The goals of the Healthy City Project are to improve the accessibility of services to low-income, underserved families and to help develop sensible public policies based on sound data that will improve the quality of life for all communities in Los Angeles.

The Healthy City Project pursues these goals with two strategies:

1) Producing and constantly maintaining the flagship HealthyCity.org site, and

2) Using innovative data analysis and GIS mapping techniques to support policy, research, and planning efforts for collaborating organizations.

What Is HealthyCity.org?

HealthyCity.org is an online community service and policy research tool for all of Los Angeles County. Healthy City provides unprecedented access to the largest database of community resources and localized demographic and health data on a cutting-edge GIS mapping platform.

HealthyCity.org allows:

  • Social Service providers to be instantly connected to thousands of services and resources throughout the region.

  • Community leaders and policy makers to instantly view the demographic, economic, and health status of a community, and to evaluate how resources are distributed to address their community's needs.

Healthy City: Best in Class

Healthy City has been recognized as a national model for using online GIS mapping to strengthen regional social service sectors and to advocate for policy that benefits high-need communities. Since its first launch in October 2003, the site has made a significant impact on public policy making and resource planning in Los Angeles County, and serves an ever-expanding user base with a growing set of tools. Some note-worthy statistics about Healthy City:

  • 20,000 resource points

  • 800 demographic variables

  • 30,000 computers used the system in 2007

  • 120,000 visits in 2007

Healthy City 3.0

The new Healthy City 3.0 offers significant improvements in the user-friendliness, range of the data, and features on the site. In addition, users can now view and map data in more innovative ways, as well as connect with other users to form collaborations and share information.

The Healthy City Partnership

Healthy City's continued success is a direct outcome of the collaborative support and vision of the Healthy City Partnership. With the support of some of the most forward-thinking institutions in Los Angeles County, Healthy City has demonstrated how data-driven planning can shift local policy and resource planning away from the traditional influences of politics and toward more needs-based approaches. The strategic thinking and open-minded interaction of the individuals that sit on the Partnership allow Healthy City to continue to fulfill its mission.

Policy Support

Healthy City has contributed our data analysis and GIS mapping capabilities towards technical assistance and policy research for many organizations. Over the past few years, Healthy City has:

  • Informed the policy dialogue in various service sectors from preschool to public safety.

  • Created community needs assessments, community-engaged mapping, resource planning, and policy making tools.

  • Shaped neighborhood outreach and organizing.

  • Assisted planners from community-based organizations, governmental agencies, and philanthropic institutions better plan the distribution of resources in underserved areas.

For more detailed information, please see Our Services.