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MetroWest Needs Assessment

MetroWest Needs Assessment

Over the past 6 months, the Foundation for MetroWest, working with SOAR 55 a project of the Newton Community Service Center, has put together a series of indicators that look at many of the issues that affect MetroWest today, and that will affect the region in the years to come.

Below is the data collected for each indicator. Feel free to use and distribute the data, but please make sure to acknowledge the Foundation as the source.

  • Adults Living with Disabilities: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Adult Homelessness: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Adult Obesity: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Adult Suicide: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Child and Youth Homelessness: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Child and Youth Poverty: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Crime: Summary and Statistics (PDF); 2005-2006 Town Data (PDF); 2008-2009 Town Data (PDF)
  • Domestic Violence: Summary and Statistics (PDF), Town Data (PDF)
  • School Drop Out Rates: Summary and Statistics (PDF); 2007 – 2008 School District Data (PDF); 2008 – 2009 School District Data (PDF)
  • School-Aged Children Living with Disabilities: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Food Assistance: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Home Foreclosures: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Housing Affordability: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Immigrants in MetroWest: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Poverty: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Public Housing: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • School Enrollment: Summary and Statistics (PDF); School District Data (PDF)
  • School Lunch Program and Low Income Enrollment: Summary and Statistics (PDF); School District Data (PDF)
  • Seniors and Elder Abuse: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Teen Pregnancy: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Unemployment: Summary and Statistics (PDF); June 2009 – June 2010 Town Data (PDF); July 2009 – July 2010 Town Data (PDF)
  • Veterans: Summary and Statistics (PDF); Town Data (PDF)
  • Youth Bullying: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Youth Drug Use: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Youth English Language Proficiency: Summary and Statistics (PDF); School District Data (PDF)
  • Youth Obesity and Disordered Eating: Summary and Statistics (PDF)
  • Youth Suicide: Summary and Statistics (PDF)