Equitable Analysis

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19) -- A major new partnership was announced on Wednesday involving the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia, with the goal of making local communities safer through the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.

Today’s announcement is a key recommendation of the Community Safety Working Group, a regional group convened as part of the President's Council on UVA-Community Partnerships.

The City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the University of Virginia today announced a new regional partnership focused on working together to make local communities safer by working with Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).

“Part of the power of this report is really bringing a shared understanding to what our community is experiencing,” Michele Claibourn, the Equity Center’s director of equitable analysis, told the press Monday. “So we can all kind of be looking at the same thing, working towards…

Piedmont Virginia Community College teamed up with University of Virginia Equity Center to create the Orange Dot 6.0 Report. It highlights economic indicators that directly impact families across the Charlottesville region. “There are so many families struggling in our…