Ideally, we should be examining data about our programs and using it to shape and make changes to the program. Relevant data is vital to the success of your program.
For example, if you owned a pizza company and you knew your delivery drivers had to drive an average of 46 miles to deliver the pizza, what would you do?
In Nebraska, mental health providers drive this far every day to deliver services way more important than pizza! The graphic below indicates how far providers needed to travel in order to meet with youth or do related work. This was taken from our Mental Health Brief, released June 2020, but the message can be applied to other program types!
Can you imagine how a youth's situation would improve if services were more readily available in her community? What if a student struggling with mental health issues could walk into a safe environment just a few blocks away from his home to get support? Imagine how much the youth in our towns and cities would benefit from having more readily-available services!
Finally, thank you to those who responded to the survey last time! You can expect to see the data from that survey in a future snack. We also want to congratulate Leanne M. as our randomly-drawn winner of the $25 Amazon gift card.