Newsletter: February 2025

by PolicyMap Team
FEATURED POST

How Cutting CDFI Funding Hurts Homebuyers

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are lifelines for low-income communities, providing affordable loans to homebuyers, small businesses, and essential services often overlooked by traditional banks. Reducing or defunding CDFIs would dismantle this crucial support system, cutting off financial access for those who need it most. In this article, we explore, as an example, how CDFIs benefit homebuyers across the state of Mississippi.

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Mapping Relief: The Library’s Role in Disasters

When disaster strikes, public libraries often transform from places of learning into vital lifelines. During the Los Angeles wildfires, the Topanga Library acted as a shelter and supply station, while seven other L.A. branches provided FEMA assistance services.

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CUSTOMER STORY
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Capital Link

Capital Link is a non-profit that helps Federally Qualified Health Centers and Primary Care Associations strengthen sustainability, plan for growth, and access capital. By leveraging PolicyMap, Capital Link enhances its Market Assessment Process report and ability to support health centers in making data-driven decisions regarding sustainability and growth, staffing, and service offerings.

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Updated Data

Bank Failure data from the FDIC has been updated to 2024.

FEMA Floodmap Types (aka Floodzones) have been updated to 2025.

Monthly building permit data from the Census has been updated to December 2024.

The CDC Mortality data has been updated through 2023.

The CDC Infant Deaths data has been updated through 2022, and now includes, though very limited, the counts of infant deaths for mothers who were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.

CDFI Investment data has been updated to 2022.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) & Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Environmental Justice Index is now updated on PolicyMap.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services point dataset for public libraries has been updated to the most recent 2022 year.

We are committed to our promise of curated, cleaned, standardized, and always updated data. We’re posting real-time updates on our website, LinkedIn and BlueSky.
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Explore scholarly works from students and researchers using PolicyMap.

Examining computational thinking across disciplines in higher education classrooms: learning outcomes from student-generated artifacts, published in the Journal of Computing in Higher Education

A Geospatial Analysis of the Lung Cancer Burden in Philadelphia, Using Pennsylvania Cancer Registry Data from 2008–2017, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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U.S. Housing Community Development Conference & Expo

April 1-2, 2025
Dallas, TX

PolicyMap will be exhibiting at the 2025 U.S. Housing Community Development Conference & Expo! We are excited to network with the professionals shaping the future of housing and community development through innovative project delivery. Stop by booth #848 to learn more about our geographic data offerings!
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ACRL 2025 Conference

April 2-5, 2025
Minneapolis, MN

Association of College and Research Libraries’ Annual Conference offers PolicyMap the chance to connect connect with academic and research library professionals. Visit us at booth #1413!
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NCQA Health Quality Forum

April 7-8, 2025
Baltimore, MD

PolicyMap is excited to exhibit at the 2025 NCQA Health Quality Forum! Connect with public and private sectors and discover data-driven solutions addressing critical public health challenges. Find the PolicyMap team at booth #203.
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