policy research about local governments and service provision in…
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Spring 2022: University of Michigan School of Information Graduate Student Research on the Needs of Social Workers in Florida
Citation: Fanaras, N, Gilhool, A, Mandagere, P, and Zhou, L. Understanding Florida Social Workers Workflow. University of Michigan School of Information. April 2022. In Spring 2022, FCI partnered with graduate student researchers from the University of Michigan’s School of Information to improve the user experience (UX) of the Florida Community Resource Map and to study the needs…