RESILIENCE INNOVATION LABS
Providing local governments and their stakeholders with data and insights that maximize both economic and social returns on investment

THE PROBLEM

Local governments and their stakeholders need an effective and data-driven way to predict the impact of legislation and financial investments on the communities they serve.

Billions of dollars are allocated to social initiatives across employment, law and criminal justice, housing, health, and education, but where does it all go? And what is the measurable impact? 

Elected officials, policy makers, municipal officers and other key stakeholders face the complex challenge of directing community investments to create positive, immediate and long-term impacts.

OUR SOLUTION

The Opportunity Dashboard is a data-driven tool and actionable framework that leverages adaptive digital intelligence to:

• Recommend investment strategies which maximize social and economic returns that build community wealth and wellbeing
• Enable "what if" scenarios to determine which approaches are most likely to close the economic divide and address systemic adversities that hold communities back
• Predict expected gains across multiple sectors, including employment, criminal justice involvement, housing, health, and education
• Create greater accountability by consistently measuring and tracking key metrics and indicators 

OUR CO-FOUNDERS

WENDY ELLIS, DrPH
- Asst. Professor, George Washington University
- Global Health Director, Institute for Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Equity
- Director, Center of Community Resilience

DANIEL CHEN, DrPH
- Asst. Research Professor, George Washington University
- Affiliate Faculty, GWU Global Food Institute
- Associate Director, Research, GWU Center for Community Resilience