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MFLC Community Profiles

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Our vision is successful families. Our mission is successful partnerships.

Community Profiles Help

• Introduction
• Profile Use
• Definitions
• Data Collection
• Navigation
• Printing
• Special Features
• Contact Information

Introduction

The Massachusetts Family Literacy Consortium developed community profiles to help document the range of need and assets in individual Massachusetts communities, facilitate the identification of stakeholders invested in the well-being of families, and create opportunities for leveraging federal, state, and local resources. The profiles are intended to be a snapshot of each community and should not be construed as comprehensive. Additional profiles and data about communities can be accessed from links at the bottom of each profile.

Profile Use

The Community Profiles are used by superintendents, mayors, municipal leaders, and other community stakeholders to provide a snapshot of need and supports for undereducated families in their communities. On the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Needs Profile, state averages and a summary of statewide data are available for comparison with individual community profiles. On the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Assets Profile, the data represents the sum of resources available statewide.

Definitions

Massachusetts Family Literacy Consortium (MFLC)

Statewide initiative with the mission of forging effective partnerships among state agencies, community organizations, and other interested parties to more effectively coordinate and integrate literacy and support services.

 

Community

One of 351 cities or towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

Needs Indicator

Selected socio-economic data representing the need for family literacy and family support services.

 

Assets Indicator

Selected family education and support resources known at the state level. Assets can be a range of items including but not limited to funding for services, numbers served, available slots, and coordination support.

 

Fiscal Year (FY)

The state fiscal year starts July 1 and ends June 30 of the following year.

 

Data Collection

The MFLC uses the latest data available to the Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) with cooperation and support of MFLC member agencies. The MFLC periodically updates the profiles as data becomes available. A list of MFLC member agencies can be found on the MFLC website.

Navigation

View a needs profile by selecting the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any one of the 351 cities/towns in Massachusetts from the dropdown list.

View the companion assets profile by selecting the ‘assets’ button.

Change the city/town at any time by selecting a different city/town from the dropdown list.

Toggle between needs and assets by selecting the ‘needs’ or ‘assets’ button.

View data sources for needs by selecting the ‘needs data sources’ button.

View data sources for assets by selecting the ‘assets data sources’ button.

On the needs page, view Census numbers for each category in the population breakdown by hovering over the corresponding section in the pie chart.

On the assets page, a number following a slash indicates the number of communities sharing the asset. View the list of communities sharing the asset by selecting the number.

On the assets page, the icon launches data source information for the asset. View the full list of data source information by selecting the ‘assets data sources’ button.

View a larger image of the town seal by selecting the seal.

Printing

Print a profile by selecting the print icon in the toolbar of your browser. Alternately, select ‘print’ from the file menu of your browser. Most profiles will fit on a single printed page.

Special Features

The community profiles integrate a range of special features characteristic of the world wide web. For example, the seal at the top of each profile can be downloaded by saving the image as a picture file. Likewise, e-mails can automatically be launched by selecting the underlined names of contact persons in the data sources.

Contact Information

Please address any questions or comments to MFLC@doe.mass.edu