United Way’s Knowledge Center uses evidence to guide solutions to alleviate poverty and improve life outcomes for people experiencing poverty. The goal is to increase our region’s understanding of the drivers of poverty and what impact investments yield.
Through the Knowledge Center, we are building a measurement and accountability framework to better understand what works and why when it comes to alleviating poverty in Philadelphia and beyond.
The Community Data Hub is an interactive mapping tool powered by PolicyMap to allow community partners and other people to access community-level data to help plan or refine programming, decision-making, and more.
The Community Data Hub gives insight into target outreach by using the recently updated SNAP eligibility guidelines as a prototype. Moving forward, the Community Data Hub will be updated as PolicyMap receives Census (and other data) at the sub-county level such as neighborhoods and zip codes.
The Knowledge Center is proud to present reporting on the efforts of The Promise. Powered by United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The Promise is the first-of-its-kind, public/private initiative focused on removing barriers to upward mobility. For more information on The Promise, visit here.
Urban Institute: Which Eligible Philadelphians are not Accessing Public Benefits?
January 2024: which eligible Philadelphians are not accessing public benefits?
Urban Institute: Accessing Public Benefits in Philadelphia
January 2024: accessing public benefits in Philadelphia
Urban Institute: Early Implementation of the Family Stability Challenge
JUNE 2023: Collaborative approaches to benefit and tax credit access
Community Legal Services: Evaluation
FEBRUARY 2023: TIMELY RECORD CLEARING RELIEF
Urban Institute: Field Scan and Contextual Analysis
February 2023: Alleviating Poverty through Public Benefits and Tax Credit Access
Drexel University: Review of Research Literature & On-going Evaluation
JANUARY 2023: The Promise Record Clearing Review
MARCH 2023: THE PROMISE ONGOING PROGRESS
JULY 2023: One-Year Record Clearing Summary Report
The Promise: Family Stability Year One Report
Learning + Research
The Knowledge Center provides insightful analysis and data about challenges in United Way communities and uses evidence to guide solutions that alleviate poverty and improve life outcomes for vulnerable populations.
EVALUATION + LEARNING
Analyze data and guide evaluations to understand the efficacy of strategic initiatives and inform investments in new solutions
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Strengthen grantee access and use of evidence to inform ongoing improvement
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Provide evidence and tools to facilitate learning across all stakeholders and drive continuous improvement
COMMUNICATION
Communicate transparently to a range of community stakeholders and serve as a resource to inform priorities
TIMELY engagement
Provide up-to-date data and insights so grantees can make decisions and adjustments in real-time
community data portal
Organize data to inform program and policy decisions and monitor progress of ongoing efforts to reduce poverty