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Useful Tools

Assessment Tools

  • The Early Childhood System Self-Assessment
    National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices
  • A Simple Financing Self-Assessment: Questions to Answer about Financing an Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families
    The Results Based Accountability Implementation Guide
  • Strategies for Tough Fiscal Times
    PolicyforResults.org
  • Toolkit for the Assessment of Bus Stop Accessibility and Safety
    Easter Seals Project Action

Calculators

  • Basic Family Budget Calculator
    Economic Policy Institute
  • Carbon Footprint Calculators
    City of Austin
  • Commute Cost Calculator
    Commute Solutions
  • Family Resource Simulator: Illustrates the impact of "work supports"—such as earned income tax credits and child care assistance—on the budget of a hypothetical family. Based on the answers provided, the Simulator generates graphs that show how family resources and expenses change as earnings increase
    National Center for Children in Poverty
  • Inflation Calculator
    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Labor Availability Estimator
    Texas Workforce Solutions
  • Living Wage Calculator
    Pennsylvania State University

Resource Guides

  • 2010 Central Texas Healthcare Resource Directory: 2nd Edition
    Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
  • Directory of Services: Serving the Austin and Travis County Community
    Austin Travis County Integral Care
  • Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Resources: Provides resources and technical assistance to state and local organizations to implement policies and programs that help low-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency
    Wider Opportunities for Women
  • Foreclosure Avoidance Counseling Directory
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Foreclosure Response: Resources for Preventing Foreclosures and Stabilizing Communities
    Center for Housing Policy
  • Go-to-College Guidebook
    Ready by 21 Austin
  • Government Benefits Locator
    GovBenefits.gov
  • La Salud Mental de su Hijo: Guia para que los Padres Reconozcan Problemas Mentales y Conductuales de Ninos y Jovenes en Edad Escolar
    Asociacion para el Planeamiento de la Salud Mental de Ninos y Jovenes
  • Literacy Services Directory
    Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
  • Mental Health Education and Support Group Resource Guide
    National Alliance for Mental Illness Austin
  • National Resource Directory
    The U.S. Departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs
  • Resource Information and Referral Guide for the Treatment of Geriatric Depression
    University of Texas School of Social Work
  • Resources for Real Kids with Real Needs
    Easter Seals Disability Services: Easter Seals Central Texas
  • A Social Worker's Tool Kit for Working with Immigrant Families: A Child Welfare Flowchart
    The Migration and Child Welfare National Network
  • A Social Worker's Toolkit for Working with Immigrant Families: Immigration Status and Relief Options
    The Migration and Child Welfare National Network
  • Texas Family Care Navigator
    Family Caregiver Alliance
  • Travis County HHS/VS Family Support Services: Emergency Assistance Programs
    Travis County Health and Human Services & Veterans Service
  • Travis County Victims of Crime Resource Directory
    Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  • Your Child's Mental Health: A Parent's Guide to Recognizing Mental and Behavioral Health Issues for School-Aged Children and Youth – English
    Austin/Travis County Child and Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership
  • Youth Services Mapping System
    Ready by 21; Austin Independent School District; ACCESS; Safe Schools, Healthy Students; Workforce Solutions Capital Area

Strategic and Informational Guidebooks

  • The 2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • 2010 Census Overview
    U.S. Census Bureau
  • Achieving Graduation for All: A Governor's Guide to Dropout Prevention and Recovery
    NGA Center for Best Practices
  • A City Platform for Strengthening Families and Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth
    National League of Cities
  • Communicating for Action: A Practical Handbook
    Community Action Network
  • Community-Based School Readiness Integration Partnerships: Promoting Sustainable Collaborations
    Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition
  • Community-Level Indicators for Understanding Health and Human Services Issues: A Compendium of Selected Indicator Systems and Resource Organizations
    Research Triangle Institute, Child Trends
  • Connected by 25: Effective Policy Solutions for Vulnerable Youth
    Youth Transition Funders Group
  • Creating Stronger Linkages between Community Indicator Projects and Government Performance Measurement Efforts
    Community Indicators Consortium
  • Criteria for Selecting Strategies
    PolicyforResults.org
  • EITC Interactive: Shows How Proposed Expansions to the Earned Income Tax Credit Would Benefit Taxpayers in Selected States, Metropolitan Areas, and Cities Across the Nation
    The Brookings Institute
  • Feeding America’s Families: How Elected Officials Can Help Families in Need Receive Food Stamps and Nutrition Assistance
    The Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Forum Planning Task List
    Community Action Network
  • Good Community is Good Business
    Leadership Austin
  • A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data
    Child Trends, Kids Count
  • Human Services Systems Integration: A Conceptual Framework
    Institute for Research on Poverty
  • Increasing Communication, Collaboration, and Citizen Participation in Governments Through Social Media
    National Association for County Community & Economic Development
  • Listening to the Stars: The Constellation Model of Collaborative Social Change
    Shuttleworth Foundation, Toronto's Centre for Social Innovation
  • Mass Medical Care with Scare Resources: The Essentials
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  • News Conference Checklist
    Community Action Network
  • NNIP Lessons on Data Sharing
    National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership
  • Performance Accountability for Programs, Agencies, and Service Systems
    Fiscal Policy Studies Institute
  • Poverty Elimination Strategies that Work: A Human Rights Toolkit for Addressing for Addressing Poverty in Your Community
    Heartland Alliance
  • Quality Growth Toolbox
    Envision Central Texas
  • Regional Transit Coordination Guidebook
    Center for Transportation Training and Research at Texas Southern University, Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University System
  • Reporting Performance Information: Suggested Criteria for Effective Communication
    Governmental Accounting Standards Board
  • The State of City Leadership for Children and Families
    National League of Cities: Institute for Youth, Education, and Families
  • Successful  Corporate Approaches to Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace
    Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
  • What do Victims Want?: Effective Strategies to Achieve Justice for Victims of Crime
    International Association of Chiefs of Police