Community Information Now

05/15/2026

Hey, Spurs fans! It’s almost game time!

📊 If you know your Spurs stats and love data as much as we do, take our quiz and show off your knowledge!

Let us know how you did in the comments!

We’re rooting for the Spurs tonight!! 🏀👏🙌

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05/13/2026

Do you know about CINow's Sidekick tool?

📊 If you regularly work with data, we can help you! We've just updated Sidekick with the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data.

📋 What is ACS Data?
Collected by the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS provides social, economic, housing, and demographic data, which informs how trillions of dollars in federal funds are distributed each year.

📈 What is Sidekick?
Powered by ACS data, Sidekick can:
👉 Calculate aggregate estimates for demographic and geographic areas
👉 Give users the margins of error for estimates
👉 Use the same queries or value sets repeatedly

Try out Sidekick for yourself! https://bit.ly/4wta5Ja

05/04/2026

Join CINow, along with LISC San Antonio and the San Antonio chapter of the Asset Funders Network, for the launch of Preserving Heirs’ Property in Bexar County: Scope, Risk, and Opportunities to Protect Family Assets.

We will share new research offering the first clear local picture of the scale of the heirs’ property issue in Bexar County and explore what it means for housing stability, intergenerational wealth, and community preservation.

🗓️ Thursday, May 7, 2026
🕑 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
📍Dallas Federal Reserve,
402 Dwyer Ave., San Antonio, 78204

Register at: https://bit.ly/4tjAJSf

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

04/06/2026

🤓 that feeling when your job is data all day every day and you get excited about data governance training. 📊

If you aren’t sure what data governance is, check out our executive director Laura’s explanation, and hear from staff at CINow and other organizations to understand why this training is so important to data people.

📣Huge thanks to for putting the training and for being a great data partner! 🙌

02/17/2026

📣 🔎 We're looking for folks who have or are experiencing property tax foreclosure in Bexar County.

🗣️ 💬 If this is you, we invite you to share your story in a small one-hour focus group with others who understand.

🤝 We're actively recruiting, so sign up NOW to see if you qualify!: https://bit.ly/3N3iaCA

🥨 Refreshments and a $25 H-E-B gift card provided.

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📣 🔎 Estamos buscando personas que hayan pasado o estén pasando por la ejecución hipotecaria por impuestos de propiedad en el Condado de Bexar.
🗣️ 💬 Si este es tu caso, te invitamos a compartir tu historia en un pequeño grupo de enfoque de una hora con otros que entienden por lo que estás pasando.
🥨 Se ofrecerán refrigerios y una gift card de H-E-B ($25).

🤝 Estamos reclutando activamente, ¡así que regístrate AHORA para asegurar tu lugar!

02/13/2026

📣 The 2025 Community Health Needs Assessments are here!

🏘️💬 Community voices, data, and an equity-driven process: Every three years, CINow partners with the Bexar County Health Collaborative, local hospitals, community organizations, and residents to listen, learn, and identify our region’s most pressing health needs.

📑✏️🏠Why it matters: These assessments are tools for collective action — across healthcare, public health, housing, education, philanthropy, and more.

📊 ☝️Five assessments, nine counties, one region
Recognizing that health doesn’t stop at county lines, the 2025 CHNAs mark a regional milestone, with assessments released concurrently for Bexar, Atascosa, Comal, Guadalupe, and surrounding Texas Hill Country counties.

🔎 🧠❤️‍🩹 What we found - mental health needs:
A large proportion of our community is suffering mentally and emotionally. Concern about mental health was a steady drumbeat in survey responses, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews.

🍎🥖🛒🏠Basic needs unmet:
Food insecurity and housing instability cropped up again and again in conversations with community members. These are all non-negotiable foundations of health and well-being.

😷📈 Lasting harm caused by pandemic:
Our community continues to suffer from the social, economic, and health damage caused directly and indirectly by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some public health problems are markedly worse than before the pandemic.

📊🤓Can’t get enough health data? Stay tuned for a detailed county breakdown of the health needs we found.

📚🔗 Read the full report at .

01/30/2026

Have you or someone in your family lost a home because of property taxes? We’re listening to folks in Bexar County who’ve gone through, or are currently going through, property tax foreclosure.

If you’re 18+ and you’ve experienced this, we invite you to share your story in a small group with others who understand.

✨ Refreshments and H-E-B gift cards will be provided as a thank-you for your wisdom and time✨

Your story can help shape solutions that help!

MESSAGE US TO LEARN MORE AND PARTICIPATE
📊 ABOUT US: CINow is a local nonprofit in San Antonio, Texas, that helps provide timely and trustworthy data to residents and organizations. See some of our latest work here!

🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUP: A focus group is a small group discussion led by a facilitator. We’re only asking for an hour of your time and will provide refreshments and a $25 H-E-B gift card for your wisdom and time. Dates and times are flexible, but we’re aiming for February, either in person or virtually through Zoom.

🏠 ABOUT THE RESEARCH: Too many San Antonians lose their homes because of late or unpaid property tax payments — even when those homes have been in families for generations. We’re working to get hard numbers on how many folks have lost their homes, but it’s only stories from people like you that will help local leaders see why this happens and how we can prevent it.

For additional information, read more about this project at https://localdataforequitablecommunities.org/meet-grantees/community-information-now

10/27/2025

04/08/2025

Help Shape the Future of Health in Your Community! 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

⏱️ 5-10 minutes of your time = better health services and resources for everyone!

The Health Collaborative is gathering input through a Community Health Needs Assessment to better understand what matters most to YOU. Your response will help guide local improvements for hospitals, nonprofits, and government services.


Take the survey here and don't forget to share!
https://uthealth.questionpro.com/chna

02/12/2025

Help Shape the Future of Health in Your Community! 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

The Health Collaborative is gathering input through a Community Health Needs Assessment to better understand what matters most to YOU. This year, the assessment covers 5 counties: Bexar, Atascosa, Comal, Gillespie, and Guadalupe.

⏱️ 5-10 minutes of your time = better health services and resources for everyone!

Help guide local improvements for hospitals, nonprofits, and government services.


Take the survey here and don't forget to share!
https://uthealth.questionpro.com/CHNA

12/16/2024

All maps and charts are now embeddable! 💫 Easily embed maps and charts on your site and customize them to display specific data by adjusting the filters. Once embedded, they stay interactive for a seamless user experience. Check it out now! DIVE.CINOW.INFO