Wisconsin Resources

The Wisconsin Risk and Reach Project
An interactive dashboard that provides information about potential risks to children in Wisconsin and programs that can mitigate risks. Allows user to search by risk variables such as economics, education, and health and safety, as well as available programs and county.
Sponsoring organizations: Applied Population Laboratory, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Great Lakes Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center - Events Calendar
Lists the events, trainings, and webinars for the Great Lakes Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center.
Sponsoring organization: Great Lakes Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center
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Wisconsin County Health Reports
Provides county heath reports for all Wisconsin regions and counties, including tribal nations. Reports contain demographic data and information on wellness and healthcare issues such as chronic disease, substance use, mental health, housing, and more.
Sponsoring organization: MCW Medical School
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Wisconsin: Childhood Lead Poisoning Data Explorer
An interactive map that shows percentage of children under 6 with poisoned blood lead levels by Wisconsin census tract from 2018-2021.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Climate and Hazard Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool
A mapping tool that shows county- and state-level changes in climate between 1981 and 2021 for 15 U.S. states. Allows user to select for climate events such as extreme heat, wildfire, severe weather, tropical storms/hurricanes, and more.
Sponsoring organizations: Carolina Integrated Sciences and Assessments (CISA), Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), Mid-Atlantic Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)
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Wisconsin Immunizations: Influenza Vaccine Data
Provides county-level data on Wisconsin residents who have received a flu vaccine. Includes vaccine trends from past seasons as well as percentage data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and sex.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Defining Rural for Wisconsin
Explains rural classification systems of Wisconsin counties. Includes maps that define or illuminate rural areas via rural-urban continuum codes, index of relative rurality, rural population by Census tract, rural-urban commuting areas, housing density, location of Wisconsin hospitals, and drive time to emergency care.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
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Healthy Aging in Rural Towns (HeART) Toolkit
A toolkit for community leaders in rural areas that contains resources to conduct needs-and-assets assessments and develop strategies to strengthen community supports for aging adults. Offers 10 modules focused on planning, data collection and analysis, developing strategies, and building coalition and community support. Contains tips and anecdotes from rural Wisconsin communities who implemented HeART projects. Toolkit is free to download with registration.
Author(s): Sharon Schumacher, Eileen Whalen Partridge, Molly Schwebach, Kim Nolet, Barbara Bowers
Sponsoring organization: Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) at the UW-Madison School of Nursing
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Healthy Aging in Rural Towns (HeART)
A project that focuses on strengthening support networks for older adults and their caregivers to promote healthy aging in place in rural Wisconsin. Focuses on pedestrian and home safety, technology training, and partnerships. Includes online resource directories for a few select locations.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) at the UW-Madison School of Nursing
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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Eligibility and Participation
Presents an interactive map to explore Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program eligibility and participation at the state and county levels in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Provides statistics on age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, health insurance status, and more.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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