These Community Vital Signs are inspired by a project of the City of San José to develop a tool to help catalyze and facilitate discussions on community improvement.
Community Vital Signs integrate a multitude of local, state, and federal data sources using a unique methodology to develop a better understanding of a community needs.
For more information on customizing Community Vital Signs for your community, contact Michael Saunders.
Getting Out and Staying Out, co-founded by Tony Smith of the VSA Consulting Group, works to reduce recidivism rate among men at Rikers Island, New York City. The recidivism rate significantly dropped from 60-plus percent to under 20 percent, with more than a thousand men over a span of eight years.