Local Reports and Publications

FY 22-23 Human Services Department Annual Report

FY 22-23 Human Services Department Annual Report

FY 22-23 First 5 Santa Cruz County Annual Report & Community Dashboard

Watsonville Community Hospital CHNA

This CHNA is a systematic, data-driven approach to determining the health status, behaviors, and needs of residents in the service area of ...

DataShare Annual Report FY22-23

Oral Health Needs Assessment 2022

Diagnosing the Crisis in Behavioral Health: Underfunded, Understaffed & Overworked

The Grand Jury investigated the Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Division (BHD) of the Health Services Agency to ascertain how well they were ...

The State of Health in Santa Cruz County - April 2023

State of Health in Santa Cruz County - Annual Presentation to the community - Dr Gail Newel, Health Officer

South Santa Cruz County Health Profile - March 2023

Health and Demographic Profile of South Santa Cruz County Region

DataShare Annual Report 2021-22

DataShare Santa Cruz County Annual Report FY21-22 measures progress on collaborative platform goals.

Dignity Health CHNA 2022

Community Health Needs Assessment provides insight into the health of the community, prioritize local health needs, and identify areas for ...

A guide to creating multilingual surveys

A step-by-step guide to creating multilingual surveys

Food Insecurity In Santa Cruz County

Food insecurity occurs when a household lacks reliable access to sufficient nutritious food to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Health Improvement Partnership Annual Report

2022 Birth Report

This report provides data on live births delivered in 2022. The report was created by the Office of Vital Records, in the Public Health Division ...

Medi-Cal Health Education and Cultural and Linguistic Population Needs Assessment (PNA)

The Health Education and Cultural and Linguistic Population Needs Assessment (PNA) focuses on health disparities, gaps in services, and health ...

Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative Spotlight

Since 2020, United Way of Santa Cruz County and the Santa Cruz County Black Health Matters Initiative (SCCBHMI) have worked to increase visibility ...

Data Brief: 2020/Q1 2021 Increases in Deaths in Santa Cruz County

This Data Brief presents an analysis of excess mortality (change in deaths) for Santa Cruz County in 2020 and Quarter 1 of 2021, using California ...

Medi-Cal Health Education and Cultural and Linguistic Population Needs Assessment (PNA)

The Health Education and Cultural and Linguistic Population Needs Assessment (PNA) focuses on health disparities, gaps in services, and health ...

SafeRx Infographic

Human Services Department Annual Report (Spanish)

Human Services Department Annual Report (English)

Santa Cruz County Black/African American Health Snapshot 2020

Community Assessment 2019 Head Start & Early Head Start April

The Community Assessment provides crucial data on community strengths and needs that the program uses to make decisions about program direction ...

Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project: Year 25

Spearheaded by United Way of Santa Cruz County, the Community Assessment Project (CAP) is a collaborative effort of nonprofits, businesses, public ...

2019 County Health Status Profile

County Health Status Profiles reports data on selected public health indicators chosen in collaboration with local health officers and ...

Community Assessment Project: 2018 report on Children and Youth Well-being

The Fundamental Link: Access to Stable, Affordable Housing Improves Health and Wellbeing

Research offers evidence supporting a powerful link between stable, affordable housing and positive health outcomes; the implications of which are ...

Seniors Count: 2015 Senior Needs Assessment

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - State Statistics

Domestic violence statistics state-by-state and by populations.

Criminal Justice Report

Santa Cruz County Regional Mental/Behavioral Health and Law Enforcement Review and Analysis

Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (2022)

A Santa Cruz Like Me: The Value of Representational Government

“A Santa Cruz Like Me” is a partnership between Santa Cruz Community Ventures (Ventures) and Santa Cruz County to paint a picture of Santa ...

Location: Santa Cruz (County)

Criminal Justice Council Report

This report highlights alignment, gaps, and opportunities in law enforcement policies that work to ensure officers respond safely and responsibly.

Community Assessment Project: Year 23 (2017)

Triple P Santa Cruz County

The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is a world-renowned, evidence-based parenting program that has been available in Santa Cruz ...

Arts and Economic Prosperity Santa Cruz County: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and their Audiences

Arts & Economic Prosperity IV is our fourth study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry’s impact on the economy. The most comprehensive ...

Community Action Board: Community Action Plan: Executive Summary 2024-2025

In 2024-25, the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. (CAB) conducted an assessment of poverty-related needs in Santa Cruz County.

California Jobs First: Equity Indicators for the Central Coast Region January 2024

This data portrait provides insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice to support community and labor groups ...

UCSC Institute for Transformation - Impact Report 2018-2023

Rooted in the Social Sciences Division at UC Santa Cruz, the institute supports innovative scholarship that changes the world. The institute is a ...

UCSC Institute for Transformation - Impact Report 2018-2023

Rooted in the Social Sciences Division at UC Santa Cruz, the institute supports innovative scholarship that changes the world. The institute is a ...

Arts & Economic Prosperity Study (AEP) 6

Arts & Economic Prosperity 6: The Economic & Social Impact Study of Nonprofit Arts & Culture Organizations & Their Audiences in Santa Cruz County

Building an Inclusive Economy in the Monterey Bay Region

This progress report helps community and business leaders better understand the progress they are making towards a more inclusive economy.

The Real Cost Measure in California: Santa Cruz County

The Real Cost Measure (RCM) estimates the amount of income required to meet basic needs including the costs of housing, child care, food, ...

Location: Santa Cruz (County)

2022 Santa Cruz County Homeless Count and Survey Report

2022 PIT Summary - At least every two years, typically during the last 10 days of January, communities across the country conduct comprehensive ...

Santa Cruz County State of the Workforce Report 2022

This report has historically used a range of metrics to capture the current state the workforce and economy of Santa Cruz County. 2022's report ...

Santa Cruz County State of the Workforce Report

This report provides an overview of the state of the workforce and employment in Santa Cruz County through key metrics.

Location: Santa Cruz (County)

2021 Annual Report

This report gives an overview of the status of housing in Santa Cruz County and the progress of initiatives to increasing access to housing.

County of Santa Cruz Human Services Department Annual Report

UndocuFund Data

UndocuFund Monterey Bay is a collaborative effort to assist Monterey Bay area undocumented immigrant workers impacted by COVID-19

Santa Cruz County Homeless Census & Survey

The Point-in-Time Count is currently the only source of nationwide data on both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, and is required by HUD of ...

No Place Like Home: UCSC's research project on housing in Santa Cruz County

No Place Like Home launched in Fall 2015 to research and represent the experiences and impacts and impacts of the housing crisis, as well as to ...

The Real Cost Measure 2018

Struggling to Stay Afloat seeks to measure the real costs of living in California’s communities and increase awareness and understanding of the ...

The 2017 Santa Cruz County Homeless Census and Survey

The 2017 Santa Cruz County Point-in-Time Count was a community-wide effort conducted on January 22, 2017. In the weeks following the street count, ...

Santa Cruz County Early Care, Education and After School Care Strategic Plan

FY23-28 Strategic Plan goal is to create a multi-faceted collaboration engaging as many organizations, agencies, and individuals as possible with ...

DataShareSCC Annual Report FY2020-2021

DataShare Santa Cruz County Annual Report on platform goals and data literacy for action in the County FY2020-2021

2021 Child Care Needs Assessment

The data and information from this report can be used to facilitate the long-term planning and implementation of programs and initiatives that ...

COE Annual Report

Early Care, Education and After-School Care Master Plan (2018-2023)

Santa Cruz County Early Care and Education Needs Assessment (2016-2021)

This assessment largely follows the list of key data fields and indicators detailed in the LPC guidelines and template created by the California ...

Location: Santa Cruz (County)

Santa Cruz County Office of Education Data Portal

Santa Cruz County Water Resources Management Status Report 2022

2022 Water Resources Status Report Highlights Preparations for a Changing Climate

Crop Report

The report represents estimated acreage, yield and gross values of agricultural products produced in Santa Cruz County.

Location: Santa Cruz (County)

O'Neill Sea Odyssey 2018-2019 Survey Results

The primary purpose of the O'Neill Sea Odyssey program is to foster awareness of environmental stewardship and personal responsibility among ...

Regeneración Community Based Survey Summary Results 2018

Release of results from first of its kind survey in Santa Cruz County. The survey demonstrates how people are being affected by pollution and ...

Climate of Hope: Community Based Research on Environmental Changes in the Pajaro Valley (2018)

In early 2017, Regeneración - Pájaro Valley Climate Action decided to conduct a community based research project in order to find out how our ...