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SAVICommunity Information System

SAVI: Social Assets and Vulnerabilities Indicators

The Polis Center at IUPUI

SAVICommunityInformationSystem

What is SAVI?

One-stop shop for data about Central Indiana

• Boone • Brown • Hamilton • Hancock • Hendricks • Johnson

•Madison •Marion •Morgan •Putnam•Shelby


SAVI Data


SAVI is a Database

SAVI provides data in the following major categories:

• Arts, culture, and recreation• Demographics• Economy• Education• Health• Housing• Natural features (streams, rivers, etc.)• Political and administrative boundaries• Public assistance• Sites, programs, and agencies (community assets)• Transportation and mobility


Geographic Levels

SAVI data are summarized by:• Counties• Townships• School Corporations• Neighborhoods• Census Tracts• Census Block Groups• City Limits• ZIP Codes


Community Assets

SAVI provides point locations of many programs and services:• Banks• Community Development Corporations• Libraries• Licensed Day Care Centers• Licensed Home Day Cares• Local Health Departments• Parks (Points)• Places of Worship• Playgrounds (2002)• Registered Day Care Ministries• Schools• United Way Agencies(Not a comprehensive list)


SAVI Interactivewww.savi.org


Community Profiles


New Web Developments: Community Profiles

1,934 Community Profiles – dynamically generated• Provide an overview of the community’s

demographic composition, economy, housing, education, health, and history (when available)

County 11

Township 119

School corporation 65

Census tract 351

Census block group 1,143

Neighborhood 245


Create a Custom Community


Building a Custom Community

SAVI allows users to create their own community boundary and then provides them with a customized profile of that community.

There are 4 ways to build a community:

1. Select from a list of pre-defined geographic areas such as census tracts

2. Select geographic areas from a map

3. Choose by specifying a distance around an asset such as a school

4. Choose by specifying a distance around an address


An Example of Building a Community by Clicking on the Map

• In this example, the user combined 6 counties to represent the United Way service area.


View a Profile of Your Custom Community


This tool allows you to highlight the bounding streets of your area of interest to assist in building your custom community.

Example - Select:•Arlington Ave.•Emerson Ave. •42nd St.•30th St.

Street Highlighter Tool

This is the result of your street search using the street highlighter tool.


After you create a community, you can view it on the map along with other data. In this example, it helps me identify that there are 4 parks, 1 library, 5 playgrounds, and 1 youth program within my custom community.

View Your Custom Community on the Map


Save Your Work


My SAVI

Users can save their data, maps, charts, etc by creating a free account!


Interactive Mapping


Data Selection

Users can search for data by category using a simple click interface.


Users can then view the data displayed on an interactive map.


The map allows users to zoom in and out and pan around.


SAVI allows you to view several layers together. In this case, schools, libraries, and educational attainment.


View Tabular Data


Query Tool


Query (Find) Feature

• The Query tool allows users to • Find a site, program, or agency based on its

name.• Find an area (geographic boundary) based on its

name or identifier.• Find areas based on socio-economic

characteristics.• Users can then view their results on a map.


Query (Find) Feature

• This is an example showing 2000 Census Tracts where population reporting ethnicity of Hispanic (as % of total population) is more than

10%. • Using the option Find areas based on socio-economic

characteristics.


Interactive Charts & Graphs


Charts and Graphs

SAVI charts and graphs are interactively built by users using a simple wizard. Users choose the geographic area, year(s), and indicators they want to chart.

• Pie Charts• Line Graphs• Bar Charts


Charts & Graphs

Users can create charts for a single community or compare communities.


Charts & Graphs

SAVI contains 15 years of data. The charts and graphs allow users to view trends over time.


Charts & Graphs

This example compares 4 school corporations across 5 years.


Using Your Own Data with SAVI


Mapping Your Data

Users can upload their own addresses or GPS points and map them along with other SAVI data.


Example Showing User GPS Points

Zooming in Reveals Points Overlaid on Detailed Aerial Photography

Users can upload pictures and type in text describing each point, allowing users to incorporate anecdotal information. When you click on the point on the map, this information is displayed.


Reference Room - Data Links


SAVI Provides Links to Other Data Resources Arranged by Category


How Can You Use SAVI?


Most Common Uses of SAVI

• Community assessment • Identifying need for services• Understanding community issues of concern

• Grant application development• Statement of need• Plan of work (identifying collaborating partners)• Evaluation (measuring outcomes)

• Strategic planning• Membership/client mapping• Understanding the communities where members/clients live• Understanding need for services• Communicating with stakeholders (visualizing the problem)

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