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CINow offers data tools, analysis, and training to inform decisions to improve Texas communities. Learn more at CINow.info/governance-and-staff/.

We provide data that is understandable, trustworthy, neutral, and timely. Our vision is improved lives and decreased disparities through democratized data. Formerly called the Alamo Area Community Information System (AACIS), CI:Now became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2017. CI:Now’s core staffing is by partnership and contract with the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in San Antonio, our physic

al and institutional home since 2008. In 2010 CI:Now became the 35th local partner in the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP, neighborhoodindicators.org). NNIP is a learning network, coordinated by the Urban Institute, of independent organizations in 30 cities that share a mission to ensure all communities have access to data and the skills to use information to advance equity and well-being across neighborhoods.

07/29/2026

🥵 Did you know some people in our community are living without any air conditioning in their homes? We’re thinking about them this week as temps in Bexar County are forecasted to hit 100+ degrees for multiple days in a row. ☀️

With air conditioning data from the census, we mapped the percentage of occupied housing units without A/C by census tract across all counties covered in our 2025 community health needs assessments (CHNAs): Bexar, Atascosa, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano, and Mason Counties.

Huge thanks to Kyle Walker, data scientist, researcher and creator of open-source software codes which allowed us to compile this data on our region!

Living without A/C may seem unthinkable to most of us in south Texas, but in just one census tract on San Antonio’s Southside, we were able to identify that 2.5% of homes, or about 46 households, are trying to survive the Texas summer heat without A/C.

To see detailed data on your area, check out our interactive A/C map at https://bit.ly/4fM3z8V

Want to explore even more local data? Check out our flagship data tool, Bexar Data Dive, for all the data on Bexar County at https://dive.cinow.info

Are you a senior living without A/C in San Antonio? Reach out to Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. about Project Cool, which has been providing hundreds of free box fans to seniors in San Antonio! https://ccaosa.org/project-cool/

07/21/2026

☀️ It might be summer, but class is still in session! ✏️

Our training specialist, Jeanette Parra, was a guest speaker for a group of summer student interns at UT San Antonio’s College of AI, Cyber and Computing.

The annual H-E-B Community Innovation Scholars Program provides students the opportunity to work closely with and support local nonprofits.

CINow has participated since the program began three summers ago, introducing students to Bexar Data Dive, and helping them frame their projects with an understanding of our city through a deeper, data-driven lens.

Bexar Data Dive is an in-depth treasure trove of local data collected, organized and available for free in an accessible, user-friendly format.

Learn more about Bexar Data Dive at https://dive.cinow.infoa!

UTSA - The University of Texas at San Antonio
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County
H-E-B
UTSA College of AI, Cyber and Computing

07/07/2026

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06/08/2026

📣 CINow and partners released research last month on preserving heirs’ property in Bexar County.

🤝 CINow partnered with Asset Funders Network of San Antonio, LISC San Antonio, and Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC) MAUC to conduct focus groups with affected homeowners and compile the data into a plan for preserving heirs’ property.

🗓️ On May 7, Laura McKieran, executive director of CINow, presented some of the research and recommendations included in the brief. The brief includes short-term (2026) and long-term (2027 and onward) recommendations, with opportunities for philanthropy and specific implementing timelines for each.

📊 Key Findings:
Bexar County has an estimated 12,000 heirs’ properties, about 2.1% of all residential properties examined. 92% are single-family homes.

🏠 Heirs’ properties were 2 to 5 times more likely to be delinquent on 2024 property taxes than other properties.

Single-family homes were 5 times more likely to be delinquent.

📍Homes on the near-West Side and areas southeast of I-35 are at higher risk of becoming heirs’ properties with tangled titles, when relevant risk factors are considered.

📈 Investor activity is making heirs’ properties harder to identify and more vulnerable to acquisition.

full report: https://bit.ly/4dVBw7n

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!! 🏀👏🙌

San Antonio Spurs NBA

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 .

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